Environmental Health Division
(269) 373 - 5337, www.kalcounty.com/eh This report summarizes all water quality data collected at Site BEA-15, Bear Creek in the Bear Creek (Nottawa) at Mouth Basin of the Nottawa Creek Sub-Watershed, which is part of the larger St. Joseph River Watershed. (see map to the right) Water sampling and measurements are conducted by Environmental Health Division staff. |
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| Bear Creek (Nottawa) at Mouth (State of Michigan Basin ID #: 34 41) | ||||
| Bear Creek | ||||
| BEA-15 | South side of East 'TU' Avenue, between South 45th Street and South 47th Street | Wakeshma Township (1) | ||
| Site Code: BEA-15, Bear Creek | |||||||||
| Sample | Sample | E. coli Bacteria | Water Temperature | Dissolved Oxygen | pH | Conductivity | TDS | Turbidity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Time | (MPN) | (degrees F) | mg/L | % Saturation | (units) | (mS / cm) | (g / L) | (NTU) |
| 07/22/2009 | 13:39 | 430.0 | 65.1 | 6.9 | 73.7% | 8.66 | 0.507 | 0.3 | 8.9 |
| 06/25/2009 | 11:45 | 500.0 | 67.0 | 6.6 | 72.3% | 8.18 | 0.506 | 0.3 | 6.5 |
| 06/09/2009 | 14:25 | 320.0 | 60.3 | 7.8 | 78.9% | 7.95 | 0.496 | 0.3 | 5.7 |
| 05/19/2009 | 13:00 | 34.0 | 59.7 | 9.7 | 97.2% | 8.01 | 0.455 | 0.3 | 5.3 |
| 04/29/2009 | 13:45 | 180.0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 2.9 |
| 03/24/2009 | 14:00 | 45.0 | 44.0 | 7.7 | 62.6% | 8.27 | 0.437 | 0.3 | 3.3 |
| 02/11/2009 | 13:50 | 140.0 | 34.4 | 9.1 | 64.5% | 8.09 | 0.258 | 0.2 | 5.4 |
| 12/29/2008 | 12:50 | 1,200.0 | 33.2 | 10.5 | 73.4% | 8.00 | 0.265 | 0.2 | 7.7 |
| 11/24/2008 | 13:30 | 48.0 | 37.0 | 10.8 | 79.6% | 0.00 | 0.488 | 0.3 | 2.5 |
| 10/22/2008 | 13:15 | 17.0 | 45.8 | 9.2 | 77.0% | 7.98 | 0.494 | 0.3 | 1.5 |
| 10/02/2008 | 12:55 | 220.0 | 51.7 | 8.6 | 77.8% | 8.19 | 0.487 | 0.3 | 2.6 |
| 09/24/2008 | 13:15 | N/A | 60.2 | 7.9 | 79.8% | 8.14 | 0.471 | 0.3 | 3.4 |
| 08/27/2008 | 12:30 | 1,000.0 | 60.8 | 7.7 | 78.2% | 8.28 | 0.489 | 0.3 | 7.5 |
| 07/23/2008 | 13:20 | 380.0 | 66.5 | 5.2 | 56.7% | 7.78 | 0.473 | 0.3 | 4.2 |
| 06/11/2008 | 10:10 | 461.1 | 61.6 | N/A | N/A | 7.72 | 0.505 | 0.3 | 10.8 |
| 05/28/2008 | 11:45 | 435.2 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 5.9 |
| 04/30/2008 | 10:25 | 151.5 | 44.7 | 10.9 | 89.7% | 8.13 | 0.481 | 0.3 | 2.5 |
| 04/03/2008 | 09:30 | 290.9 | 39.6 | 9.9 | 76.1% | 7.80 | 0.368 | 0.2 | 1.9 |
| 03/05/2008 | 11:40 | 67.7 | 33.8 | 11.9 | 83.7% | 7.59 | 0.361 | 0.2 | 2.7 |
| 01/09/2008 | 10:05 | 2,909.0 | 44.2 | 8.8 | 71.9% | 7.67 | 0.237 | 0.2 | 34.8 |
| 01/09/2008 | 10:05 | 960.6 | 44.2 | 8.8 | 71.9% | 7.67 | 0.237 | 0.2 | 34.8 |
| 11/14/2007 | 09:50 | 104.6 | 49.3 | 10.1 | 88.6% | 7.84 | 0.506 | 0.3 | 2.8 |
| 08/10/2007 | 08:35 | 2,419.6 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 08/10/2007 | 08:35 | 4,611.0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 07/20/2007 | 08:30 | 1,334.0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 07/20/2007 | 08:30 | 1,299.7 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 06/21/2007 | 11:10 | 167.4 | 59.9 | 6.8 | 68.4% | 7.51 | 0.504 | 0.3 | 4.1 |
| 06/06/2007 | 12:30 | 488.4 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 05/16/2007 | 09:35 | 2,098.0 | 58.0 | 5.3 | 51.5% | 7.71 | 0.341 | 0.2 | 22.1 |
| 05/09/2007 | 12:20 | 2,419.6 | 62.4 | 4.3 | 44.2% | 7.58 | 0.250 | 0.2 | 32.0 |
| 04/19/2007 | 12:30 | 53.8 | 52.5 | 13.7 | 125.3% | 8.53 | 0.455 | 0.3 | 2.8 |
| Summary Statistics | Count | 30 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 26 |
| Average | 826.2 | 51.5 | 8.6 | 75.8% | 7.64 | 0.420 | 0.3 | 8.6 | |
| Minumum | 17.0 | 33.2 | 4.3 | 44.2% | 0.00 | 0.237 | 0.2 | 1.5 | |
| Maximum | 4,611.0 | 67.0 | 13.7 | 125.3% | 8.66 | 0.507 | 0.3 | 34.8 | |
| Above represents the summary statistics of ambient water quality conditions and below is a summary of E. coli bacteria results for BEA-15 (Bear Creek) between April 2007 and July 2009. This site is located in Section Number 1 of Wakeshma Township, South side of East 'TU' Avenue, between South 45th Street and South 47th Street. | |||||||||
| 17 out of 30 water sample results exceeded 300 bacteria colonies per 100 ml of water. | |||||||||
| 6 out of 30 water sample results were between 130 and 299 bacteria colonies per 100 ml of water. | |||||||||
| 7 out of 30 water sample results were less than 130 bacteria colonies per 100 ml of water. | |||||||||