Environmental Health Division
(269) 373 - 5337, www.kalcounty.com/eh This report summarizes all water quality data collected at Site BEA-60, 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-60 | North side of Longnecker Road, immediately west of Fulton Road (St. Joseph County) | Leonidas Township (4) | ||
| Site Code: BEA-60, 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 | 11:25 | 1,400.0 | 67.0 | 8.2 | 89.2% | 8.76 | 0.510 | 0.3 | 7.2 |
| 06/25/2009 | 09:45 | 650.0 | 75.7 | 6.0 | 71.2% | 8.23 | 0.468 | 0.3 | 10.3 |
| 06/09/2009 | 12:20 | 820.0 | 64.4 | 8.1 | 85.6% | 8.13 | 0.472 | 0.3 | 11.6 |
| 05/19/2009 | 10:55 | 180.0 | 56.3 | 8.4 | 80.8% | 7.89 | 0.386 | 0.3 | 4.8 |
| 04/29/2009 | 10:25 | 180.0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 4.9 |
| 03/24/2009 | 10:15 | 45.0 | 41.6 | 7.8 | 61.3% | 8.09 | 0.407 | 0.3 | 2.2 |
| 02/11/2009 | 11:05 | 230.0 | 32.7 | 10.3 | 71.4% | 8.13 | 0.280 | 0.2 | 4.7 |
| 12/29/2008 | 10:10 | 640.0 | 32.0 | 10.3 | 70.5% | 7.98 | 0.248 | 0.2 | 6.4 |
| 11/24/2008 | 10:55 | 62.0 | 32.1 | 13.4 | 91.8% | 0.00 | 0.489 | 0.3 | 4.3 |
| 10/22/2008 | 10:35 | 290.0 | 44.6 | 10.5 | 86.5% | 8.39 | 0.487 | 0.3 | 2.4 |
| 10/02/2008 | 10:10 | 270.0 | 51.9 | 9.7 | 88.0% | 8.46 | 0.478 | 0.3 | 4.5 |
| 09/24/2008 | 10:40 | 420.0 | 61.5 | 8.3 | 84.5% | 8.23 | 0.438 | 0.3 | 5.8 |
| 08/27/2008 | 09:55 | 530.0 | 61.5 | 8.7 | 88.7% | 8.50 | 0.487 | 0.3 | 7.2 |
| 07/23/2008 | 10:40 | 320.0 | 68.3 | 7.1 | 78.2% | 8.06 | 0.436 | 0.3 | 13.3 |
| Summary Statistics | Count | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 |
| Average | 431.2 | 53.0 | 9.0 | 80.6% | 7.60 | 0.430 | 0.3 | 6.4 | |
| Minumum | 45.0 | 32.0 | 6.0 | 61.3% | 0.00 | 0.248 | 0.2 | 2.2 | |
| Maximum | 1,400.0 | 75.7 | 13.4 | 91.8% | 8.76 | 0.510 | 0.3 | 13.3 | |
| Above represents the summary statistics of ambient water quality conditions and below is a summary of E. coli bacteria results for BEA-60 (Bear Creek) between July 2008 and July 2009. This site is located in Section Number 4 of Leonidas Township, North side of Longnecker Road, immediately west of Fulton Road (St. Joseph County). | |||||||||
| 7 out of 14 water sample results exceeded 300 bacteria colonies per 100 ml of water. | |||||||||
| 5 out of 14 water sample results were between 130 and 299 bacteria colonies per 100 ml of water. | |||||||||
| 2 out of 14 water sample results were less than 130 bacteria colonies per 100 ml of water. | |||||||||