Environmental Health Division
(269) 373 - 5337, www.kalcounty.com/eh This report summarizes all water quality data collected at Site KAL-10, Kalamazoo River in the Kalamazoo River at Gull Creek Basin of the Kalamazoo River Corridor Sub-Watershed, which is part of the larger Kalamazoo River Watershed. (see map to the right) Water sampling and measurements are conducted by Environmental Health Division staff. |
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| Kalamazoo River at Gull Creek (State of Michigan Basin ID #: 17 52) | ||||
| Kalamazoo River | ||||
| KAL-10 | MDNR Public access boat launch site (Fort Custer Recreation Area) | Charleston Township (14) | ||
| Site Code: KAL-10, Kalamazoo River | |||||||||
| 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) |
| 09/24/2003 | 10:50 | 261.3 | 59.8 | 7.5 | 76.6% | 8.59 | 0.604 | 0.4 | 4.2 |
| 09/10/2003 | 09:40 | 156.5 | 69.2 | 7.3 | 83.9% | 8.49 | 0.649 | 0.4 | 4.9 |
| 08/06/2003 | 12:00 | 298.7 | 72.7 | 6.7 | 79.4% | 8.24 | 0.615 | 0.4 | 4.3 |
| 07/23/2003 | 09:10 | 290.9 | 61.5 | 6.0 | 63.0% | 7.86 | 0.535 | 0.3 | 5.2 |
| 07/11/2003 | 09:00 | 193.5 | 63.8 | 6.8 | 73.8% | 7.91 | 0.544 | 0.4 | 10.0 |
| 06/27/2003 | 10:00 | 980.4 | 67.4 | 5.3 | 58.7% | 7.84 | 0.505 | 0.3 | 28.1 |
| 06/13/2003 | 09:30 | 185.0 | 64.1 | 7.0 | 76.9% | 8.03 | 0.618 | 0.4 | 12.0 |
| 05/30/2003 | 09:40 | 917.6 | 62.9 | 6.7 | 71.3% | 8.17 | 0.651 | 0.4 | 7.7 |
| 09/13/2001 | 10:21 | 325.5 | 65.0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 08/20/2001 | 10:30 | 613.1 | 65.9 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 08/08/2001 | 09:54 | 365.4 | 77.6 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 07/23/2001 | 11:00 | 816.4 | 76.9 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 07/09/2001 | 11:11 | 142.1 | 63.0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 06/25/2001 | 12:02 | 139.6 | 69.0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 06/11/2001 | 11:30 | 142.1 | 68.0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 05/29/2001 | 11:48 | 125.0 | 60.5 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 05/14/2001 | 11:06 | 58.3 | 61.0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 04/30/2001 | 12:00 | 64.4 | 63.0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Summary Statistics | Count | 18 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Average | 337.5 | 66.2 | 6.7 | 73.0% | 8.14 | 0.590 | 0.4 | 9.6 | |
| Minumum | 58.3 | 59.8 | 5.3 | 58.7% | 7.84 | 0.505 | 0.3 | 4.2 | |
| Maximum | 980.4 | 77.6 | 7.5 | 83.9% | 8.59 | 0.651 | 0.4 | 28.1 | |
| Above represents the summary statistics of ambient water quality conditions and below is a summary of E. coli bacteria results for KAL-10 (Kalamazoo River) between April 2001 and September 2003. This site is located in Section Number 14 of Charleston Township, MDNR Public access boat launch site (Fort Custer Recreation Area). | |||||||||
| 6 out of 18 water sample results exceeded 300 bacteria colonies per 100 ml of water. | |||||||||
| 9 out of 18 water sample results were between 130 and 299 bacteria colonies per 100 ml of water. | |||||||||
| 3 out of 18 water sample results were less than 130 bacteria colonies per 100 ml of water. | |||||||||