Environmental Health Division
(269) 373 - 5337, www.kalcounty.com/eh This report summarizes all water quality data collected at Site KAL-30, Kalamazoo River in the Kalamazoo River at Morrow Lake Dam 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 Morrow Lake Dam (State of Michigan Basin ID #: 17 53) | ||||
| Kalamazoo River | ||||
| KAL-30 | River Oaks County Park Public access site | Comstock Charter Township (23) | ||
| Site Code: KAL-30, 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 | 10:02 | 547.5 | 58.9 | 8.2 | 82.8% | 8.63 | 0.553 | 0.4 | 11.7 |
| 09/10/2003 | 10:10 | 54.6 | 67.5 | 8.6 | 96.4% | 8.49 | 0.625 | 0.4 | 24.7 |
| 08/06/2003 | 13:15 | 178.9 | 74.8 | 7.4 | 90.9% | 8.24 | 0.592 | 0.4 | 5.5 |
| 07/23/2003 | 09:50 | 139.6 | 69.7 | 5.1 | 59.4% | 8.14 | 0.582 | 0.4 | 84.3 |
| 07/11/2003 | 10:05 | 290.9 | 64.8 | 5.8 | 66.7% | 8.19 | 0.583 | 0.4 | 24.4 |
| 06/27/2003 | 10:56 | 727.0 | 70.4 | 5.8 | 66.9% | 8.03 | 0.615 | 0.4 | 13.1 |
| 05/30/2003 | 10:24 | 83.6 | 63.4 | 5.4 | 57.3% | 8.05 | 0.626 | 0.4 | 47.8 |
| 09/13/2001 | 09:54 | 129.6 | 64.4 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 08/20/2001 | 09:57 | 547.5 | 67.7 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 08/02/2001 | 13:50 | 162.4 | 78.1 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 07/18/2001 | 13:16 | 127.4 | 77.6 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 07/05/2001 | 13:28 | 191.8 | 68.0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 06/21/2001 | 09:00 | 238.2 | 68.0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 06/07/2001 | 12:30 | 98.9 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 05/24/2001 | 12:27 | 248.9 | 67.7 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 05/09/2001 | 09:00 | 113.0 | 61.4 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Summary Statistics | Count | 16 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Average | 242.5 | 68.2 | 6.6 | 74.3% | 8.25 | 0.597 | 0.4 | 30.2 | |
| Minumum | 54.6 | 58.9 | 5.1 | 57.3% | 8.03 | 0.553 | 0.4 | 5.5 | |
| Maximum | 727.0 | 78.1 | 8.6 | 96.4% | 8.63 | 0.626 | 0.4 | 84.3 | |
| Above represents the summary statistics of ambient water quality conditions and below is a summary of E. coli bacteria results for KAL-30 (Kalamazoo River) between May 2001 and September 2003. This site is located in Section Number 23 of Comstock Charter Township, River Oaks County Park Public access site. | |||||||||
| 3 out of 16 water sample results exceeded 300 bacteria colonies per 100 ml of water. | |||||||||
| 7 out of 16 water sample results were between 130 and 299 bacteria colonies per 100 ml of water. | |||||||||
| 6 out of 16 water sample results were less than 130 bacteria colonies per 100 ml of water. | |||||||||