Environmental Health Division
(269) 373 - 5337, www.kalcounty.com/eh This report summarizes all water quality data collected at Site KAL-35, 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-35 | MDNR Public access boat launch site (Morrow Lake) | Comstock Charter Township (22) | ||
| Site Code: KAL-35, 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 | 12:18 | 920.8 | 59.7 | 7.4 | 76.3% | 8.46 | 0.553 | 0.4 | 16.4 |
| 09/10/2003 | 11:00 | 2.0 | 72.1 | 13.6 | 160.5% | 8.67 | 0.548 | 0.4 | 10.0 |
| 08/06/2003 | 13:20 | 20.1 | 78.8 | 13.9 | 176.7% | 8.76 | 0.532 | 0.3 | 11.3 |
| 07/23/2003 | 10:15 | 15.6 | 73.1 | 6.9 | 83.1% | 8.39 | 0.584 | 0.4 | 8.4 |
| 07/11/2003 | 10:35 | 93.3 | 70.8 | 5.7 | 67.3% | 8.24 | 0.576 | 0.4 | 45.1 |
| 06/27/2003 | 11:16 | 77.6 | 72.0 | 6.8 | 80.0% | 8.19 | 0.598 | 0.4 | 17.3 |
| 06/13/2003 | 10:55 | 9.8 | 68.4 | 5.7 | 65.9% | 8.13 | 0.600 | 0.4 | 8.2 |
| 05/30/2003 | 10:47 | 18.7 | 67.3 | 6.7 | 75.4% | 8.14 | 0.624 | 0.4 | 6.0 |
| 09/13/2001 | 09:42 | 36.4 | 67.9 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 08/20/2001 | 09:46 | 195.6 | 67.5 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 08/07/2001 | 09:14 | 15.8 | 79.2 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 07/23/2001 | 11:40 | 365.4 | 76.9 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 07/09/2001 | 11:50 | 16.0 | 74.0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 06/25/2001 | 12:34 | 42.6 | 78.0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 06/11/2001 | 12:00 | 25.6 | 72.0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 05/29/2001 | 12:30 | 137.6 | 63.4 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 05/14/2001 | 11:41 | 13.4 | 65.9 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 04/30/2001 | 09:36 | 166.9 | 60.8 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Summary Statistics | Count | 18 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Average | 120.7 | 70.4 | 8.4 | 98.2% | 8.37 | 0.577 | 0.4 | 15.3 | |
| Minumum | 2.0 | 59.7 | 5.7 | 65.9% | 8.13 | 0.532 | 0.3 | 6.0 | |
| Maximum | 920.8 | 79.2 | 13.9 | 176.7% | 8.76 | 0.624 | 0.4 | 45.1 | |
| Above represents the summary statistics of ambient water quality conditions and below is a summary of E. coli bacteria results for KAL-35 (Kalamazoo River) between April 2001 and September 2003. This site is located in Section Number 22 of Comstock Charter Township, MDNR Public access boat launch site (Morrow Lake). | |||||||||
| 2 out of 18 water sample results exceeded 300 bacteria colonies per 100 ml of water. | |||||||||
| 3 out of 18 water sample results were between 130 and 299 bacteria colonies per 100 ml of water. | |||||||||
| 13 out of 18 water sample results were less than 130 bacteria colonies per 100 ml of water. | |||||||||