Environmental Health Division
(269) 373 - 5337, www.kalcounty.com/eh This report summarizes all water quality data collected at Site KAL-80, Kalamazoo River in the Kalamazoo River at Spring Brook 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 Spring Brook (State of Michigan Basin ID #: 17 65) | ||||
| Kalamazoo River | ||||
| KAL-80 | North of Mosel Avenue along Commerce Street | City of Parchment (3) | ||
| Site Code: KAL-80, 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 | 13:58 | 86.2 | 62.9 | 8.3 | 88.6% | 8.77 | 0.631 | 0.4 | 13.9 |
| 09/10/2003 | 13:22 | 95.9 | 71.9 | 9.5 | 111.7% | 8.32 | 0.595 | 0.4 | 26.3 |
| 08/06/2003 | 14:04 | 93.3 | 75.3 | 10.6 | 130.0% | 8.48 | 0.602 | 0.4 | 16.4 |
| 07/23/2003 | 11:18 | 125.0 | 73.5 | 8.2 | 99.3% | 8.35 | 0.583 | 0.4 | 22.5 |
| 07/11/2003 | 12:35 | 325.5 | 73.2 | 6.8 | 81.9% | 8.26 | 0.602 | 0.4 | 24.1 |
| 06/27/2003 | 12:45 | 410.6 | 73.5 | 6.0 | 71.1% | 8.11 | 0.652 | 0.4 | 8.5 |
| 06/13/2003 | 12:15 | 1,986.3 | 67.5 | 6.2 | 70.7% | 8.16 | 0.640 | 0.4 | 9.6 |
| 05/30/2003 | 12:35 | 112.6 | 63.5 | 7.9 | 84.8% | 8.15 | 0.660 | 0.4 | 15.4 |
| 09/13/2001 | 11:17 | 98.8 | 67.8 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 08/20/2001 | 13:00 | 123.6 | 68.6 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 08/02/2001 | 13:25 | 85.5 | 78.5 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 07/18/2001 | 13:47 | 119.8 | 78.3 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 07/05/2001 | 11:13 | 60.1 | 70.0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 06/21/2001 | 14:10 | 1,203.3 | 65.0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 06/07/2001 | 12:07 | 60.1 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 05/24/2001 | 11:50 | 228.2 | 63.2 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 05/10/2001 | 14:15 | 55.2 | 69.8 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Summary Statistics | Count | 17 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Average | 310.0 | 70.2 | 7.9 | 92.3% | 8.33 | 0.621 | 0.4 | 17.1 | |
| Minumum | 55.2 | 62.9 | 6.0 | 70.7% | 8.11 | 0.583 | 0.4 | 8.5 | |
| Maximum | 1,986.3 | 78.5 | 10.6 | 130.0% | 8.77 | 0.660 | 0.4 | 26.3 | |
| Above represents the summary statistics of ambient water quality conditions and below is a summary of E. coli bacteria results for KAL-80 (Kalamazoo River) between May 2001 and September 2003. This site is located in Section Number 3 of City of Parchment, North of Mosel Avenue along Commerce Street. | |||||||||
| 4 out of 17 water sample results exceeded 300 bacteria colonies per 100 ml of water. | |||||||||
| 1 out of 17 water sample results were between 130 and 299 bacteria colonies per 100 ml of water. | |||||||||
| 12 out of 17 water sample results were less than 130 bacteria colonies per 100 ml of water. | |||||||||