Effects Wastewater-Lagoon Discharge Wetlands Water Quality Bonifas Creek, Gogebic County, Michigan

U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 00-100


Table 3. Results of analyses for fecal coliform and 5-day biochemical oxygen demand in water samples from Bonifas Creek and wastewater lagoon (LVD lagoon) at Watersmeet, Mich.
[mm of Hg, millimeters of mercury; ft3/s, cubic feet per second; cols./100 mL, colonies per 100 milliliters; ND, not detected; --, no data]

Sampling information and water-quality property or constituent LVD lagoon Bonifas Creek below Bass Lake (station 4032915) and at Watersmeet (station 4032919)
Below Bass Lake At Watersmeet Below Bass Lake At Watersmeet Below Bass Lake At Watersmeet BelowBass Lake At Watersmeet
Date measured June 5, 1998 August 27, 1997 August 27, 1997 September 25, 1997 September 24, 1997 December 18, 1997 December 17, 1997 June 17, 1998 June 16, 1998
Time measured 1500 1020 1345 900 1500 1000 1300 1130 1345
Air Pressure (mm of Hg) -- 721 721 -- -- 713 718 722 714
Water temperature (degrees Celsius) -- 17.5 18 13.5 14 1 .8 21 21
Streamflow, instantaneous (ft3/s) -- .5 -- 1.6 2.5 1.6 4.6 2.3 --
Coliform, fecal (cols./100 mL) -- 14 50 10 3 <2 5 8 8
Five-day biochemical oxygen demand (BOD5) -- ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND

Citation:

Aichele, Stephen Scranton and Ellis, J.M., 2000, Effects of Wastewater-Lagoon Discharge through Wetlands on Water Quality in Bonifas Creek, Gogebic County, Michigan, Date Posted: May 19, 2003, US Geological Survey Open-File Report 00-100 [http://mi.water.usgs.gov/pubs/OF/OF00-100/index.php]