Table from Effects Wastewater-Lagoon Discharge Wetlands Water Quality Bonifas Creek, Gogebic County, Michigan, Open-File Report 00-100

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

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

Table 4. Results of analyses for selected inorganic chemical constituents in samples from Bonifas Creek and wastewater lagoon (LVD lagoon) at Watersmeet, Mich.
[mm of Hg, millimeters of mercury; mg/L, milligrams per liter]

Sampling information and water-quality property or constituent	LVD lagoon	Bonifas Creek below Bass Lake (station 4032915) and at Watersmeet (station 4032919)
	LVD lagoon	Below Bass Lake	At Watersmeet	Below Bass Lake	At Watersmeet	Below Bass Lake	At Watersmeet	Below Bass 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	--
Nitrogen, ammonia (mg/L as N)	4.47	< .015	< .015	< .015	< .015	< .02	< .02	.08	.057
Nitrogen, nitrate (mg/L as N)	.03	< .01	< .01	< .01	< .01	< .01	< .01	< .01	< .01
Ammonia + organic N (mg/L as N)	5.6	.3	.3	.4	.5	.5	.4	.5	.7
Nitrate + nitrite, dissolved, (mg/L as N)	< .05	< .05	.05	< .05	< .05	< .05	< .05	< .05	< .05
Phosphorus, total (mg/L as P)	1.56	< .01	.03	< .01	.049	< .01	< .01	.01	.02
Phosphorus, dissolved (mg/L as P)	1.45	< .01	< .01	< .01	< .01	< .01	< .01	< .01	< .01
Phosphorus, ortho (mg/L as P)	1.16	< .01	< .01	< .01	< .01	< .01	< .01	< .01	.01
Alkalinity, dissolved (mg/L as CaCO₃)	--	31	--	24	30	25	30	25	30
Calcium dissolved (mg/L as Ca)	23.7	7.8	11.6	7.6	9.8	8.1	10.3	8.0	10.4
Magnesium dissolved (mg/L as Mg)	6.8	2.37	3.24	2.39	2.82	2.63	3.12	2.41	2.87
Sodium dissolved (mg/L as Na)	46.4	3.3	2.6	3.4	2.6	3.7	3.5	3.6	3.2
Potassium, dissolved (mg/L as K)	14.3	.7	.8	.7	.5	.7	.7	.7	.4
Chloride dissolved (mg/L as Cl)	69.1	5.7	3.9	6.0	4.0	7.0	5.9	6.3	5.6
Sulfate dissolved (mg/L as SO₄)	02.6	1.3	.8	1.7	1.1	2.1	2.1	2.0	1.2
Fluoride dissolved (mg/L as F)	< .1	< .1	< .1	< .1	< .1	< .1	< .1	< .1	< .1
Silica dissolved (mg/L as SiO₂)	7.2	1.0	6.0	.9	6.6	1.3	5.5	.6	2.8
Residue total (mg/L)	--	2	12	<1	8	11	4	3	1
Residue DIS 180C (mg/L)	292	58	78	58	77	71	81	54	78
ANC, TIT. 4.5, L (mg/L as CaCO₃)	112	27	41	26	31	28	36	26	32

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]