Environmental Health Bureau
(269) 373 - 5337, www.kalcounty.com/eh This report summarizes all water quality data collected at Site KAL-75, 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 Bureau staff. |
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| Kalamazoo River at Spring Brook (State of Michigan Basin ID #: 17 65) | ||||
| Kalamazoo River | ||||
| KAL-75 | South of Patterson avenue @ Verburg River Park | City of Kalamazoo (15) | ||
| Site Code: KAL-75, 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 | 13:49 | 104.3 | 63.8 | 8.0 | 85.7% | 8.58 | 0.515 | 0.3 | 18.0 |
| 09/10/2003 | 13:10 | 21.3 | 75.9 | 11.5 | 141.5% | 8.44 | 0.552 | 0.4 | 26.4 |
| 08/06/2003 | 13:55 | 17.5 | 80.6 | 14.9 | 192.8% | 8.79 | 0.557 | 0.4 | 39.3 |
| 07/23/2003 | 11:10 | 45.0 | 75.9 | 9.0 | 110.8% | 8.16 | 0.533 | 0.3 | 46.7 |
| 07/11/2003 | 11:55 | 165.8 | 73.7 | 6.6 | 79.6% | 8.03 | 0.497 | 0.3 | 31.9 |
| 06/27/2003 | 12:30 | 325.5 | 75.5 | 8.0 | 97.5% | 7.83 | 0.578 | 0.4 | 52.2 |
| 06/13/2003 | 11:47 | 64.4 | 70.9 | 9.3 | 110.1% | 8.26 | 0.640 | 0.4 | 72.4 |
| 05/30/2003 | 12:22 | 19.5 | 65.0 | 9.9 | 107.8% | 8.22 | 0.651 | 0.4 | 32.3 |
| 09/13/2001 | 11:06 | 113.0 | 67.1 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 08/20/2001 | 12:48 | 193.5 | 68.4 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 08/02/2001 | 13:15 | 272.3 | 78.1 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 07/18/2001 | 13:34 | 129.6 | 83.3 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 07/05/2001 | 11:04 | 50.4 | 71.0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 06/21/2001 | 14:00 | 2,419.2 | 68.0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 06/07/2001 | 12:00 | 70.8 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 05/24/2001 | 12:01 | 178.5 | 63.7 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 05/10/2001 | 14:00 | 101.4 | 69.3 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Summary Statistics | Count | 17 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Average | 252.5 | 71.9 | 9.6 | 115.7% | 8.29 | 0.565 | 0.4 | 39.9 | |
| Minumum | 17.5 | 63.7 | 6.6 | 79.6% | 7.83 | 0.497 | 0.3 | 18.0 | |
| Maximum | 2,419.2 | 83.3 | 14.9 | 192.8% | 8.79 | 0.651 | 0.4 | 72.4 | |
| Above represents the summary statistics of ambient water quality conditions and below is a summary of E. coli bacteria results for KAL-75 (Kalamazoo River) between May 2001 and September 2003. This site is located in Section Number 15 of City of Kalamazoo, South of Patterson avenue @ Verburg River Park. | |||||||||
| 2 out of 17 water sample results exceeded 300 bacteria colonies per 100 ml of water. | |||||||||
| 4 out of 17 water sample results were between 130 and 299 bacteria colonies per 100 ml of water. | |||||||||
| 11 out of 17 water sample results were less than 130 bacteria colonies per 100 ml of water. | |||||||||