Environmental Health Bureau
(269) 373 - 5337, www.kalcounty.com/eh This report summarizes all water quality data collected at Site KAL-90, Kalamazoo River in the Kalamazoo River at Silver Creek 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 Silver Creek (State of Michigan Basin ID #: 17 66) | ||||
| Kalamazoo River | ||||
| KAL-90 | Northeast side of 'D' Avenue @ 'D' Avenue landing | Cooper Charter Township (15) | ||
| Site Code: KAL-90, 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 | 14:20 | 218.7 | 62.6 | 8.5 | 89.5% | 8.73 | 0.646 | 0.4 | 20.6 |
| 09/10/2003 | 13:35 | 59.4 | 71.7 | 9.2 | 107.4% | 8.34 | 0.625 | 0.4 | 9.9 |
| 08/06/2003 | 14:30 | 121.1 | 74.4 | 8.7 | 106.0% | 8.29 | 0.634 | 0.4 | 16.7 |
| 07/23/2003 | 13:36 | 172.5 | 73.5 | 8.8 | 106.3% | 8.38 | 0.624 | 0.4 | 18.2 |
| 07/11/2003 | 13:05 | 461.1 | 71.4 | 7.3 | 85.8% | 8.29 | 0.627 | 0.4 | 21.1 |
| 06/27/2003 | 13:25 | 387.3 | 72.6 | 7.1 | 84.1% | 8.16 | 0.660 | 0.4 | 8.0 |
| 06/13/2003 | 12:55 | 313.0 | 67.2 | 7.7 | 86.9% | 8.14 | 0.653 | 0.4 | 10.3 |
| 05/30/2003 | 13:02 | 77.6 | 62.4 | 8.5 | 90.2% | 8.17 | 0.673 | 0.4 | 13.1 |
| 09/13/2001 | 12:10 | 122.2 | 67.3 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 08/20/2001 | 12:00 | 435.2 | 66.4 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 08/02/2001 | 11:29 | 129.1 | 76.9 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 07/18/2001 | 09:23 | 272.3 | 74.0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 07/05/2001 | 09:51 | 178.2 | 68.0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 06/21/2001 | 10:00 | 118.7 | 70.0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 06/07/2001 | 09:40 | 110.6 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 05/24/2001 | 09:46 | 191.8 | 66.1 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 05/10/2001 | 09:51 | 95.9 | 64.1 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Summary Statistics | Count | 17 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Average | 203.8 | 69.3 | 8.2 | 94.5% | 8.31 | 0.643 | 0.4 | 14.7 | |
| Minumum | 59.4 | 62.4 | 7.1 | 84.1% | 8.14 | 0.624 | 0.4 | 8.0 | |
| Maximum | 461.1 | 76.9 | 9.2 | 107.4% | 8.73 | 0.673 | 0.4 | 21.1 | |
| Above represents the summary statistics of ambient water quality conditions and below is a summary of E. coli bacteria results for KAL-90 (Kalamazoo River) between May 2001 and September 2003. This site is located in Section Number 15 of Cooper Charter Township, Northeast side of 'D' Avenue @ 'D' Avenue landing. | |||||||||
| 4 out of 17 water sample results exceeded 300 bacteria colonies per 100 ml of water. | |||||||||
| 5 out of 17 water sample results were between 130 and 299 bacteria colonies per 100 ml of water. | |||||||||
| 8 out of 17 water sample results were less than 130 bacteria colonies per 100 ml of water. | |||||||||