Environmental Health Bureau
(269) 373 - 5337, www.kalcounty.com/eh This report summarizes all water quality data collected at Site PPL-05, Paw Paw Lake in the East Branch Paw Paw River at Mouth Basin of the Paw Paw River Sub-Watershed, which is part of the larger St. Joseph River Watershed. (see map to the right) Water sampling and measurements are conducted by Environmental Health Bureau staff. |
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| East Branch Paw Paw River at Mouth (State of Michigan Basin ID #: 34A 6) | ||||
| Paw Paw Lake | ||||
| PPL-05 | MDNR Public access boat launch site | Texas Charter Township (32) | ||
| Site Code: PPL-05, Paw Paw Lake | |||||||||
| 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) |
| 11/08/2005 | 13:20 | 2.0 | 54.3 | 8.9 | 89.3% | 8.40 | 0.449 | 0.3 | 14.7 |
| 10/04/2005 | 14:30 | 2.0 | 71.6 | 8.5 | 98.8% | 8.42 | 0.421 | 0.3 | 1.2 |
| 08/18/2005 | 15:30 | 167.0 | 80.3 | 6.7 | 86.0% | 8.52 | 0.410 | 0.3 | 11.0 |
| 06/30/2005 | 11:30 | 19.9 | 83.3 | 7.0 | 93.4% | 8.32 | 0.413 | 0.3 | 4.1 |
| 04/28/2005 | 13:25 | 1.0 | 53.7 | 11.3 | 108.0% | 8.12 | 0.462 | 0.3 | 2.7 |
| 08/12/2004 | 11:28 | 7.4 | 71.7 | 6.8 | 79.2% | 8.49 | 0.364 | 0.2 | 5.9 |
| 07/16/2004 | 11:37 | 12.1 | 79.3 | 8.4 | 105.8% | 8.45 | 0.360 | 0.2 | 8.7 |
| 09/03/2003 | 13:40 | 41.3 | 76.5 | 8.5 | 104.5% | 8.60 | 0.374 | 0.2 | 2.6 |
| 07/30/2003 | 09:46 | 3.1 | 75.6 | 7.9 | 97.8% | 8.54 | 0.380 | 0.2 | 4.5 |
| 06/06/2003 | 09:41 | 2.0 | 61.9 | 7.7 | 81.7% | 8.54 | 0.411 | 0.3 | 14.2 |
| 11/21/2002 | 11:20 | 1.0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 11/07/2002 | 10:30 | 1.0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 10/17/2002 | 11:25 | 4.1 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 10/03/2002 | 11:20 | 2.0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 09/19/2002 | 12:00 | 63.8 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 09/05/2002 | 12:00 | 5.2 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 08/22/2002 | 10:30 | 23.1 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 07/25/2002 | 12:00 | 18.7 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 07/11/2002 | 12:30 | 24.9 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 06/27/2002 | 10:40 | 224.7 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 06/13/2002 | 09:20 | 9.8 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 05/30/2002 | 12:50 | 3.0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 05/16/2002 | 12:10 | 29.2 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 08/23/2001 | 11:10 | 27.2 | 77.5 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 08/09/2001 | 12:20 | 4.1 | 86.6 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 07/26/2001 | 11:20 | 21.6 | 77.4 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 07/12/2001 | 11:11 | 4.1 | 68.0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 06/28/2001 | 11:05 | 24.6 | 82.0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 06/14/2001 | 11:00 | 43.0 | 77.0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 06/01/2001 | 10:45 | 5.2 | 53.6 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 05/17/2001 | 10:00 | 10.9 | 67.0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 05/03/2001 | 11:26 | 1.0 | 69.3 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Summary Statistics | Count | 32 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Average | 25.3 | 71.9 | 8.2 | 94.5% | 8.44 | 0.404 | 0.3 | 7.0 | |
| Minumum | 1.0 | 53.6 | 6.7 | 79.2% | 8.12 | 0.360 | 0.2 | 1.2 | |
| Maximum | 224.7 | 86.6 | 11.3 | 108.0% | 8.60 | 0.462 | 0.3 | 14.7 | |
| Above represents the summary statistics of ambient water quality conditions and below is a summary of E. coli bacteria results for PPL-05 (Paw Paw Lake) between May 2001 and November 2005. This site is located in Section Number 32 of Texas Charter Township, MDNR Public access boat launch site. | |||||||||
| 0 out of 32 water sample results exceeded 300 bacteria colonies per 100 ml of water. | |||||||||
| 2 out of 32 water sample results were between 130 and 299 bacteria colonies per 100 ml of water. | |||||||||
| 30 out of 32 water sample results were less than 130 bacteria colonies per 100 ml of water. | |||||||||