C (Orange County)

Florida LAKEWATCH Water Chemistry Summary

Location: Latitude 28°31'52", Longitude 81°19'10"

Period of record: 72 sampling dates; November 18, 1990 to December 14, 1999

Surface area : No data available.

Lake Region (Griffith et al. 1997): Orlando Ridge

Geologic formation (Brooks 1981):

The geology is dominated by phosphatic sand, silty sand, and clay of the Hawthorne Formation.

Physiographic region (Brooks 1981):

The water body lies in the Orlando Promontory division of the Central Lake District.

Supplemental, unpublished water chemistry data, University of Florida.

Numbers reported below are the average for 2 months sampled:

pH

7.0

Sulfate (mg/L)

24.0

Total alkalinity (mg/L as CaCO3)

45.0

Calcium (mg/L)

22.5

Conductance (µS/cm @ 25 °C)

215

Magnesium (mg/L)

3.5

Color (Pt-Co units)

28

Sodium (mg/L)

8.5

Chloride (mg/L)

17.2

Potassium (mg/L)

5.0

Silicon (mg/L)

3.0

 

 

Long-term Florida LAKEWATCH Data

Numbers reported below are the minimum, average, and maximum value for the 72 months sampled:

 

Minimum

Average

Maximum

Long-term total phosphorus concentrations (µg/L)

23

51

154

Long-term total nitrogen concentrations (µg/L)

460

790

1530

Long-term total chlorophyll concentrations (µg/L)

1.0

67.1

759.0

Long-term Secchi depth (ft)

2.0

3.5

8.3

1999 Florida LAKEWATCH Data

Numbers reported below are monthly averages calculated from 3 stations for total phosphorus (TP, µg/L), total nitrogen (TN, µg/L), chlorophyll (CHL, µg/L) and Secchi depth (SECCHI, ft) during 1999:

Date

TP (µg/L)

TN (µg/L)

CHL (µg/L)

SECCHI (ft

Jan-20-99

43

510

17.3

4.7

Feb-25-99

46

760

19.7

4.3

Mar-21-99

59

780

27.0

3.8

Apr-19-99

90

1000

52.0

3.0

May-16-99

65

840

44.0

3.5

Jun-28-99

154

1530

759.0

2.2

Jul-22-99

45

690

47.7

3.0

Aug-16-99

61

790

65.7

3.0

Sep-22-99

72

1120

89.3

3.3

Oct-22-99

54

960

83.7

3.0

Nov-23-99

48

700

68.3

3.2

Dec-14-99

42

690

56.0

3.0

 

 

 

 

 

1999 Average

65

860

110.8

3.3

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