East (Pasco County)

Florida LAKEWATCH Water Chemistry Summary

Location: Latitude 28°12'34", Longitude 82°26'27"

Period of record: 44 sampling dates; March 23, 1993 to December 2, 1999

Surface area : No data available.

Lake Region (Griffith et al. 1997): Land-O-Lakes

Geologic formation (Brooks 1981):

The geology is dominated by argillaceous to sandy impure limestone of the Tampa Formation.

Physiographic region (Brooks 1981):

The water body lies in the Land-O-Lakes subdivision of the Tampa Plain division of the Ocala Uplift District.

 

Supplemental, unpublished water chemistry data, University of Florida.

Numbers reported below are the average for 1 month sampled:

pH

8.2

Total alkalinity (mg/L as CaCO3)

43.0

Conductance (µS/cm @ 25 °C)

318

Chloride (mg/L)

48.

 

 

 

 

Long-term Florida LAKEWATCH Data

Numbers reported below are the minimum, average, and maximum value for the 44 months sampled:

 

Minimum

Average

Maximum

Long-term total phosphorus concentrations (µg/L)

17

21

40

Long-term total nitrogen concentrations (µg/L)

470

690

1000

Long-term total chlorophyll concentrations (µg/L)

1.3

8.4

22.3

Long-term Secchi depth (ft)

4.4

7.2

11.3

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

Dec-02-99

17

470

2.3

.

 

 

 

 

 

1999 Average

17

470

2.3

.

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