Eola (Orange County)

Florida LAKEWATCH Water Chemistry Summary

Location: Latitude 28°32'39", Longitude 81°22'24"

Period of record: 64 sampling dates; January 10, 1991 to December 20, 1999

Surface area (Shafer et al. 1986): 25 acres / 10 hectacres

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Supplemental, unpublished water chemistry data, University of Florida.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

8.4

Sulfate (mg/L)

17.0

Total alkalinity (mg/L as CaCO3)

88.7

Calcium (mg/L)

31.8

Conductance (µS/cm @ 25 °C)

258

Magnesium (mg/L)

5.0

Color (Pt-Co units)

13

Sodium (mg/L)

9.8

Chloride (mg/L)

14.0

Potassium (mg/L)

2.5

Silicon (mg/L)

0.7

 

 

Long-term Florida LAKEWATCH Data

Numbers reported below are the minimum, average, and maximum value for the 64 months sampled:

 

Minimum

Average

Maximum

Long-term total phosphorus concentrations (µg/L)

23

47

127

Long-term total nitrogen concentrations (µg/L)

430

620

960

Long-term total chlorophyll concentrations (µg/L)

9.7

37.0

96.7

Long-term Secchi depth (ft)

2.5

4.5

7.6

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-26-99

40

520

23.3

6.8

May-13-99

41

510

.

4.7

Aug-24-99

31

490

32.7

4.9

Sep-23-99

35

500

40.3

4.3

Oct-26-99

30

500

24.0

5.8

Nov-24-99

26

490

21.3

5.7

Dec-20-99

30

660

20.3

7.0

 

 

 

 

 

1999 Average

33

520

27.0

5.6

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