Eustis (Lake County)

Florida LAKEWATCH Water Chemistry Summary

Location: Latitude 28°50'31", Longitude 81°43'27"

Period of record: 81 sampling dates; October 4, 1990 to December 11, 1999

Surface area (Shafer et al. 1986): No data available.

Lake Region (Griffith et al. 1997): Central Valley

Geologic formation (Brooks 1981):

The geology is dominated by deeply weathered clayey sand and granular sand of the Hawthorne Formation.

Physiographic region (Brooks 1981):

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

Supplemental, unpublished water chemistry data, University of Florida.

Numbers reported below are the average for 5 months sampled:

pH

8.7

Sulfate (mg/L)

14.0

Total alkalinity (mg/L as CaCO3)

104.9

Calcium (mg/L)

32.7

Conductance (µS/cm @ 25 °C)

293

Magnesium (mg/L)

30.8

Color (Pt-Co units)

20

Sodium (mg/L)

13.6

Chloride (mg/L)

26.4

Potassium (mg/L)

6.0

Silicon (mg/L)

3.1

 

 

Long-term Florida LAKEWATCH Data

Numbers reported below are the minimum, average, and maximum value for the 81 months sampled:

 

Minimum

Average

Maximum

Long-term total phosphorus concentrations (µg/L)

19

39

70

Long-term total nitrogen concentrations (µg/L)

1140

2240

3830

Long-term total chlorophyll concentrations (µg/L)

10.0

76.6

143.0

Long-term Secchi depth (ft)

1.0

2.2

8.0

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-15-99

41

2240

92.0

2.0

Feb-19-99

49

2760

112.3

2.0

Mar-20-99

43

2380

96.7

2.0

Apr-17-99

53

2840

138.0

2.0

May-11-99

45

2730

129.0

2.0

Jun-15-99

41

2560

110.7

2.0

Jul-23-99

35

2640

103.7

2.0

Aug-26-99

29

2330

86.3

1.0

Sep-09-99

36

2000

91.7

1.9

Oct-11-99

27

1980

73.0

2.0

Nov-10-99

32

1840

65.3

2.0

Dec-11-99

42

1770

53.7

2.2

 

 

 

 

 

1999 Average

39

2340

96.0

1.9

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