Maitland (Orange County)

Florida LAKEWATCH Water Chemistry Summary

Location: Latitude 28°36'51", Longitude 81°21'5"

Period of record: 5 sampling dates; September 24, 1990 to January 30, 1991

Surface area (Shafer et al. 1986): 451 acres / 183 hectacres

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

Geologic formation (Brooks 1981):

The geology is a mixture of two major types dominated by phosphatic sand, silty sand, and clay of the Hawthorne Formation and coastal sand and shelly silty sand of the preglacial Pleistocene.

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Supplemental, unpublished water chemistry data, University of Florida.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 3 months sampled:

pH

7.7

Sulfate (mg/L)

16.4

Total alkalinity (mg/L as CaCO3)

68.7

Calcium (mg/L)

28.3

Conductance (µS/cm @ 25 °C)

205

Magnesium (mg/L)

17.4

Color (Pt-Co units)

4

Sodium (mg/L)

8.8

Chloride (mg/L)

15.9

Potassium (mg/L)

3.6

Silicon (mg/L)

0.2

 

 

Long-term Florida LAKEWATCH Data

Numbers reported below are the minimum, average, and maximum value for the 5 months sampled:

 

Minimum

Average

Maximum

Long-term total phosphorus concentrations (µg/L)

21

26

28

Long-term total nitrogen concentrations (µg/L)

640

920

1060

Long-term total chlorophyll concentrations (µg/L)

11.7

21.2

30.7

Long-term Secchi depth (ft)

3.8

4.4

5.8

Florida LAKEWATCH data were not collected in 1999.

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