South Channel water
testing results for 2003
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South Channel Water
Quality Monitoring Bacterial Count |
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Date |
Site 1 |
Site 3 |
Site 4 |
Site 5 |
Site 6 |
Site
7 |
Site 8 |
Site 12 |
Site13 |
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03/26/03 |
TC 46 |
TC 11 |
TC >3 |
TC >3 |
TC >3 |
TC >3 |
TC >3 |
TC 451 |
TC 55 |
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E. 13 |
E >3 |
E. >3 |
E. >3 |
E. >3 |
E. >3 |
E. >3 |
E. >3 |
E. 13 |
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06/16/03 |
TC 1038 |
TC 3 |
TC 8 |
TC >3 |
TC 3 |
TC 3 |
TC 11 |
TC 25 |
TC 35 |
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E. 8 |
E. >3 |
E. >3 |
E. >3 |
E. >3 |
E. >3
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E. >3 |
E. 5 |
E. 28 |
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307/01/03 |
TC 328 |
TC 13 |
TC 25 |
TC 22 |
TC 13 |
TC 22 |
TC 22 |
TC 19 |
TC 30 |
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E.
>3 |
E. 59 |
E.
>3 |
E. >3 |
E. 5 |
E. >3 |
E. 3 |
E. >3 |
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07/13/03 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
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07/28/03 |
TC 489 |
TC 49 |
TC 25 |
TC 52 |
TC 3 |
TC 76 |
TC 19 |
TC 2424 |
TC 76 |
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E. 43 |
E. 5 |
E. >3 |
E. >3 |
E. >3 |
E. >3 |
E. >3 |
E. 11 |
E. 3 |
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08/18/03 |
TC 226 |
TC 30 |
TC 46 |
TC 271 |
TC 2424 |
TC 2424 |
TC 11 |
TC 55 |
TC 119 |
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E.
30 |
E. >3 |
E.
>3 |
E. >3 |
E.
>3 |
E. >3 |
E. >3 |
E. 13 |
E. 5 |
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09/01/03 |
TC 194 |
TC 19 |
TC 36 |
TC 46 |
TC 193 |
TC 43 |
TC 25 |
TC 46 |
TC 127 |
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E. 30 |
E. 3 |
E. 3 |
E. >3 |
E. 3 |
E. >3 |
E. 3 |
E. 5 |
E. 3 |
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The
TC reading indicates the most probable number of colony forming units of total
coliform per 100 mL sample of water.
The
E. reading indicates the most probable number of colony forming units of E. coli per 100 mL sample of water.
The
recorded number 2424 indicates that the total number of colonies is too high to
be counted.
We
no longer presume that any open bodies of water are free of bacteria, thus a
zero reading on the test plates is recorded
as
>3 (fewer than three) colonies. In
these cases there was no observable indication of E. coli.
Site
1 Seguin River
mouth Site 7 Seven Mile
Narrows (control)
Site
3 Menomenee
Channel, west end Site 8 Devil’s
Elbow/Transfer Station
Site
4 East
end of Seven Mile Bay Site 12 Five Mile Bay/Squaw
Channel
Site
5 End
of Kineras Bay Site 13 Boyne
River mouth/Two mile narrows
Site
6 End
of Redner Bay
Provincial
standards regarding water that is safe for recreational use are as
follows. For total coliform, bacterial
counts of 100 or fewer colony
forming units per 100 mL of water, and for E.
coli 10 or fewer colony forming
units per 100 mL of water. The goal set
by The Township of the Archipelago is 10 units of total coliform and >3
units of E. coli.
The water
quality data gathered last year has not yet been published, but the following
data is from records retained by me after submitting the original work
worksheet to be collated. I expect that
this work will be completed in time for all of our teams to use it at our
spring workshop. I am eager to see how
the South Channel Area compares this year.
The South Cannel numbers in 2003 were much improved over those of the
two previous years, but were poorer than those recorded in the course of the
first two years of this testing/monitoring program. Stan Topping