Cayuga Lake Monitoring Event Graph

This bar graph reports the raw data for each location that was sampled as part of the monitoring event conducted on this date. To view results for individual water quality indicators, click-off other indicators in the legend at the bottom of the graph.

Event Results

Scroll down to view the event results for each monitoring location.

Location Analyte Value Remarks Location
Middle of Shallow Southern Shelf Temperature 11.0 C Field
Hydrogen Ion (pH) 7.5 Unitless (negative logarithm of H ion concentration) Not certifiable Field
Specific Conductance 434.0 uS/cm Lab
Alkalinity 112.0 mg CaCO3/L Sample collected with head space Lab
Hardness, Total 154.0 mg CaCO3/L Lab
Chloride 52.0 mg/L Lab
Turbidity 1.0 NTU Lab
Soluble Reactive Phosphorus (as P) 4.1 ug/L Exceeded 15 min. holding time for filtration Lab
Total Phosphorus (as P) 6.1 ug/L Lab
Nitrate-+Nitrite-Nitrogen (as N) 1.01 mg/L Lab
Dissolved Oxygen 9.2 mg/L Lab
Chlorophyll 0.79 ug/L Lab
Secchi Depth 6.5 m Bottom Field
Lake Source Cooling Outfall Soluble Reactive Phosphorus (as P) 5.1 ug/L Exceeded 15 min. holding time for filtration Lab
Total Phosphorus (as P) 4.9 ug/L Lab
Nitrate-+Nitrite-Nitrogen (as N) 1.06 mg/L Lab
Dissolved Oxygen 9.7 mg/L Lab
Chlorophyll 0.25 ug/L non-detect Lab
Secchi Depth 5.0 m Bottom Field
Temperature 10.0 C Field
Hydrogen Ion (pH) 7.25 Unitless (negative logarithm of H ion concentration) Not certifiable Field
Specific Conductance 432.0 uS/cm Lab
Alkalinity 109.0 mg CaCO3/L Sample collected with head space Lab
Hardness, Total 150.0 mg CaCO3/L Lab
Chloride 52.0 mg/L Lab
Turbidity 0.3 NTU Lab
Cayuga Heights Sewage Outfall Temperature 11.0 C Field
Hydrogen Ion (pH) 7.5 Unitless (negative logarithm of H ion concentration) Not certifiable Field
Specific Conductance 435.0 uS/cm Lab
Alkalinity 115.0 mg CaCO3/L Sample collected with head space Lab
Hardness, Total 167.0 mg CaCO3/L Lab
Chloride 51.9 mg/L Lab
Turbidity 0.4 NTU Lab
Soluble Reactive Phosphorus (as P) 5.1 ug/L Exceeded 15 min. holding time for filtration Lab
Total Phosphorus (as P) 8.0 ug/L Lab
Nitrate-+Nitrite-Nitrogen (as N) 1.14 mg/L Lab
Dissolved Oxygen 9.4 mg/L Lab
Chlorophyll 0.64 ug/L Lab
Secchi Depth 3.0 m Bottom/weeds Field
Ithaca Sewage Outfall Temperature 12.0 C Field
Hydrogen Ion (pH) 7.5 Unitless (negative logarithm of H ion concentration) Not certifiable Field
Specific Conductance 434.0 uS/cm Lab
Alkalinity 115.0 mg CaCO3/L Sample collected with head space Lab
Hardness, Total 148.0 mg CaCO3/L Lab
Chloride 51.9 mg/L Lab
Turbidity 4.0 NTU Lab
Soluble Reactive Phosphorus (as P) 5.4 ug/L Exceeded 15 min. holding time for filtration Lab
Total Phosphorus (as P) 43.6 ug/L Lab
Nitrate-+Nitrite-Nitrogen (as N) 1.02 mg/L Lab
Dissolved Oxygen 9.3 mg/L Lab
Chlorophyll 37.5 ug/L Lab
Secchi Depth 3.0 m Bottom/weeds Field