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 14.5 C Field
Secchi Depth 5.0 m Field
E. Coli 5.0 Colonies/100 ml non-detect Lab
Total Coliform 50.0 Colonies/100 ml Lab
Hydrogen Ion (pH) 8.0 Unitless (negative logarithm of H ion concentration) Not Certifiable Lab
Specific Conductance 407.0 uS/cm Lab
Alkalinity 95.0 mg CaCO3/L Lab
Hardness, Total 147.0 mg CaCO3/L Lab
Chloride 47.6 mg/L Lab
Turbidity 1.01 NTU Lab
Soluble Reactive Phosphorus (as P) 1.58 ug/L Exceeded 15 min. holding time for filtration Lab
Total Phosphorus (as P) 7.42 ug/L Lab
Nitrate-+Nitrite-Nitrogen (as N) 1.02 mg/L Lab
Kjeldahl Nitrogen, Total (as N) 0.304 mg/L Blank > 10% Lab
Dissolved Oxygen 10.8 mg/L Lab
Ithaca Sewage Outfall Temperature 15.5 C Field
Hydrogen Ion (pH) 8.0 Unitless (negative logarithm of H ion concentration) Not Certifiable Lab
Specific Conductance 409.0 uS/cm Lab
Alkalinity 96.0 mg CaCO3/L Lab
Hardness, Total 145.0 mg CaCO3/L Lab
Chloride 45.9 mg/L Lab
Turbidity 1.1 NTU Lab
Soluble Reactive Phosphorus (as P) 2.22 ug/L Exceeded 15 min. holding time for filtration Lab
Total Phosphorus (as P) 11.2 ug/L Lab
Nitrate-+Nitrite-Nitrogen (as N) 0.99 mg/L Lab
Dissolved Oxygen 9.8 mg/L Lab
Secchi Depth 3.0 m bottom Field
E. Coli 10.0 Colonies/100 ml Lab
Total Coliform 400.0 Colonies/100 ml Lab
Lake Source Cooling Outfall Temperature 15.0 C Field
Hydrogen Ion (pH) 8.0 Unitless (negative logarithm of H ion concentration) Not Certifiable Lab
Specific Conductance 408.0 uS/cm Lab
Alkalinity 98.0 mg CaCO3/L Lab
Hardness, Total 142.0 mg CaCO3/L Lab
Chloride 45.8 mg/L Lab
Turbidity 1.05 NTU Lab
Soluble Reactive Phosphorus (as P) 1.58 ug/L Exceeded 15 min. holding time for filtration Lab
Total Phosphorus (as P) 9.04 ug/L Lab
Nitrate-+Nitrite-Nitrogen (as N) 1.02 mg/L Lab
Dissolved Oxygen 10.7 mg/L Lab
Secchi Depth 3.25 m Field
E. Coli 10.0 Colonies/100 ml Lab
Total Coliform 180.0 Colonies/100 ml Lab
Cayuga Heights Sewage Outfall Temperature 20.5 C Field
Hydrogen Ion (pH) 8.0 Unitless (negative logarithm of H ion concentration) Not Certifiable Lab
Specific Conductance 409.0 uS/cm Lab
Alkalinity 101.0 mg CaCO3/L Sample collected with head space Lab
Hardness, Total 145.0 mg CaCO3/L Lab
Chloride 47.1 mg/L Lab
Turbidity 2.24 NTU Lab
Soluble Reactive Phosphorus (as P) 2.06 ug/L Exceeded 15 min. holding time for filtration Lab
Total Phosphorus (as P) 14.4 ug/L Lab
Nitrate-+Nitrite-Nitrogen (as N) 1.05 mg/L Lab
Dissolved Oxygen 9.4 mg/L Lab
Secchi Depth 3.2 m Field
E. Coli 20.0 Colonies/100 ml Lab
Total Coliform 760.0 Colonies/100 ml Lab