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PART 2: SAN JUAN COUNTY CHARACTERIZATION REPORT


APPENDIX A: WATER QUALITY DATA
ORCAS ISLAND SAMPLING SITES, 6/97-2/98
SEE MAP



ORCAS ISLAND: BUCK BAY |
DEER HARBOR | EAST SOUND | WEST SOUND
LOPEZ ISLAND: FISHERMAN BAY | HUNTER BAY | LOPEZ SOUND | MUD BAY
SAN JUAN ISLAND: FALSE BAY | FRIDAY HARBOR | WESTCOTT/GARRISON BAY

Watershed

ID

Date

Fecal Coliforms
(cfu/100mL)

Nitrate (mg/L)

pH

Total Suspended
Solids (mg/L)

Water Temperature (C)

Location Description
Buck Bay

O1

5/14/97

1100

0.26

7.9

73

11.1

Obstruction Pass Road Substation
Buck Bay

O1

6/16/97

1100

         
Buck Bay

O1

9/9/97

2400

         
Buck Bay

O1

11/17/97

240

         
Buck Bay

O1

12/8/97

15

 

8.0

35

6.7

 
Buck Bay

O1

12/15/97

   

8.1

34.1

6.2

 
Buck Bay

O1

1/5/98

2400

 

8.0

36

6.1

 
Buck Bay

O1

1/20/98

1100

  

8.1

23.2

5.6

 
Buck Bay

O1

1/26/98

43

 

7.5

31.1

7.8

  
Buck Bay

O1

2/2/98

43

 

7.9

33

7.1

 
    geometric mean

333

         
Buck Bay

O2

5/14/97

43

0.4

8.0

0.1

11.4

Cascade Creek culvert N. side- incoming
Buck Bay

O2

9/9/97

23

         
Buck Bay

O2

11/17/97

43

 

8.1

39

7.1

 
Buck Bay

O2

12/8/97

93

 

8.1

38

6.8

 
Buck Bay

O2

12/15/97

   

8.3

56

6.7

 
Buck Bay

O2

1/5/98

43

 

8.2

123

6.7

 
Buck Bay

O2

1/26/98

9

           
Buck Bay

O2

2/2/98

43

 

8.4

ND

6.4

 
    geometric mean

35

         
Buck Bay

O3

5/14/97

43

0.34

7.8

ND

10.9

Kaboo Hill Road, Cascade Creek Culvert
                 
Buck Bay

O23

6/10/97

23

ND
      Pickett spring
                 
Buck Bay

O24

6/10/97

93

ND
      Pioneer hill stream - driveway to farm
                 
Buck Bay

O25

6/10/97

2400

ND
      S. of Rd. at Bohems
                 
Buck Bay

O26

6/10/97

2400

ND
      Moran Park, Cascade Creek/ dam & spillway
           
Buck Bay

O31

1/20/98

93

        Ditch from Artworks
Note: ND means concentration below the detectable limit.



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