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Annual point source total suspended solids (TSS) loading was 12,606 Ib/year (5,717 kg/year). Hendrix Health Care Center contributed 45.4%, Meek High School 11.8%, West Point School 9.7% and Good Hope WWTP 9.4% ofthe TSS load. Seven discharges produced the remaining 23.7%. Annual point source ammonia nitrogen (NH3-N) loading was estimated at 754 Ib/year (342 kg/year). Cold Springs School contributed 31.5%, Winston County High School 22.2%, West Point School 16.9% and Double Springs Elementary School 15.7%. Four discharges produced the remaining 13.7%. Two discharges did not have NH3-N discharge limits and did not monitor for it. Analysis oftotal phosphorus (TP) and total nitrogen (TN) was not required by any ofthe permits. For this reason annual point source loading ofthese two nutrients could not be determined. Ofthe two major contributors ofBOD and TSS to Lewis Smith Lake, the Hendrix Health Care Center discharged 211 % of its permitted annual BOD load, and 75% ofits permitted discharge. No TSS permit limit was found, but TSS's were monitored and the annual load was estimated at 5,723 Ib/year (2,595 kg/year). The Good Hope WWTP only discharged 22.4% of its permitted annual BOD load, 7.4% of its permitted annual TSS load and 57.6% of its permitted discharge. Two facilities were found to discharge greater quantities ofTSS and NH,-N than were permitted. Meek High School, the only permitted discharge into Dismal Creek, discharged 181 % of its permitted annual TSS load, 82% of its permitted discharge, 20% of its permitted annual BOD load, and 21 % of its permitted annual NH,-N load. Double Springs Elementary School, the only permitted discharge into Clear Creek, discharged 16.4% of its permitted annual NH,-N load, 29% of the permitted discharge, 17% of its permitted annual BOD load, and 18% of its permitted annual TSS load. Ofthe five subwatersheds monitored, the Ryan Creek and Sipsey Fork were the most impacted. Each had three point sources. The Ryan Creek subwatershed received 29.8% of the total annual BOD load, 18.4% of the total annual TSS load, 33.8% of the total annual NH3-N load, and 58.4% of the total annual discharge. Sipsey Fork subwatershed received 57.1% of the total annual BOD load, 55.6% of the 28
total annual TSS load, 26.2% ofthe total annual NH3-N load, and 17.8% of the total annual discharge. The percent of the total annual NH3-N load is accounted for by only two of the permitted facilities as the Double Springs HUD Housing in the Sipsey Fork did not monitor NH3-N. Since this study was conducted, two ofthe municipal dischargers into the Sipsey Fork no longer have permitted discharges. Hendrix Health Care Center and Double Springs HUD Housing were connected to the Double Springs WWTP which discharges into Clear Creek. Future plans are to also connect the Winston County School, which discharges to the Sipsey Fork, and the Double Springs Elementary, which discharges to Clear Creek, to the Double Springs WWTP. This will remove all permitted discharges from the Sipsey Fork subwatershed and move them to the Clear Creek subwatershed. 9.0 NUTRIENT AND TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS LOADING Five tributary streams (Table 9-1 and Figure 9-1) were sampled 18 times from November 1994 through October 1995. Stations were sampled once during the month ofNovember, twice monthly from December through May, and then once monthly from June through October. Three ofthe sampling dates were after significant rainfall events (February 28, March 7 and April 24, 1995). Water samples were collected just below the water's surface directly into 2 L Nalgene bottles or, when water was too deep to wade, water was collected using a Van Dorn water sampler and then transferred into 2 L Nalgene bottles for transport to laboratory facilities at <strong>Auburn</strong> <strong>University</strong>. Water samples used to estimate the concentration of total suspended solids were collected with a depth-integrated, suspended-sediment sampler using methods described by Glysson and Edwards (1988) except at station 15 (tailwaters ofthe Alabama Power Company dam), where a near-surface grab was the only feasible alternative. Water samples were analyzed for total phosphorus, soluble reactive phosphorus (orthophosphate), nitrate- 29
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LEWIS SMITH LAKE Phase I Diagnostic
Page 3 and 4: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Page 5 and 6: January 1986 (Bayne et al. 1987). T
Page 7 and 8: Total alkalinity, the concentration
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Page 16 and 17: etween 10 and 15 mgIL as CaCO, but
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a low of 7 mgIL to a high of67 mgIL
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Table 10-18. Mean (range) pH, total
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Table 10-20. Mean (range) pH, total
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Table 10·21. Ammonia, nitrite, nit
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Table 10-23. Mean (range) ammonia,
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in concert with changes in algal bi
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Table 10-25. Orthophosphate and tot
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Table 10-27. Mean (range) orthophos
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stratification (Fig. 10-2). During
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Table 10-30. Chloride, total organi
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Table 10-33. Mean (range) chloride,
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In August 1986, iron and manganese
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1971). Productivity measured during
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Table 10-36. Mean (range) phytoplan
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Table 10-39. Phytoplankton taxa by
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(station 2) in the winter to a high
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Table 10-42. Mean maximum dry weigh
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Table 10-43. Temporal and spatial v
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11.0 BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES 11.1 Fish
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Table 11-1. Total number, catch per
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Table 11-5. Checklist of fish speci
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11.2 WILDLIFE A checklist ofbirds,
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from Atlanta, Georgia received an a
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An additional source ofnutrients to
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Indirectly, low pH can result in hi
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13. Are there additional feasible a
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Bayne, D. R., W. C. Seesock, P. P.
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Taylor, W.D., S.c. Hem, L.R. Willia
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