Lake Orono 2008 Fecal Counts

Note: Counts below 200 CFCs are considered safe

• City of Elk River protocol for water quality testing.
• 2007 counts
• 2006 counts
• 2005 counts
• 2004 counts
• 2003 counts

Date	Fecal Coliform Count
8/28/2008	NORTH END OF BEACH	140	CFCs
	SOUTH END OF BEACH	60	CFCs
	MIDDLE OF BEACH	130	CFCs
	AVERAGE	110	CFCs
	GEO. MEANS	102.97
8/25/2008	NORTH END OF BEACH	70	CFCs
	SOUTH END OF BEACH	40	CFCs
	MIDDLE OF BEACH	90	CFCs
	AVERAGE	67	CFCs
	GEO. MEANS	72.3
8/21/2008	NORTH END OF BEACH	80	CFCs
	SOUTH END OF BEACH	20	CFCs
	MIDDLE OF BEACH	90	CFCs
	AVERAGE	63	CFCs
	GEO. MEANS	52.41
8/18/2008	NORTH END OF BEACH	0	CFCs
	SOUTH END OF BEACH	50	CFCs
	MIDDLE OF BEACH	280	CFCs
	AVERAGE	110	CFCs
	GEO. MEANS	24.10
8/14/2008	NORTH END OF BEACH	60	CFCs
	SOUTH END OF BEACH	160	CFCs
	MIDDLE OF BEACH	180	CFCs
	AVERAGE	133	CFCs
	GEO. MEANS	119.9
8/13/2008	NORTH END OF BEACH	300	CFCs
	SOUTH END OF BEACH	130	CFCs
	MIDDLE OF BEACH	140	CFCs
	AVERAGE	190	CFCs
	GEO. MEANS	176.08
8/11/2008	NORTH OF RIVERPLACE (where the Elk enters Orono)	420	CFCs
	SOUTH SIDE OF HWY 10 BRIDGE	1760	CFCs
	NORTH END OF BEACH	70	CFCs
	SOUTH END OF BEACH	30	CFCs
	MIDDLE OF BEACH	30	CFCs
	AVERAGE of 3 main sites	43	CFCs
	AVERAGE of 5 sites	462	CFCs
	GEO. MEANS	39.79
8/10/2008	NORTH END OF BEACH	70	CFCs
	SOUTH END OF BEACH	40	CFCs
	MIDDLE OF BEACH	80	CFCs
	AVERAGE	63	CFCs
	GEO. MEANS	60.73
8/9/2008	NORTH OF RIVERPLACE (where the Elk enters Orono)	220	CFCs
	SOUTH SIDE OF HWY 10 BRIDGE	330	CFCs
	NORTH END OF BEACH	100	CFCs
	SOUTH END OF BEACH	50	CFCs
	MIDDLE OF BEACH	80	CFCs
	AVERAGE of 3 main sites	77	CFCs
	AVERAGE of 5 sites	156	CFCs
	GEO. MEANS	73.68
8/8/2008	NORTH OF RIVERPLACE (where the Elk enters Orono)	1390	CFCs
	SOUTH SIDE OF HWY 10 BRIDGE	220	CFCs
	NORTH END OF BEACH	10	CFCs
	SOUTH END OF BEACH	30	CFCs
	MIDDLE OF BEACH	340	CFCs
	AVERAGE of 3 main sites	127	CFCs
	AVERAGE of 5 sites	398	CFCs
	GEO. MEANS of 5 sites	46.72
8/7/2008	NORTH END OF BEACH	320	CFCs
	SOUTH END OF BEACH	410	CFCs
	MIDDLE OF BEACH	390	CFCs
	AVERAGE	373	CFCs
	GEO. MEANS	371.24
8/4/2008	NORTH END OF BEACH	140	CFCs
	SOUTH END OF BEACH	260	CFCs
	MIDDLE OF BEACH	180	CFCs
	AVERAGE	193	CFCs
	GEO. MEANS	187.12
7/31/2008	NORTH END OF BEACH	170	CFCs
	SOUTH END OF BEACH	90	CFCs
	MIDDLE OF BEACH	60	CFCs
	AVERAGE	107	CFCs
	GEO. MEANS	96.67
7/28/2008	NORTH END OF BEACH	80	CFCs
	SOUTH END OF BEACH	160	CFCs
	MIDDLE OF BEACH	60	CFCs
	AVERAGE	100	CFCs
	GEO. MEANS	91.57
7/24/2008	NORTH END OF BEACH	10	CFCs
	SOUTH END OF BEACH	160	CFCs
	MIDDLE OF BEACH	190	CFCs
	AVERAGE	120	CFCs
	GEO. MEANS	67.24
7/21/2008	NORTH END OF BEACH	280	CFCs
	SOUTH END OF BEACH	170	CFCs
	MIDDLE OF BEACH	100	CFCs
	AVERAGE	183	CFCs
	GEO. MEANS	168.21
7/20/2008	NORTH OF RIVERPLACE (where the Elk enters Orono)	180	CFCs
	SOUTH SIDE OF HWY 10 BRIDGE	270	CFCs
	NORTH END OF BEACH	70	CFCs
	SOUTH END OF BEACH	160	CFCs
	MIDDLE OF BEACH	40	CFCs
	AVERAGE of 3 main sites	90	CFCs
	AVERAGE of 5 sites	144	CFCs
	GEO. MEANS of 5 sites	116.84
7/19/2008	NORTH OF RIVERPLACE (where the Elk enters Orono)	360	CFCs
	SOUTH SIDE OF HWY 10 BRIDGE	60	CFCs
	NORTH END OF BEACH	20	CFCs
	SOUTH END OF BEACH	10	CFCs
	MIDDLE OF BEACH	40	CFCs
	AVERAGE of 3 main sites	23.33	CFCs
	AVERAGE of 5 sites	98	CFCs
	GEO. MEANS of 5 sites	44.41
7/18/2008	NORTH OF RIVERPLACE (where the Elk enters Orono)	300	CFCs
	SOUTH SIDE OF HWY 10 BRIDGE	320	CFCs
	NORTH END OF BEACH	100	CFCs
	SOUTH END OF BEACH	320	CFCs
	MIDDLE OF BEACH	210	CFCs
	AVERAGE of 3 main sites	210	CFCs
	AVERAGE of 5 sites	250	CFCs
	GEO. MEANS of 5 sites	230.10
7/17/2008	NORTH END OF BEACH	230	CFCs
	SOUTH END OF BEACH	380	CFCs
	MIDDLE OF BEACH	350	CFCs
	AVERAGE	320	CFCs
	GEO. MEANS	312.74
7/14/2008	NORTH END OF BEACH	130	CFCs
	SOUTH END OF BEACH	70	CFCs
	MIDDLE OF BEACH	20	CFCs
	AVERAGE	73.33	CFCs
	GEO. MEANS	56.67
7/10/2008	NORTH END OF BEACH	300	CFCs
	SOUTH END OF BEACH	140	CFCs
	MIDDLE OF BEACH	60	CFCs
	AVERAGE	167	CFCs
	GEO. MEANS	136.08
	The beach appears to be starting a heavy algae bloom. All samples were green.
7/8/2008	NORTH END OF BEACH	20	CFCs
	SOUTH END OF BEACH	140	CFCs
	MIDDLE OF BEACH	30	CFCs
	AVERAGE	63	CFCs
	GEO. MEANS	43.79
7/3/2008	NORTH OF RIVERPLACE (where the Elk enters Orono)	150	CFCs
	SOUTH SIDE OF HWY 10 BRIDGE	130	CFCs
	NORTH END OF BEACH	140	CFCs
	SOUTH END OF BEACH	120	CFCs
	MIDDLE OF BEACH	30	CFCs
	AVERAGE of 3 main sites	97	CFCs
	AVERAGE of 5 sites	150	CFCs
	GEO. MEANS of 5 sites	116.79
7/2/2008	NORTH OF RIVERPLACE (where the Elk enters Orono)	150	CFCs
	SOUTH SIDE OF HWY 10 BRIDGE	10	CFCs
	NORTH END OF BEACH	130	CFCs
	SOUTH END OF BEACH	270	CFCs
	MIDDLE OF BEACH	220	CFCs
	AVERAGE of 3 main sites	207	CFCs
	AVERAGE of 5 sites	156	CFCs
	GEO. MEANS of 5 sites	102.9
6/30/2008	NORTH END OF BEACH	500	CFCs
	SOUTH END OF BEACH	140	CFCs
	MIDDLE OF BEACH	470	CFCs
	AVERAGE	370	CFCs
	GEO. MEANS	320.49
6/27/2008	NORTH END OF BEACH	100	CFCs
	SOUTH END OF BEACH	70	CFCs
	MIDDLE OF BEACH	190	CFCs
	AVERAGE	120	CFCs
	GEO. MEANS	109.97
6/23/2008	NORTH END OF BEACH	220	CFCs
	SOUTH END OF BEACH	110	CFCs
	MIDDLE OF BEACH	290	CFCs
	AVERAGE	207	CFCs
	GEO. MEANS	191.46
6/19/2008	NORTH END OF BEACH	190	CFCs
	SOUTH END OF BEACH	140	CFCs
	MIDDLE OF BEACH	0	CFCs
	AVERAGE	110	CFCs
	GEO. MEANS	29.85
6/16/2008	NORTH END OF BEACH	130	CFCs
	SOUTH END OF BEACH	110	CFCs
	MIDDLE OF BEACH	0	CFCs
	AVERAGE	80	CFCs
	GEO. MEANS	24.27
6/12/2008	NORTH END OF BEACH	0	CFCs
	SOUTH END OF BEACH	370	CFCs
	MIDDLE OF BEACH	10	CFCs
	AVERAGE	127	CFCs
	GEO. MEANS	15.47
6/9/2008	NORTH END OF BEACH	10	CFCs
	SOUTH END OF BEACH	110	CFCs
	MIDDLE OF BEACH	90	CFCs
	AVERAGE	70	CFCs
	GEO. MEANS	46.26
6/5/2008	NORTH END OF BEACH	30	CFCs
	SOUTH END OF BEACH	60	CFCs
	MIDDLE OF BEACH	70	CFCs
	AVERAGE	53	CFCs
	GEO. MEANS	50.13
6/3/2008	NORTH END OF BEACH	20	CFCs
	SOUTH END OF BEACH	10	CFCs
	MIDDLE OF BEACH	30	CFCs
	AVERAGE	20	CFCs
	GEO. MEANS	18.17
5/29/2008	NORTH END OF BEACH	10	CFCs
	SOUTH END OF BEACH	10	CFCs
	MIDDLE OF BEACH	10	CFCs
	AVERAGE	10	CFCs
	GEO. MEANS	9.99
5/27/2008	NORTH END OF BEACH	40	CFCs
	SOUTH END OF BEACH	20	CFCs
	MIDDLE OF BEACH	60	CFCs
	AVERAGE	40	CFCs
	GEO. MEANS	36.34

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