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 Testing results 2011(black print) 2012 (red print)

date        Location     ph        Dis o2    Turbidity      Enterococcus     Visibility

7-3-12      Pepin       6.65       NT            .76               <2                  clear

               Beach      


8-9-11    PS           6.58      8.21        1.51            132 *

               MB          6.60      8.27        1.07             88*

              C              6.27     7.74         0.78            432*

8-8-12   Pepin       5.78     NT             NT               6                    Clear

              Beach

9-1-11   PS            6.44     9.10          4.97           110*               clear

             MB            6.27     9.54         51.7?          70*                 murky

             C               6.38     9.39         4.30            130*               clear

9-7-11  PS            6.08     9.01          2.22            96*                 clear

            MB            6.25     9.22          2.49            66*                 clear

            C               6.33     9.00          2.12            100*               clear

9-14    PS             6.32     9.79          4.49           70*                  murky

           MB             6.30     9.82          1.62           18                   murky 

           C                5.88     9.53          1.81           62*                 murky 

9-23    PS             5.80     7.75          11.8?         212*               murky

           MB             5.99     7.56          1.13           88*                 clear

           C                5.85     7.68          2.74           82*                 clear

Legend   PS= pumping station   MB= main beach   C= cemetery

Enterococci per 100 ml    *= violation,   pond in violation of this test on all testing samples except MB on 9-14-11         

Thanks to Sarah Potter for emailing testing results and Leslie Aubut for her testing of samples.

Ph - like ph in a swimming pool 8.0 basic, 7.0 neutral, 6.0 acidic, Sassaquin Pond is slightly acidic

Dis O2(Dissolved oxygen) - lower numbers are bad, higher numbers are good, the pond is pretty good in this aspect, good for the fish and other pond creatures

Turbidity - cloudiness of the water, lower numbers are better

Enterococci - bacteria level of pond, as noted(*) any number over 35 is in violation of test; equals test failure. The pond was in violation of all Enterococci tests for this period of time except for one instance as noted above.

NT not tested

Thanks to Bob Mandeville for providing test results for 2012(July and August)





   

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