Coliform Bacterial Contamination in Tanyard Creek

Fecal-Coliform Bacterial Concentrations In Tanyard Creek by John A. Allen Introduction On March 3rd our lab assignment was to walk to Tanyard Creek, located near the Tate Center parking lot, on the campus of the University of Georgia. We took measured many water quality parameters at or near base flow; conductivity, dissolved oxygen, phosphate, nitrate and silica, pH, alkalinity and turbidity. Samples were taken at both low and high flow conditions to measure the total …

…age 18.1 Table 6. T-alkalinity (mgCaCo3/l) 383 373 x 0.1 38.3 37.3 Average 37.8 Table 7. Fecal-coliform and BOD test results BOD (ppm) Total Coliform (mpn/100mL) E-Coliform (mpn/100mL) Low Flow 1 * 2 * 2419.2 488.4 Low Flow 2 * 2 * 2419.2 435.2 High Flow 11 -- -- High Flow 1 -- 1203.31 1203.31 High Flow 2 -- 2419.2 (?) 1413.60 Dissolved silica was measured to be 11 + 1mg/l. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** "Fecal-coliform bacteria concentrations in streams of the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, Metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia, May-October 1994-1995" by M. Brian Gregory and Elizabeth A. Frick, U.S. Geological Survey