Water Testing Results
SourceSLPOA has the lake treated for weed control and the water tested weekly to ensure its suitability for swimming and it regularly tests “squeaky clean”.
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Details
- Site location
- 13 Lake View Ave, Blairstown NJ 07825
- Conforms (Yes/No)
- Designates whether results conform to State Standards for public recreational bathing water quality.
- pH
- pH results in standard units
- pH shall be 7.2 to 7.8, ideally 7.4 to 7.6
- When pH is reported as 6.8 the pH is 6.8 or below. When pH is reported as 8.2 the pH is 8.2 or above.
- Method
- phenol red
- Chlorine/bromine
- Chlorine or bromine results in parts per million, ppm
- Free Chlorine shall be 1.0 to 10.0 in swimming pools & 2.0 to 10.0 in whirlpools, hot tubs or spas
- Bromine shall be 2.0 to 10.0 in swimming pools & whirlpools, hot tubs or spas
- Method
- DPD test kit
- Heterotrophic Plate Count
- results in organisms per ml
- HPC shall not exceed 200 organisms per ml
- Coliform
- Total coliform in swimming pools, Pseudomonas aeruginosa in whirlpools, hot tubs or spas, E. coli in beaches, enterococcus in marine waters
- Results in organisms per 100 ml
- Total coliform and Pseudomonas aeruginosa results shall be less than 1 organism per 100ml
- E. coli results shall not exceed 320 organisms per 100 ml
- Entercoccus results shall not exceed 104 organisms per 100 ml
- Methods
- HPC - SM 9215B
- Pseudomonas aeruginosa - Pseudalert
- E. Coli - Colilert 18-04 MPN, entercoccus - USEPA 1600
- total coliform - If there is an exceedance the local health authority should be contacted for information on corrective measures, resampling and closures.