WATER QUALITY TRENDS IN KALAMALKA, WOOD,
AND ELLISON LAKES 1969 TO 1999

Table of Contents

ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION
METHODS
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
CONCLUSIONS
REFERENCES
Appendix Table 1: Ellison Lake at centres (Site 0500114)
Appendix Table 2: Ellison Lake at center (Site 0500265)
Appendix Table 3: Wood Lake West Vernon Creek (0500450)
Appendix Table 4: Wood Lake at Deep Center (Site 0500848)
Appendix Table 5: Kalamalka Lake at South End (Site 0500246)
Appendix Table 6: Kalamalka Lake Deep Basin (Site 0500847)
Appendix Table 7: Kalamalka Lake South Coldstream Creek (Site 0500461)
Appendix Table 8: Kalamalka Lake South of Spray Irrigation (Site 0500580)
Appendix Table 9: Kalamalka Lake Near Spray Irrigation (Site 0500581)
Appendix Table 10: Date of sampling for all sites in each lake by spring and autumn and year
Appendix Figure 1. Ellison Lake Central Basin (0500265) spring data
Appendix Figure 2. Ellison Lake North End (0500114) spring data
Appendix Figure 3. Wood Lake West of Vernon Creek (0500450) spring data
Appendix Figure 4. Wood Lake Deep Basin (0500848) spring data
Appendix Figure 5. Kalamalka Lake Deep Basin (0500847) spring data
Appendix Figure 6. Kalamalka Lake South End (0500246) spring data
Appendix Figure 7. Kalamalka Lake South Coldstream Creek (0500461) spring data
Appendix Figure 8. Kalamalka Lake, in Spring, Upstream (0500580)
and Downstream (0500581) of Effluent Spray Irrigation

Appendix Figure 9. Ellison Lake Central Basin (0500265) autumn data
Appendix Figure 10. Ellison Lake North End (0500114) autumn data
Appendix Figure 11. Wood Lake West of Vernon Creek (0500450) autumn data
Appendix Figure 12. Wood Lake at Deep Center (0500848)
Appendix Figure 13. Kalamalka Lake South of Coldstream Creek (0500461) autumn data
Appendix Figure 14. Kalamalka Lake Deep Basin (0500847) autumn data
Appendix Figure 15. Kalamalka Lake South End (0500246) autumn data
Appendix Figure 16. Kalamalka Lake, in Autumn, Upstream (0500580) and Downstream (0500581) of Effluent Spray Irrigation
Appendix Figure 17. Wood Lake at centre, spring nitrite plus nitrate nitrogen.
Appendix Figure 18. Kalamalka Lake at deep basin, spring nitrite plus nitrate nitrogen.
Appendix Figure 19 . Kalamalka Lake phytoplankton biovolume percent composition.
Appendix Figure 20 . Wood Lake phytoplankton biovolume percent composition
Appendix Figure 21 . Ellison Lake phytoplankton biovolume percent composition
Appendix Figure 22 . Kalamalka Lake Water Clarity (Secchi Depth in Metres), in May, 1971 to 1998.

Ministry of Water Land and Air Protection
Southern Interior Region

TECHNICAL REPORT

E. V. Jensen and J. E. Bryan

December 2001

Water Quality Trends in Kalamalka, Wood, and Ellison Lakes 1969-1999.

E. V. Jensen and J. E. Bryan