This is the Sabine River Authority Water Quality Report for September 1998. This report was delayed due to equipment problems caused by lightning. Water quality sampling was performed September 15 through September 17.
Most parameter values observed in the Upper Basin sites are consistent with water of high quality.
However, heavy rainfall influenced water quality at many sites this month. These sites were characterized by high flow, low secchi depth, high turbidity, low conductivity, and high fecal coliform counts. A few sites were still stratified with respect to dissolved oxygen but LF2 and LT23A were completely mixed. The two shallow water sites were pea-green in color from algal bloom conditions. As seen in the present sample data, shallower sites, near the upper ends of the reservoirs, do not exhibit as severe an effect at mixing since they have a much smaller volume of water to circulate to the surface for atmospheric oxygenation.