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Georgia and South Carolina water quality standards vary depending on stream/water classification, and criteria are based on at least 4 samples collected from a given site over a 30-day period. The following apply to sample sites in the Chattooga River watershed:
Georgia
State water quality standards for fecal coliform:May- Oct: Not to exceed a geometric mean of 200 cfu/100 mL
Nov- April: Not to exceed a geometric mean of 1,000 cfu/100 mL; no single sample shall exceed 4,000 cfu/100 mL.
South Carolina
State water quality standards for E. coli:Not to exceed a geometric mean of 126/100 mL; no single sample shall exceed 349/100 mL.
Fecal Coliform/ E. coli Results (2023-present)
cfu/100 mL
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| SiteID | River/Creek | Location_Description | 3/31/24 | 2/29/24 | 1/31/24 | 1/3/24 | 9/28/23 | 5/24/23 | 5/10/23 | 4/5/23 | 2/1/23 | 1/5/23 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WC-RG | Whetstone Creek | Rocky Gap | 67 | 33 | 133 | 200* | 967 | 1,266 | 1500* | |||
| WC-CR | Whetstone Creek | Chattooga Confluence | 300* | 266* | ||||||||
| WC-CON | Whetstone Creek | Conley Rd | 1900* | 367 | 167 | 633* | 3,133 | 600 | 7900* | 2233* | 600* | |
| WC-E | Whetstone Creek | Earl's Ford Rd bridge | 600 | 3,600 | ||||||||
| WC-JM | Whetstone Creek | John Mtn Rd | 1,167 | 3,600 | ||||||||
| WC-CPO | Whetstone Creek | Conley Pond Outlet | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| LC-1 | Long Creek | Orchard Rd | 33 | 0 | 0 | 100* | 33 | 33* | 100* | 500* | ||
| FC-NF | Fall Creek - North Fork | Fall Creek Rd. Extension | 67 | 67 | 33 | 367 | NA | 0* | 0* | 300* |
*E. coli
TNTC= Too numerous to count