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Kentucky Lake Water Quality Monitoring
 
Welcome to Murray State University's Hancock Biological Station/Center for Reservoir Research's KENTUCKY LAKE site. Below you will find the present water conditions for Kentucky Lake within the past half hour. You can look at the changes over the past day, week, or month by selecting the parameters and the time period at the left side of this page. Under Monitoring Sites, you can select parameters for water at the lake surface (1 meter depth = about 3 feet) or 1 meter off the bottom.

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Retrieve Average Daily Data From
Water Quality Monitoring Station Data Archives:

Monitoring Sites:

Output Format:

Parameters (select one or more):

Temperature (°F)

Temperature (°C)

Specific Conductance (µS/cm)

Dissolved Oxygen (mg/L)

pH (SU)

Oxidation-Reduction Potential (mV)

Turbidity (NTU)

Chlorophyll a (µg/L)
       surface site only

Battery Charge (V)

Display Data:

From Date (after 02/16/05):

To Date (on or before 05/25/19):

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MOST RECENTLY RECORDED CONDITIONS
 
PARAMETER
 SURFACE
at 2.499 meters		 BOTTOM
at 3.951 meters
Date and Time 02/25/2019 10:15 AM 02/25/2019 10:15 AM
Water Temperature
(degrees Fahrenheit)		 49.10
°F		 48.13
°F
Water Temperature
(degrees Celsius)		 9.50
°C		 8.96
°C
Specific Conductance
(microsiemens per centimeter)		 132
µS/cm		 141
µS/cm
Dissolved Oxygen
(milligrams per liter)		 11.50
mg/L		 11.36
mg/L
pH
(standard pH units)		 7.70 7.89
Oxidation-Reduction Potential
(millivolts)		 373.34
mV		 420.06
mV
Turbidity
(nephlometric turbidity units)		 4.06
NTU		 70.66
NTU
Chlorophyll a
(micrograms per liter)		 0.9
µg/L		  
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Last Updated on February 11, 2019
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