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Environmentally Beneficial Project

Environmentally Beneficial Project

Monitor & Report

Designed to Monitor & Report on Water Quality at Seven Locations along Lake Michigan’s Indiana Shoreline

May 1 - September 30

May 1 - September 30

Lake Mi table

LocationIDDatepHTemperatureTurbidityHexavalent
Chromium
(Low Level)
Cyanobacteriae. coliTotal Suspended
Solids
Chromium
(Metals by ICP)
Results
Reported
(s.u.)(°F)(n.t.u.)(µg/L)(µg/L)(MPN/100 mL)(mg/L)(µg/L)
Michigan City
MCXX
9/19/2023
 
8.10
N/A
64.4
N/A
7.44
N/A
0.107
N/A
Non-Detect
N/A
1.50
N/A
4.50
N/A
<2.0
N/A
9/22/2023
 
Kemil Beach
KMXX
9/19/2023
9/20/2023
8.12
7.85
65.6
65.4
9.06
4.49
0.104
0.0915
Non-Detect
Non-Detect
12.4
2.00
6.20
2.00
<2.0
Non-Detect
9/22/2023
9/22/2023
Indiana Dunes Beach-
Western Area
IDBW
9/19/2023
9/20/2023
8.18
7.98
64.9
64.4
7.18
6.09
0.0938
0.0907
Non-Detect
Non-Detect
3.05
5.60
6.05
2.10
<2.0
Non-Detect
9/22/2023
9/22/2023
Burns Ditch / Lake
Michigan Mixing Zone
BDMZ
9/19/2023
9/20/2023
7.98
7.84
68.1
69.2
8.79
10.7
0.0657
0.162
Non-Detect
Non-Detect
200
52.9
8.30
8.00
<2.0
<2.0
9/22/2023
9/22/2023
Burns Ditch
BDXX
9/19/2023
9/20/2023
8.01
7.88
66.9
67.0
9.72
12.3
0.0537
0.0669
Non-Detect
Non-Detect
221
106
8.40
9.60
<2.0
<2.0
9/22/2023
9/22/2023
Indiana American Water
Intake - Ogden Dunes
AMOG
9/19/2023
 
8.21
N/A
65.4
N/A
3.46
N/A
0.0978
N/A
Non-Detect
N/A
11.2
N/A
3.80
N/A
<2.0
N/A
9/22/2023
 
Indiana American Water
Intake - Gary
AWGL
AWGB
 
9/19/2023
N/A
8.23
N/A
67.1
N/A
4.06
N/A
0.0990
N/A
Non-Detect
N/A
2.50
N/A
3.00
N/A
<2.0
 
9/22/2023

Settlement of an Enforcement

This project was undertaken in connection with the settlement of an enforcement action, United States et al. v. U. S. Steel Corp., taken on behalf of U. S. EPA and the Indiana Department of Environmental Management to enforce federal and state laws.