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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
09/30/2024
10/02/2024
7.94
7.91
71.9
67.8
14.4
15.4
0.112
0.119
Non-Detect
Non-Detect
4.60
14.1
28.8
18.1
<2.0
<2.0
10/04/2024
10/04/2024
Kemil Beach
KMXX
09/30/2024
10/02/2024
7.79
7.89
71.4
66.5
19.3
9.24
0.114
0.124
Non-Detect
Non-Detect
5.10
7.20
18.0
16.7

<2.0
<2.0
 
10/04/2024
10/04/2024
Indiana Dunes Beach-
Western Area
IDBW
09/30/2024
10/02/2024
7.84
7.76
71.7
67.4
18.0
4.75
0.121
0.125
Non-Detect
Non-Detect
6.15
2.00
21.4
8.90
<2.0
<2.0
10/04/2024
10/04/2024
Burns Ditch / Lake
Michigan Mixing Zone
BDMZ
09/30/2024
10/02/2024
7.90
7.19
77.7
70.1
1.78
1.87
0.0765
0.0441
Non-Detect
Non-Detect
56.1
75.5
3.50
6.60
<2.0
<2.0
10/04/2024
10/04/2024
Burns Ditch
BDXX
09/30/2024
10/02/2024
7.76
7.49
76.5
70.2
2.39
2.80
0.135
0.0335
Non-Detect
Non-Detect
49.2
65.2
4.80
7.90
<2.0
<2.0
10/04/2024
10/04/2024
Indiana American Water
Intake - Ogden Dunes
AMOG
09/30/2024
10/02/2024
7.92
7.79
72.3
67.8
3.65
3.52
0.111
0.105
Non-Detect
Non-Detect
4.70
4.00
4.53
13.1
<2.0
<2.0
10/04/2024
10/04/2024
Indiana American Water
Intake - Gary
AWGB
 
 09/30/2024
 10/02/2024
8.05
7.35
70.3
68.6
2.19
<1.0
0.110
0.105
Non-Detect
Non-Detect
2.00
<1.0
2.20
3.50
<2.0
<2.0
10/04/2024
10/04/2024

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.