Kentucky Lake KY Water Chemistry Data

Water samples were collected every 16 or 32 days from sites on the lower portion of Kentucky Lake Reservoir, located in Western Kentucky and Tennessee, as part of a long-term monitoring program. Kentucky Lake is the terminal reservoir of the Tennessee River system and is largely bordered on the eastern shore by undeveloped federal land and on the western shore by primarily agricultural land. The monitoring program was established in 1988 and continues to date. Ammonia nitrogen, nitrate nitrite nitrogen, soluble reactive phosphorus, silica (SiO2), chloride, and sulfate were measured by flow injection analysis and recorded. This data set is part of the Kentucky Lake Monitoring Program (KLMP) database.