Table 2.6      Water Quality Baseline Monitoring Results during Mid-Flood

Sensitive Zones

Stations

Average DO at S&M*, mg/L

(Range)

Average DO at Bottom, mg/L

(Range)

Average Turbidity, NTU

(Range)

Average SS, mg/L

(Range)

Lamma Island

L-C1

7.0

(6.1 – 7.8)

5.4

(4.7 – 5.8)

5.1

(4.6 – 6.0)

6.7

(5.5 – 7.7)

L-C2

7.4

(6.6 – 8.0)

5.8

(5.2 – 6.1)

3.3

(2.4 – 4.3)

3.2

(3.0 – 3.5)

L-I1

7.3

(6.5 – 8.2)

5.6

(5.2 – 5.9)

4.5

(3.4 –5.4)

6.0

(4.8 – 7.4)

L-I2

6.8

(6.1 – 7.3)

5.4

(4.5 – 6.0)

4.8

(4.3 – 5.1)

4.9

(3.3 – 6.6)

Po Toi

PT-C1

6.5

(6.2 – 7.2)

6.0

(5.1 – 7.2)

2.7

(1.2 – 5.0)

2.5

(1.9 – 2.9)

PT-C2

6.7

(6.2 – 7.1)

6.2

(4.9 – 6.9)

2.0

(1.3 –3.2)

2.5

(1.7 – 3.0)

PT-I1

6.8

(6.4 – 7.1)

5.8

(4.7 – 7.1)

2.5

(1.6 – 3.1)

2.9

(2.3 – 3.8)

PT-I2

6.5

(6.2 – 6.8)

5.7

(4.9 – 6.5)

2.0

(1.4 – 2.9)

2.4

(1.5 – 3.0)

PT-I3

6.5

(5.7 – 7.2)

6.0

(5.2 – 6.6)

2.4

(1.7 – 2.8)

2.6

(1.4 – 3.6)

Ping Chau

PC-C1

6.9

(6.8 – 6.9)

6.2

(6.0 – 6.4)

2.8

(2.3 – 3.6)

3.7

(2.9 – 4.1)

PC-C2

6.3

(5.8 – 6.8)

5.7

(4.5 – 6.6)

1.3

(1.2 – 1.5)

2.8

(1.7 – 3.4)

PC-I1

7.5

(6.5 – 9.3)

7.0

(6.5 – 7.8)

1.2

(0.7 – 1.8)

3.2

(2.0 – 5.1)

PC-I2

7.1

(6.7 – 7.8)

6.2

(6.0 – 6.5)

3.3

(2.0 – 4.0)

4.4

(2.3 – 7.0)

PC-I3

7.2

(6.7 – 7.9)

6.1

(5.5 – 6.5)

2.4

(2.0 – 3.2)

3.6

(2.7 – 5.0)

* Surface and middle depths