Table 2.9       Past Wet Season Data at EPD’s Monitoring Stations SM5, SM19 and MM5

Year

1998-2000

1998-2003

Stations

SM5 (Lamma)

SM5 (Lamma)

SM19

(Po Toi)

MM5

(Ping Chau)

DO at S&M*, mg/L

Average

 

6.8

7.0

6.2

6.1

Maximum

10.6

11.9

8.0

8.0

Minimum

4.5

4.2

4.6

4.0

5%-ile

4.7

4.7

5.0

4.8

1%-ile

4.5

4.3

4.7

4.2

DO at Bottom, mg/L

Average

 

5.8

5.9

4.9

5.0

Maximum

7.0

9.1

7.4

7.9

Minimum

3.5

3.5

2.8

1.6

5%-ile

4.1

4.2

3.3

2.9

1%-ile

3.6

3.7

2.8

2.0

Turbidity, NTU

Average

 

7.8

8.3

8.4

6.3

Maximum

18.7

18.7

23.6

13.2

Minimum

1.2

1.2

1.1

2.6

95%-ile

17.2

15.1

14.0

11.2

99%-ile

18.4

18.0

21.9

13.0

SS, mg/L

Average

 

4.9

5.8

4.1

2.3

Maximum

10.9

20.7

7.3

7.9

Minimum

0.8

0.8

1.1

0.5

95%-ile

10.2

12.2

6.7

5.7

99%-ile

10.7

18.6

7.2

7.6

* Surface and middle depths