The United States Geological Survey and United States Forest
Service have periodically measured chemical and physical water
quality conditions at locations throughout the Eleven Point
Watershed since 1968 (Table Wq01)(USGS 1969; Aley 1971; Tryon
1978; and USGS 1995). Many different aspects of water quality
have been measured, and data on one or more of the items listed
in Table Wq02 are available at each station. Long term and
current water quality data exist for the Eleven Point River near
Bardley (Station 07071500) and at Greer Spring (Station
07071000). Water samples taken throughout the period of record
indicate water discharged from Greer Spring maintains a water
temperature of 55 to 57 degrees Fahrenheit (deg. F.) dissolved
oxygen between 3.9 and 11.2 mg/l. The water is hard (108 to
209mg/l CaCO3), low in total phosphorus (0.020 to 0.030 mg/l),
with periodically high fecal coliform (1 to 173 cols./100ml) and
fecal streptococci (29 to 94 cols./100ml) levels, coinciding
with periods of high precipitation