Lake Murray Little Saluda River and Bush River arms 2021 nutrient study : final report of the field program

Abstract

During 2021, South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control Bureau of Water collected water quality data from three lake sites routinely and two additional sites approximately bimonthly in upper Lake Murray. The field sampling program, spanning April through October, targeted priority restoration areas in the upper reaches of the lake. Specifically, the study focused on providing important insights into the relationships and spatial variations among nutrient inputs, physical conditions, algal activity, and metabolically driven water column response variables in the Little Saluda River/Clouds Creek and Bush River lake arms.