Yellow Medicine River near Granite Falls
Parameter	WQ Standard	Mar-Apr	May-Jun	Jul-Aug	Sep-Oct	Winter	All data

Total Phosphorus	none*	30	29	20	5	5	17
Fecal Coliform	200 CFU/100 mL	31	50	63	41	24	42
Nitrate & Nitrite -N	10 mg/L	0	0	0	0	0	0
Turbidity	25 NTU	19	44	50	15	0	22
Dissolved Oxygen	5 mg/L	3	0	0	0	0	1
BOD5	5 mg/L	27	36	23	23	0	21

* Values in this row represent the percent of samples that exceed 0.25 mg/L, the mean concentration of total phosphorus in the Minnesota River.

Last Updated on 11/2/97
By Ananda Mallawatantri
Email: ananda@soils.umn.edu