Lake Killarney to Silver Lake Creek (Cary, IL, 60013)
Cary, Illinois, United States
Access is from 2706 Crystal Lake Rd, Cary, IL, 60013
This creek is fed by Lake Killarney, but also collects runoff from the neighborhood and is thus ideal for before and after storm event readings with the baseline from the dam and added Chloride from the neighborhood roads.
The water is fairly slow flowing at the sampling point.
Location created by
Eberhard Veit
- Group: National Great Rivers : Winter Chloride Watch
- Lat: 42.2381973
- Lng: -88.2501007
- Waterbody Type: Creek
- Timezone: America/Chicago
Latest photos
Ran Q/C test on strip Lot# A4290A - See pictures. One strip read 209 PPM the other 226.
Not sure what the acceptable range is.
- This was just before the first snow of the season.
- Only little snow fell on warm ground and only very little salt was used in addition to snow plowing.
- Air and water temperature are no problem to get. I bought an inexpensive Thermometer
all plastic at Ace Hardware for about $5.- It agreed with my digital thermometers.
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This Creek is the outflow of Lake Killarney:
*** Chloride seems very high for the time of year.
My suspicion is that it is caused by water softeners and septic systems
in the Lake Killarney subdivision.
Our water has a lot of Iron and many people have water softeners.
All houses on the West Side of the Lake have well & septic.
Houses on the East Side of the Lake have community water & septic