Environmental monitoring of Lake Baikal

Characteristics of surface waters of BNT according to the data received from automatic stations
Automatic water control station No.1 Listvyanka
Parameter
Automatic water control station No.2 Baikalsk
Parameter
MPC (maximum permissible concentration):
pH value (pH) - 6.5-8.5 pH units;
oxygen dissolved - not less 4 mg/l
turbidity - 100 FNU;
Specific electrical conductivity - 250 µS/cm;
ammonia nitrogen - 0.39 mg/l;
redox (oxidation/reduction potential) - not less 100 mV

For technical reasons, no measurements were made at Automatic water control station No.2 Baikalsk