The average concentration of suspended solids (SS)
in the lakes ranged from a minimum of 23 + 4 mg 1-1 in
Lake Tooliorook to a maximum 465 + 28 mg 1-1 in Lake
Colac. This maximum value (465 mg 1 -l) was an exception,
being recorded once in Lake Colac following a
storm in November 2000. On all other sampling events
values of suspended solids for Lake Colac were