What is the cleanest lake in Chesapeake city County, Virginia?

Lake Drummond in Chesapeake city County is the highest-rated lake in Chesapeake city County, Virginia with an EPA water quality grade of C and 0.7 feet of water clarity.

How are these rankings calculated?

Lakes are graded A through F on nutrients and algae — total phosphorus, nitrogen, chlorophyll-a, and turbidity — against EPA National Lakes Assessment 2022 condition classes for that lake’s ecoregion. Water clarity (Secchi depth) is measured and shown; it is not the letter. Lakes without enough recent samples are UNRATED, not given an F. Source data comes from the EPA Water Quality Portal.

Cleanest Lakes in Chesapeake city County, Virginia

Lake Drummond in Chesapeake city County leads the rankings with a water quality grade of C and 0.7 ft of clarity. Below are the top 6 cleanest monitored lakes in Chesapeake city County, Virginia, ranked by EPA water quality score.

Ranked List

#	Lake	County	Grade	Clarity	Phosphorus	Algae
1	Lake Drummond	Chesapeake city	C	0.7 ft	60 µg/L	7 µg/L
2	Sta Mouth of Interior Ditch Lake	Chesapeake city	C	0.7 ft	60 µg/L	6.9 µg/L
3	Sta Mouth of Riddick Ditch Lake	Chesapeake city	C	0.7 ft	60 µg/L	7.2 µg/L
4	Lake Drummond Sta Mouth of Feeder Dit	Chesapeake city	C	0.7 ft	60 µg/L	6.4 µg/L
5	Lake Drummond Sta Mouth of Portsmouth	Chesapeake city	C	0.7 ft	60 µg/L	8.1 µg/L
6	Lake Drummond Sta Mouth of Jericho	Chesapeake city	C	0.7 ft	60 µg/L	8.6 µg/L

Ranked List

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