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| Title | Quality Assurance Project Plan: Wenatchee River Temperature, Dissolved Oxygen, pH, and Fecal Coliform Total Maximum Daily Load, Year 2 Technical Study | |||
| Month-Year Published | August 2003 | |||
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| Short Description |
This is the Quality Assurance Project Plan for the Wenatchee River Temperature, Dissolved Oxygen, pH, and Fecal Coliform TMDL Year 2 Technical Study. (Also see abstract below) | |||
| Publication Number | 03-03-106 | |||
| Author(s) | Bilhimer, D., J. Carroll, S. O'Neal, and G. Pelletier | |||
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| Number of pages | 73 pp. | |||
| Keywords | assessment, Columbia River, creek, dissolved oxygen, environmental, fecal coliform, focus, inventory, lake, plan, quality assurance, quality assurance project plan, resource, river, study, technical, temperature, Total Maximum Daily Load, water, water resource, Water Resource Inventory Area, Wenatchee River | |||
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| Related Publications | Title | Relationship | ||
| Wenatchee River Basin Fecal Coliform Bacteria Total Maximum Daily Load Study | similar topic | |||
| Flow Summary for Gaging Stations on the Wenatchee River and Selected Tributaries | similar topic | |||
| Abstract | Long Description |
Section 303(d) of the federal Clean Water Act requires Washington State periodically to prepare a list of all surface waters in the state for which beneficial uses of the water – such as for drinking, recreation, aquatic habitat, and industrial use – are impaired by pollutants. These are water quality limited estuaries, lakes, and streams that fall short of state surface water quality standards and are not expected to improve within the next two years. Waters placed on the 303(d) list require the preparation of Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs), a key tool in the work to clean up polluted waters. TMDLs identify the maximum amount of a pollutant allowed to be released into a waterbody so as not to impair uses of the water, and allocate that amount among various sources. The technical study to address water quality concerns in Water Resource Inventory Area 45 has been split into two years.
This QA Project Plan describes the technical study that will evaluate temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen, fecal coliform, and other ancillary parameters in tributaries to the Wenatchee River including Mission, Brender, Chiwaukum, Chumstick, Nason, and Peshastin creeks. This TMDL, in combination with the year-one study on the Wenatchee River and Icicle Creek, will set water quality targets to meet water quality standards and allocate pollutant loads to sources. The study will be conducted by the Washington State Department of Ecology, Environmental Assessment Program. |
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