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| Title | Clark Fork - Pend Oreille Basin Water Quality Study, A Summary of Findings and a Management Plan | |||
| Month-Year Published | January 1993 | |||
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| Short Description |
In response to Section 525 of the 1987 Clean Water Act, Ecology participated in a study of the Clark Fork - Pend Oreille River basin, along with the states of Idaho and Montana and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Study objectives were to characterize water quality problems, identify pollutant sources, and recommend actions for maintaining and enhancing water quality throughout the basin. Identified problems included nuisance algal growths in the Clark Fork River, nutrient loading in Lake Pend Oreille, and Eurasian milfoil proliferation in the Pend Oreille River. The appendices for this report are linked below. (Also see abstract below) | |||
| Publication Number | 93-e54 | |||
| Author(s) | Section 525 Steering Committee | |||
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| Number of pages | 73 pp. | |||
| Keywords | basin, environmental, Environmental Protection Agency, lake, management, nutrient loading, quality, river, study, water, water quality, WRIA 62 | |||
| Subject Waterbodies |
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| Related Publications | Title | Relationship | ||
| Appendices to: Clark Fork - Pend Oreille Basin Water Quality Study, A Summary of Findings and a Management Plan | appendix | |||
| Abstract | Long Description |
In response to Section 525 of the 1987 Clean Water Act, Ecology participated in a study of the Clark Fork - Pend Oreille River basin, along with the states of Idaho and Montana and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Study objectives were to characterize water quality problems, identify pollutant sources, and recommend actions for maintaining and enhancing water quality throughout the basin. Identified problems included nuisance algal growths in the Clark Fork River, nutrient loading in Lake Pend Oreille, and Eurasian milfoil proliferation in the Pend Oreille River. Among the highest priority recommended actions were establishment of a basin-wide phosphate detergent ban and formation of a tri-state council to implement the 70-plus activities identified in the basin management plan. |
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