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| Title | Watershed Briefing Paper for the Upper and Lower Yakima Watersheds | |||
| Month-Year Published | September 1996 | |||
| Online Availability |
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| Short Description |
The following set of briefing papers describes the work performed by Ecology′s Environmental Investigations and Laboratory Services Program staff for the Water Quality Program and others over the past ten years in the Upper and Lower Yakima Water Quality Management Areas (WQMAs). Also included are short reviews of other sources of water quality data for the WQMAs. (Also see abstract below) | |||
| Publication Number | 96-336 | |||
| Author(s) | Joy, J., B. Ehinger, J. Cubbage, S. Golding, and D. Erickson | |||
| Print Availability |
Not maintained in stock. Copy must be made from archive version. Request will be referred to the source program.
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| Number of pages | 37 pp. | |||
| Keywords | agriculture, dairy, DDT, environmental, GIS, groundwater, invertebrates, investigation, nonpoint, organochlorine, point source, river, sediment, suspended sediment, Total Maximum Daily Load, waste, water, water quality, watershed | |||
| Subject Waterbodies |
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| Abstract | Long Description |
Ecology′s investigative work through the Environmental Investigations and Laboratory Services (EILS) Program in the Yakima River Basin over the past ten years has focused on point source control measures and characterizing the extent of organochlorine pesticide contamination along the main stem river. Recently, however, EILS′ efforts have broadened to nonpoint source issues: 1. characterizing forest practice effects on smaller basins in the upper watershed, 2. investigating and controlling dairy waste effects on surface and groundwater, 3. monitoring macroinvertebrates communities in a variety of watersheds, 4. using geographical information system (GIS) tools to identify potential sources of water quality contamination, and 5. documenting and controlling suspended sediment and DDT transport from irrigated agriculture in the lower Yakima valley through the total maximum daily load process. The following set of briefing papers describes the work performed by EILS staff for the Water Quality Program and others over the past ten years in the Upper and Lower Yakima Water Quality Management Areas (WQMAs). Also included are short reviews of other sources of water quality data for the WQMAs. |
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