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ADEM’s Monitoring Summary Reports

Alabama – TombigbeeCWP Stakeholders Meeting

Montgomery, Alabama

3 February 2010Lisa Huff – ADEM Field Operations Division

River Basin GroupsBlack Warrior-Cahaba (1997)Tennessee (1998)Southeast Alabama (1999)Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa (2000)Escatawpa-Mobile Bay-Tombigbee (2001)

Monitoring Strategy: 2005-2009 Basin Rotationo 2005 – Alabama, Coosa, Tallapoosao 2006 – Escatawpa, Mobile, Tombigbeeo 2007 – Black Warrior, Cahabao 2008 – SE AL R Basinso 2009 – Tennessee R

ADEM’s Monitoring Summary Reports

Presentation Outline

• Rivers and Streams Monitoring Program and Reports (RSMP)

• 2005 - Alabama R. Basin

• 2006 – Tombigbee R. Basin

• Rivers and Reservoirs Monitoring Program and Reports (RRMP)

• 2005 – Alabama R. Basin

• 2006 – Tombigbee R. Basin

• Monitoring data and reports in the assessment process

• 2010-2014 Monitoring Strategy Cycle

• 2010 ACT Basin Monitoring

• Alabama R. Basin Sampling Locations

• 2011 EMT Basin Monitoring

• Sampling Requests

Monitoring Strategy Objectives1. Estimate overall water quality2. Estimate water quality trends3. Assess water quality 4. Support Management Decisions5. Assess Criteria Compliance 6. Evaluate program effectiveness7. Develop, adopt, or revise WQS8. Develop criteria & indicators

Rivers and Streams Monitoring Program: 2005-2009

ADEM Monitoring Strategy:2005-2009 Data collected at majority of

wadeable, flowing rivers and streams locations: 1X habitat and macroinvertebrate

assessments Monthly in situ parameters and water

samples, March-Oct Semi-monthly total and dissolved

metals, March-Oct

Macroinvertebrate Assessments

Periphyton Assessments

Fish Community Assessments

RSMP Summary Reports:

What they are

Summarize all monitoring data collected at each location

Interpret results of biological assessments using ADEM’s Macroinvertebrate Bioassessment Indices

Communicate this information

RSMP Summary Reports: Purpose of the reports

Sampling location Why the site was sampled Watershed condition and characteristics Reach characteristics Habitat assessment results Macroinvertebrate bioassessment results Summary of 8 monthly water samples Contact information

RSMP Summary Reports: Information in the reports

2005 RSMP Summary Reports: Results from the ACT

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2006 RSMP Summary Reports: Results from the EMT

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Bioassessment Sampling Locations• 61 total stations scheduled• 21 could not be conducted

Completion date of 40 2006 Bioassessments• March 2010

2007 RSMP Summary Reports: Results from the EMTEMT Bioassessment Sampling Locations• Revisited 10 “Drought” Locations• 7 Sampled

2007-2009 reports prioritized by project1st priority:

•Reports completed Nov. 2010 monitoring requested for:

Use support, NPS watershed studies, CWP requestsReport status list: Others?

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RSMP Summary Reports and Supporting Documents CD

Rivers and Reservoirs Monitoring Program Goals•Establish long-term trends in lake trophic status•Satisfy §314(a) of the Water Quality Act of 1987•Provide data to categorize waters in the integrated assessment report•Establish lake-specific nutrient criteria •Determine nutrient compliance •Provide data to develop and monitor implemented TMDLs•Build a robust database for departmental use, public data requests, and to flow data to EPA via WQX

Rivers and Reservoirs Monitoring Program 5-year basin rotation Monitoring locations

Mainstem, Tributary Embayment, and Riverine

Monthly/algal growing season (Apr-Oct)

Indicators Vertical profiles Nutrient samples Chlorophyll a Secchi/Photic Zone Total suspended

sediments Bacteriological AGPT

Summarize all monitoring data collected within each reservoir during 2005 and 2006

Compare these data to ADEM’s historical data and established criteria

Evaluate trends in mean lake trophic status using ADEM’s entire RRMP dataset

Communicate this information

2005 RRMP Summary Reports: Purpose of the reports

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Sampling locations Mainstem Stations Tributary Embayment Riverine Stations

Background information Program history CWA §303(d)/TMDL status

Results Monthly (April-October) concentrations Mean, median, minimum, and maximum

concentrations Indicators

Total nitrogen Total phosphorus Chlorophyll a Total suspended solids Dissolved oxygen Temperature Algal growth potential tests Trophic state index

Contact information

2005 RRMP Summary Reports: Information in the reports


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Figure 6. Mean chlorophyll a concentrations of mainstem Dannelly Reservoir stations, 2000-2005. Chlorophyll a criteria applies to the growing season mean of the lower station only.


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2006-2009 Monitoring Summaries How and when completed

2005 RRMP Reports: Alabama R. Basin• Completed March 2010

• Claiborne • Dannelly• Woodruff

2006 RRMP Reports: Tombigbee R. Basin • Completed March 2010

• Aliceville• Coffeeville• Demopolis• Gainesville

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AssessmentRemediation

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Summary Reports: Part 1 of the assessment process

Categories 1: fully meeting all use classifications 5: not meeting one or all use

classifications (303d list) 2: Insufficient data

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2b: available data do not indicate impairment

3: No data available 4: Waterbody impaired but remediation

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2010 Monitoring Plan: – Focused in the Alabama, Coosa,

Tallapoosa R. Basins– Finalized Feb. 17th

2011 Monitoring Plan:– Focused in the Escatawpa,

Tombigbee, and Mobile R. Basins– Gathering sampling requests, Nov.

2010-Jan. 14, 2011– Final Date: Jan. 14, 2011

2010-2014 Monitoring Cycle

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