Local Water

Quality and

the Watershed

Concept

Kelly Dungan

Wayne County

Watershed Project

Coordinator

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Indiana Watersheds

8 - Digit Hydrologic Unit Code Areas

1. Is water really a renewable resource?

Yes, but it’s limited!!

2. Water as a Resource

3. What is a watershed?

All the land that drains into a body of water!

4. Who lives in a watershed?

Everyone!

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St. Josep hLap orte

Porte rLake De kalb

No ble

Marsh all

Kosciu sko

Starke

W hitley

Alle n

Jaspe rNe wt onFu ltonPulask i

W aba sh Hu ntin gto n

Miam iAda ms

W ells

W hite

Ca ss

Ca rroll

Ben ton

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Ho wa rd

Tip peca no e

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Clint on

Tip ton

De la wareMad ison

Fo un tain Ra ndo lph

Ha milto nMon tg om ery Boo ne

Verm

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Parke MarionHe ndricks

Putn amFa yett e

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Jackso n Ohio

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Swit ze r la nd

Jeff erson

Kno x

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W ashin gto n

Ora ng e

ClarkPike

Gibson

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Ha rr ison

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Indiana Watersheds

8 - Digit Hydrologic Unit Code Areas

5. What watershed do we live in?

The Whitewater Watershed

You are here!

6. How do watersheds get polluted? Many sources,

including natural and human causes!

The Middle Fork Reservoir

7. What is one of the biggest

problems within our watershed? E. Coli bacteria, which comes

from human or animal waste!!

E. Coli Photo

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8. Why are some fish not safe to eat in

large amount in our watershed? They can contain mercury, which at high

levels is toxic to humans!

Fish Consumption Advisory

GREAT

MIAMI

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WAYNE

CO ING0311_T1001 Whitewater River, WF

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MERCURY

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CO ING0312_T1002 Whitewater River, West Fork

FCA for

MERCURY

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FCA for

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FCA for

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Water Monitoring

and Data Collection

Water

Monitoring

Management Plan

9. Common Water Tests Dissolved Oxygen, pH, nitrates,

phosphates, and turbidity

Water Quality Index 5/17 and 5/18 2006

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DO,E.coli,pH BOD,Temp

PO4 NO3, Turbidity

Biological Water Monitoring

10. What are macroinvertebrates? They are animals that have no backbone

and are visible without magnification.

Stonefly

Mayfly

Water Penny Beetles

Takes a trained eye!

11. How do macroinvertebrates

help determine water quality?

If animals with low pollution tolerance are

present, you must have healthy water.

Now you will assess the quality

of streams based on the

animals that live there.

Bring in macroinvertebrates

from a stream near you for participation

points!*

*Ask permission first –

never walk into a strong water current!

Q. What happens after a

waterbody is listed on

IDEM’s 303d list??

A. TMDL is scheduled and/or

a Watershed Management Plan

is completed

Section 319 of the Clean Water Act

What is a TMDL??

Total Maximum Daily Load

Wasteload allocations + (point-sources)

Load allocations + (nonpoint-sources)

Margin of Safety = (uncertainty)

TMDL Target

Section 319 -

Watershed

Grant

Projects

Phase 1 – The Discovery Phase

• Watershed Inventory

• Water Monitoring

• Public Outreach and Education

• Watershed Management Plan

Complete a

watershed

Inventory

Outreach and Education

Reservoir Clean-ups

Watershed Management Plan

• Investigation – land inventory

• Water Resources – monitoring

• Analysis – identify the problems

• Goal setting – to help solve identified

problems

• Decisions – identify critical areas

Phase 2 – Implementation

• Create a Cost-share Project

based on management plan

• Advertise

• Put conservation on the ground

• Calculate benefits

Putting conservation on the ground

0

500

1000

1500

2000

2500

3000

3500

4000

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300

Using macroinvertebrates to

determine water quality

Stonefly

Mayfly

Takes a trained eye!

Water Penny Beetles

How do macroinvertebrates help

determine water quality?

If animals with low pollution tolerance are

present, you must have healthy water.

They will not live in polluted water.