Kaskaskia Watershed Water Quality Assessment J A N E T B U C H A N - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Kaskaskia Watershed Water Quality Assessment J A N E T B U C H A N A N, H E A RT L A N DS C O N S E RVA N C Y S U S TA I N A B I L I T Y S H O W C A S E E V E N T I L L I N O I S S O YB E A N A S S O C I AT I O N J U LY 2 3 , 2 0 1 5
J A N E T B U C H A N A N, H E A RT L A N DS C O N S E RVA N C Y S U S TA I N A B I L I T Y S H O W C A S E E V E N T I L L I N O I S S O YB E A N A S S O C I AT I O N J U LY 2 3 , 2 0 1 5
What the Kaskaskia Water Quality project was 10
What the 2015-16 project will do, and What happens after that - opportunities to
Flow-weighted calculations Statistical analyses (one-way ANOVA) Plotting trends over time (annual means) Comparison to typical nutrient levels
High P, increasing in
Chemical Oxygen
Increased turbidity High fecal coliform
What will the water quality assessment look at this
How will it be different?
125 stream sections/lakes listed
…compared with 109 in 2006
Same subwatersheds Same methods 14 (or fewer) monitoring stations 1 fewer parameters Fresh BMP analysis
Presentations in the upper and lower watersheds Kaskaskia Watershed Association Summit
Other outreach/workshops
Opportunities for watershed planning,
Groundwork laid to receive state & federal funds! See: Upper Silver Creek and Cahokia Creek, Madison
County Information towards BMPs
Gets out in front of regulation