Appendx B Chicopee River Watershed: 2003 Water Quality Technical
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APPENDX B CHICOPEE RIVER WATERSHED: 2003 WATER QUALITY TECHNICAL MEMOMORANDUM (TM36-3) Prepared by Greg DeCesare 2006 DWM Control Number CN 106.2 Commonwealth of Massachusetts Executive Office of Environmental Affairs Robert W. Golledge Jr., Secretary Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection Arleen O’Donnell Acting Commissioner Bureau of Resource Protection Glenn Haas, Acting Assistant Commissioner Division of Watershed Management Glenn Haas, Director B1 Table of Contents List of Tables and Figures............................................................................................................................. 2 Introduction and Project Objectives .............................................................................................................. 3 Quality Assurance and Quality Control ......................................................................................................... 3 Survey Methods ............................................................................................................................................ 3 Station Observations................................................................................................................................... 11 Survey Conditions ....................................................................................................................................... 21 Water Quality Data...................................................................................................................................... 28 References.................................................................................................................................................. 51 Appendix 1: Data Validation For The Chicopee Watersheds 2003 Water Quality Survey ........................ 52 List of Tables and Figures Table 1. 2003 DEP-DWM Chicopee Watersheds survey - Water Quality Analysis..................................... 5 Table 2. WES/DWM Analytical Methods & MDLs for 2003 Water Quality Analytes.................................. 10 Table 3: Estimated Chicopee Watersheds 2003 Precipitation Data Summary Based on NOAA data for Springfield, MA. ........................................................................................................................ 23 Table 4. USGS gage data summaries in Chicopee Watershed for 2003 MassDEP DWM surveys.......... 24 Table 5. 2003 MassDEP Chicopee Watersheds in-situ Hydrolab® Data.................................................. 28 Table 6. 2003 MassDEP Chicopee Watersheds Watershed Instream Bacteria and Physico/Chemical Data. .......................................................................................................................................... 36 Table 7. 2003 MassDEP Chicopee Watersheds Quality Control Data - Duplicates.................................. 49 Table 8. 2003 MassDEP Chicopee Watersheds Quality Control Data - Blanks........................................ 50 Figure 1: Location of 2003 DEP/DWM Water Quality Sampling Stations in the Chicopee Watersheds ...... 9 Figure 2: Location of USGS Stream Gages in Chicopee River Basin ........................................................ 23 Figure 3: May Precipitation and Streamflow in Chicopee River at Indian Orchard.................................... 26 Figure 4: May 2003 Flow in East Branch Swift River and West Branch Swift River.................................. 27 Figure 5. Hydrograph of Daily Mean Discharge at USGS Gage 01177000 during the 2003 Chicopee Survey Season .......................................................................................................................... 27 B2 INTRODUCTION AND PROJECT OBJECTIVES The Division of Watershed Management (DWM) 2003 water quality monitoring plan for the Chicopee River Watershed was developed by DWM in consultation with the former Executive Office of Environmental Affairs (EOEA) Chicopee Watershed Team, a coalition of government and non- government groups. The monitoring strategy was guided primarily by suggestions of members of the EOEA Chicopee Watershed Team and DWM’s review of previous surveys. Priority monitoring needs addressed by DWM included sampling for water chemistry, bacteria, macroinvertebrate biomonitoring, fish population studies, and fish toxics monitoring. This technical memorandum presents the DWM lotic water quality sampling component of the survey. Results of the other monitoring efforts mentioned above are described in separate DWM memoranda or reports. The 1998 DWM Chicopee Assessment Report (MassDEP, 2001a) identified several segments that lacked sufficient water quality data for evaluation and also flagged several sites with potential water quality problems that needed more water chemistry data for adequate assessment. Several sites were also included in order to evaluate impacts from known or suspected sources of pollution to specific areas of the watershed. To address some of these water quality sampling needs, DWM conducted water quality sampling surveys from June through October 2003, which included in-situ water quality measurements and collection of water quality samples. Three water quality sampling surveys were pre-dawn surveys intended to capture dissolved oxygen minima. In order to address a Total Maximum Daily Load for Quaboag Pond and Quamcuasit Pond additional sampling also occurred during 2003. The following stations were part of that study: QAOBO, QA100, EB04, CRN01, SM02, SMG, EB04A, SM01, and two stations not located on segments. These two stations are QP011 (the connection between Quaboag and Quamcuasit Pond) and SPEFF (the Spencer wastewater treatment plant’s final effluent channel). TMDL stations often had different sampling parameters and frequency. For a complete list of all sampling sites, parameters measured, and their frequency see Table 1. QUALITY ASSURANCE AND QUALITY CONTROL A Quality Assurance Project Plan (MassDEP 2003a;CN 127.0) was written for the DWM water quality sampling surveys in 2003. Procedures used were consistent with the prevailing DWM sampling protocols that are described in the Sample Collection Techniques for DWM Surface Water Quality Monitoring, Standard Operating Procedure (MassDEP 2003b; CN 1.2). For all water quality surveys, quality control samples (field blanks and sample duplicates) were taken at a minimum of one each per analyte per crew per survey. All water quality and bacteria samples were delivered to the Wall Experiment Station (WES), the department’s analytical laboratory in Lawrence or Severn Trent Laboratory (STL) within holding time allowances for analysis. DWM quality assurance and database management staff reviewed lab data reports and all multi-probe data. The data were validated and finalized per data validation procedures outlined in DWM SOP CN 56.2 (MassDEP, 2005a). In general, all water sample data were validated by reviewing Quality Control (QC) sample results, analytical holding time compliance, QC sample frequency and related ancillary data/documentation (at a minimum). A complete summary of censoring and qualification decisions for all 2003 DWM data is provided in the CN 211.0 – Draft DWM Data Validation Report for Year 2003 Project Data (MassDEP, 2005b). Appendix 1 of this technical memorandum contains data censoring/qualification decisions for the 2003 Chicopee Watershed data. Definitions for the data qualifiers are also included in Appendix 1. This information was excerpted from the CN211. 0 – Draft DWM Data Validation Report for Year 2003 Project Data (MADEP, 2005b). SURVEY METHODS Information pertaining to station location, rationale, and objectives is available in the 2003 QAPP (CN 127.0, MADEP 2003a). As part of the core 2003 sampling effort, personnel from DWM and Mass DEP’s CERO, Strategic Monitoring and Assessment for River basin Teams (SMART) performed daytime in-situ B3 water quality measurements and collected water quality samples at 35 stations in total for each of six surveys. In- situ parameters measured using a multiprobe included dissolved oxygen, percent saturation, pH, conductivity, temperature, and total dissolved solids. All stations were sampled by four different crews on each day of the survey. Surveys were conducted on the following dates in 2003: April 16, May 14, June 18, July 30, August 20, and October 15. In addition, pre-dawn in-situ water quality measurements were made at all stations on the following mornings in 2003: June 19, July 31, and August 21. A different sampling frequency was used at some stations included in this report (see Table 1 for complete details). Water quality samples were analyzed at WES for turbidity and nutrients (nitrogen as NH3, and total phosphorus) with the exception of the October 15th survey when the nutrient samples were analyzed by STL. Samples collected for total suspended solids, fecal coliform bacteria, and E. coli were analyzed at STL. Each survey crew also took a minimum of one ambient field blank and one field duplicate sample per analyte during each survey for quality control purposes. Prior to the collection of samples, riparian vegetation, observed uses, potential pollution sources, the presence/absence of objectionable deposits (trash and debris and scum), the percentage of periphyton/algae/aquatic plants covering the sampling reach, and sampling conditions were recorded on DWM field sheets. Procedures used for water sampling and sample handling are described in the Sample Collection Techniques for DWM Surface Water Quality Monitoring, Standard Operating