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Post-Construction Monitoring Report for the Calumet Tunnel and Reservoir Plan System MONITORING AND RESEARCH DEPARTMENT REPORT NO. 19-13 POST-CONSTRUCTION MONITORING REPORT FOR THE CALUMET TUNNEL AND RESERVOIR PLAN SYSTEM June 2019 Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago 100 East Erie Street Chicago, Illinois 60611-2803 (312) 751-5600 POST-CONSTRUCTION MONITORING REPORT FOR THE CALUMET TUNNEL AND RESERVOIR PLAN SYSTEM By Dustin Gallagher Aquatic Biologist Jennifer Wasik Principal Environmental Scientist Monitoring and Research Department Edward W. Podczerwinski, Director June 2019 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page LIST OF TABLES iii LIST OF FIGURES vi LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS vii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix DISCLAIMER ix SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS x INTRODUCTION 1 Background 1 Objectives 1 Study Reach 2 METHODOLOGY 4 Combined Sewer Overflow Monitoring 4 Ambient Water Quality Monitoring 4 Wet- and Dry-Weather Monitoring 4 Statistical Analysis of Ambient Water Quality Monitoring and Wet- and Dry- 7 Weather Sampling Data Continuous Dissolved Oxygen Monitoring 10 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 12 Combined Sewer Overflow Monitoring 12 Ambient Water Quality Monitoring 12 Wet- and Dry-Weather Monitoring 24 Analysis of Variance Comparing Pre- and Post-Construction Water 24 Quality for Various Weather Categories i TABLE OF CONTENTS (Continued) Page Comparison of Wet- and Dry-Weather Water Quality During the Post- 35 Construction Monitoring Period Compliance with Water Quality Standards During the Post-Construction 37 Monitoring Period Continuous Dissolved Oxygen Monitoring 39 REFERENCES 45 APPENDICES A United States Environmental Protection Agency Letter of Approval for A-1 Calumet Tunnel and Reservoir Plan System Post-Construction Monitoring Plan B Calumet and Lemont Water Reclamation Plants’ Combined Sewer B-1 Overflow Monitoring and Reporting Plan C Post-Construction Monitoring Plan for Calumet Tunnel and Reservoir C-1 Plan System D Ambient Water Quality Monitoring Quality Assurance Project Plan D-1 E Continuous Dissolved Oxygen Monitoring Quality Assurance Project E-1 Plan F Standard Operating Procedure for Laboratory Servicing Procedures for F-1 Continuous Dissolved Oxygen Monitors G Water Quality Data from Monthly, Wet-Weather, and Dry-Weather G-1 Sampling Events from Post-Construction Monitoring at Calumet Watershed Locations H Letters to the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency and United H-1 States Environmental Protection Agency for Notification of Combined Sewer Overflows I Hourly Continuous Dissolved Oxygen Monitoring Data Collected After I-1 Combined Sewer Overflows During Post-Construction Monitoring ii LIST OF TABLES Table No. Page 1 Ambient Water Quality Monitoring Locations Assessed in the Calumet 5 River System 2 Sample Collection Dates at Calumet Watershed Ambient Water Quality 8 Monitoring Stations During Thornton Composite Reservoir Pre- and Post-Construction Monitoring Periods 3 Applicable Water Quality Standards Used for Evaluation 9 4 Continuous Dissolved Oxygen Monitoring Locations Assessed in the 11 Calumet River System 5 Date, Location, Time, Duration, and Estimated Volume of Combined 13 Sewer Overflows That Occurred During Calumet Tunnel and Reservoir Plan System Post-Construction Monitoring Period (2017–2018) 6 Summary of Pre- and Post-Construction Calumet River, Little Calumet 14 River, and Little Calumet River South Monthly Ambient Water Quality Data 7 Summary of Pre- and Post-Construction Calumet-Sag Channel, Grand 16 Calumet River, and Thorn Creek Monthly Ambient Water Quality Data 8 Statistical Comparison of Ambient Water Quality Monitoring Data 18 Collected at Calumet River System Locations Between 1974–1984, 2014–2015, and 2017–2018 9 Comparison of Water Quality Data Collected During Pre- and Post- 25 Construction Wet- and Dry-Weather Sampling Events at Locations in the Calumet River and Little Calumet River 10 Comparison of Water Quality Data Collected During Pre- and Post- 28 Construction Wet- and Dry-Weather Sampling Events at Locations in the Little Calumet River South and Calumet-Sag Channel 11 Comparison of Water Quality Data Collected During Pre- and Post- 31 Construction Wet- and Dry-Weather Sampling Events at Locations in the Calumet-Sag Channel, Grand Calumet River, and Thorn Creek iii LIST OF TABLES (Continued) Table No. Page 12 Summary of Calumet Watershed Rainfall Amounts and Combined 34 Sewer Overflows for Wet-Weather Sampling Events During Pre- and Post-Construction Monitoring 13 Summary of Wet- and Dry-Weather Event Fecal Coliform 38 Concentrations Collected During Recreational Use Months for the Calumet River System During Post-Construction Monitoring of Thornton Composite Reservoir 14 Summary of Hourly Dissolved Oxygen Concentrations at Continuous 42 Dissolved Oxygen Monitoring Stations Within the Calumet Watershed Pre and Post Construction of Thornton Composite Reservoir 15 Annual Chicago Precipitation Data During Pre- and Post-Construction 44 Monitoring G-1 Water Quality Data from Monthly, Wet-Weather, and Dry-Weather G-1 Sampling Events from Post-Construction Monitoring at Calumet Watershed Locations I-1 Dissolved Oxygen Concentration Measured Hourly at Chicago and I-1 Western Indiana Railroad in the Little Calumet River, February 28, 2017, Through March 7, 2017 I-2 Dissolved Oxygen Concentration Measured Hourly at Halsted Street in I-4 the Little Calumet River, February 28, 2017, Through March 7, 2017 I-3 Dissolved Oxygen Concentration Measured Hourly at Ashland Avenue I-7 in Little Calumet River South, February 28, 2017, Through March 7, 2017 I-4 Dissolved Oxygen Concentration Measured Hourly at Cicero Avenue in I-10 the Calumet-Sag Channel, February 28, 2017, Through March 7, 2017 I-5 Dissolved Oxygen Concentration Measured Hourly at Chicago and I-13 Western Indiana Railroad in the Little Calumet River, March 30, 2017, Through April 6, 2017 I-6 Dissolved Oxygen Concentration Measured Hourly at Halsted Street in I-16 the Little Calumet River, March 30, 2017, Through April 6, 2017 iv LIST OF TABLES (Continued) Table No. Page I-7 Dissolved Oxygen Concentration Measured Hourly at Ashland Avenue I-19 in Little Calumet River South, March 30, 2017, Through April 6, 2017 I-8 Dissolved Oxygen Concentration Measured Hourly at Cicero Avenue in I-22 the Calumet-Sag Channel, March 30, 2017, Through April 6, 2017 I-9 Dissolved Oxygen Concentration Measured Hourly at Route 83 in the I-25 Calumet-Sag Channel, March 30, 2017, Through April 6, 2017 v LIST OF FIGURES Figure No. Page 1 Map of Calumet Area Combined Sewer Overflow Outfalls and 3 Precipitation Gages 2 Ambient Water Quality and Continuous Dissolved Oxygen Monitoring 6 Stations for Calumet Tunnel and Reservoir Plan Post-Construction Monitoring 3 Dissolved Oxygen Concentration Measured Hourly at Ashland Avenue 40 in the Little Calumet River South, February 28, 2017, Through March 7, 2017 4 Dissolved Oxygen Concentration Measured Hourly at Ashland Avenue 41 in the Little Calumet River South, March 30, 2017, Through April 6, 2017 vi LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS Abbreviation Meaning 130th 130th Street in the Calumet River 170th 170th Street in Thorn Creek ANOVA analysis of variance Ashland Ashland Avenue in the Little Calumet River South AWQM Ambient Water Quality Monitoring BG billion gallons BOD5 five-day biochemical oxygen demand Burnham Burnham Avenue in the Grand Calumet River C&W Chicago and Western Indiana Railroad CAWS Chicago Area Waterway System CDOM continuous DO monitoring CFU colony-forming units Cicero Cicero Avenue in the Calumet-Sag Channel CRS Calumet River System CSC Calumet-Sag Channel CSO combined sewer overflow District Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago DO dissolved oxygen FC fecal coliform GCR Grand Calumet River Halsted Halsted Street in the Little Calumet River IAC Illinois Administrative Code Indiana Indiana Avenue in the Little Calumet River L liter LCR Little Calumet River LCR-S Little Calumet River South log logarithm M&R Monitoring and Research MG million gallons mg milligrams mL milliliter NPDES National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System PCMP Post-Construction Monitoring Plan QA/QC quality assurance/quality control QAPP Quality Assurance Project Plan Route 83 Route 83 in the Calumet-Sag Channel SEPA Sidestream Elevated Pool Aeration SOPs standard operating procedures TAN total ammonia nitrogen TARP Tunnel and Reservoir Plan vii LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS (Continued) Abbreviation Meaning TCR Thornton Composite Reservoir TDS total dissolved solids TSS total suspended solids UMVUE uniformly minimum variance unbiased estimator USEPA United States Environmental Protection Agency Wentworth Wentworth Avenue in the Little Calumet River South WQS water quality standards WRP water reclamation plant viii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The authors wish to acknowledge Robert Chmela, Ann Dangles, Janis Dickerson, Kara Gavin, George Gertos, John Lahori, Claudia Mroczkowski, Patricia Sandrik, Ashley Warren, and David Zintak for water sample collection and all of the Monitoring and Research department chemists and laboratory technicians that coordinated, processed, and analyzed all the water samples for this project. The authors would also like to thank Nick Kollias for the coordination of water sampling personnel and laboratory information management system support, and Dr. Albert Cox and Dr. Heng Zhang for reviewing this report. Special thanks are due to Ms. Laura Franklin for formatting this report and Dr. Zainul Abedin for the statistical analysis. DISCLAIMER Mention of proprietary equipment and chemicals in this report does not constitute endorsement by the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater
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