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Redeye River Watershed Monitoring and Assessment Report Redeye River Watershed Monitoring and Assessment Report May 2014 Authors The MPCA is reducing printing and mailing costs MPCA Redeye River Watershed Report Team: by using the Internet to distribute reports and Anthony Dingmann, Dave Christopherson, David information to wider audience. Visit our Duffey, Lee Engel, Bonnie Finnerty, Mark website for more information. Gernes, Chuck Johnson, Benjamin Lundeen, Jim MPCA reports are printed on 100 percent post- McArthur, Bruce Monson, Scott Niemela, consumer recycled content paper Shawn Nelson, Kris Parson manufactured without chlorine or chlorine derivatives. Contributors / acknowledgements Wadena County Soil and Water Conservation Otter Tail County coalition of Lake Associations Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Minnesota Department of Health Minnesota Department of Agriculture Project dollars provided by the Clean Water Fund (from the Clean Water, Land and Legacy Amendment) Minnesota Pollution Control Agency 520 Lafayette Road North | Saint Paul, MN 55155-4194 | www.pca.state.mn.us | 651-296-6300 Toll free 800-657-3864 | TTY 651-282-5332 This report is available in alternative formats upon request, and online at www.pca.state.mn.us Document number: wq-ws3-07010107b List of acronyms AUID Assessment Unit Identification MINLEAP Minnesota Lake Eutrophication Determination Analysis Procedure CCSI Channel Condition and Stability Index MPCA Minnesota Pollution Control Agency CD County Ditch MSHA Minnesota Stream Habitat Assessment CI Confidence Interval MTS Meets the Standard? CLMP Citizen Lake Monitoring Program N Nitrogen CR County Road Nitrate-N Nitrate Plus Nitrite Nitrogen CSAH County State Aid Highway NA Not Assessed CSMP Citizen Stream Monitoring Program NHD National Hydrologic Dataset CWA Clean Water Act NH3 Ammonia CWLA Clean Water Legacy Act NS Not Supporting DOP Dissolved Orthophosphate NT No Trend E Eutrophic OP Orthophosphate EQuIS Environmental Quality Information P Phosphorous System PCB Poly Chlorinated Biphenyls EX Exceeds Criteria (Bacteria) PWI Protected Waters Inventory EXP Exceeds Criteria, Potential Impairment RNR River Nutrient Region EXS Exceeds Criteria, Potential Severe Impairment SWAG Surface Water Assessment Grant FS Full Support SWCD Soil and Water Conservation District FWMC Flow Weighted Mean Concentration SWUD State Water Use Database H Hypereutrophic TALU Tiered Aquatic Life Uses HUC Hydrologic Unit Code TKN Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen IBI Index of Biotic Integrity TMDL Total Maximum Daily Load IF Insufficient Information TP Total Phosphorous K Potassium TSS Total Suspended Solids LRVW Limited Resource Value Water USGS United States Geological Survey M Mesotrophic WPLMN Water Pollutant Load Monitoring MCES Metropolitan Council Environmental Network Services MDA Minnesota Department of Agriculture MDH Minnesota Department of Health MDNR Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Contents Contents ............................................................................................................................... 1 Executive summary ............................................................................................................... 1 Introduction .......................................................................................................................... 2 I. The watershed monitoring approach ......................................................................................... 3 Watershed Pollutant Load Monitoring Network .................................................................................................................... 3 Intensive watershed monitoring ............................................................................................................................................ 3 Citizen and local monitoring ................................................................................................................................................... 6 II. Assessment methodology ......................................................................................................... 8 Water quality standards ......................................................................................................................................................... 8 Assessment units .................................................................................................................................................................... 9 Determining use attainment .................................................................................................................................................. 9 Data management ................................................................................................................................................................ 11 Period of record ................................................................................................................................................................... 11 III. Watershed overview ............................................................................................................... 12 Physical setting ..................................................................................................................................................................... 12 Land use summary ............................................................................................................................................................... 15 Surface water hydrology ...................................................................................................................................................... 17 Climate and precipitation ..................................................................................................................................................... 17 Hydrogeology ....................................................................................................................................................................... 19 Wetlands .............................................................................................................................................................................. 19 IV. Watershed-wide data collection methodology ......................................................................... 20 Watershed Pollutant Load Monitoring Network ................................................................................................................. 20 Stream water sampling ........................................................................................................................................................ 20 Stream biological sampling .................................................................................................................................................. 21 Fish contaminants ................................................................................................................................................................ 21 Lake water sampling............................................................................................................................................................. 22 Groundwater quality ............................................................................................................................................................ 22 Groundwater/surface water withdrawals ............................................................................................................................ 22 Groundwater quantity.......................................................................................................................................................... 23 Wetland monitoring ............................................................................................................................................................. 23 V. Individual subwatershed results .............................................................................................. 24 HUC-11 subwatersheds ........................................................................................................................................................ 24 Stream assessments ............................................................................................................................................................. 24 Channelized stream evaluations .......................................................................................................................................... 24 Stream habitat results .......................................................................................................................................................... 25 Stream stability results ......................................................................................................................................................... 25 Subwatershed outlet water chemistry results ..................................................................................................................... 25 Lake assessments ................................................................................................................................................................. 25 Upper Leaf River Watershed Unit HUC 07010107120 ....................................................................... 26 Summary .............................................................................................................................................................................
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