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2019 Water Quality Report KARUK TRIBE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES P.O. Box 282 * Orleans, California 95556 2019 Annual Monitoring Report KLAMATH RIVER, SALMON RIVER, SCOTT RIVER, AND SHASTA RIVER 1 Karuk Tribe Annual Monitoring Report 2019 Prepared by Karuk Tribe Water Quality January 2019 Technical Staff Susan Fricke - Water Quality Program Manager Grant Johnson - Project Manager Larry Alameda - Water Quality Technician II Jon Mohr - Water Quality Technician 2 Table of Contents 1 Background ............................................................................................................... 4 2 Program Purpose ...................................................................................................... 7 3 Collaboration and Coordination ............................................................................. 8 4 Karuk Water Quality Program Design................................................................... 9 5 Data Interpretation and Management .................................................................. 11 6 2019 Water Quality Results ................................................................................... 11 7 References ................................................................................................................ 34 3 List of Tables and Figures Figure 1. Overview of the Karuk Tribe’s water quality monitoring locations along the Klamath River in 2019. ....................................................................................................... 9 Figure 2. Daily average temperatures for 3 main stem Klamath River sites in 2019: below Iron Gate dam (IG), Seiad Valley (SV), and Orleans (OR). ............................................. 12 Figure 3. Averaged daily temperature from 2006-2019 at main stem Klamath River sites: below Iron Gate dam (IG), Seiad Valley (SV), and Orleans (OR). .................................. 13 Figure 4. Daily average dissolved oxygen levels for 3 main stem Klamath River sites in 2019: below Iron Gate dam (IG), Seiad Valley (SV), and Orleans (OR). ........................ 14 Figure 5. Percent saturation dissolved oxygen readings recorded every 30-minutes for Klamath River at Orleans (OR) in 2019. The red line indicates the NCRWQCB Basin Plan Klamath River site specific dissolved oxygen water quality objective: from the mouth of the Scott River to Hoopa, >90% saturation year-round. ................................... 14 Figure 6. Percent saturation dissolved oxygen readings recorded every 30-minutes for Klamath River at Seiad Valley (SV) in 2019. The red line indicates the NCRWQCB Basin Plan Klamath River site specific dissolved oxygen water quality objective: from the mouth of the Scott River to Hoopa, >90% saturation year-round. ............................. 15 Figure 7. Percent saturation dissolved oxygen readings recorded every 30-minutes for Klamath River below Iron Gate Dam (IG) in 2019. The red line indicates the NCRWQCB Basin Plan Klamath River site specific dissolved oxygen water quality objective from Stateline (OR/CA) to the mouth of the Scott River, >90% saturation from Oct 1- March 30 and >85% from April 1-Sept 30. ........................................................... 15 Figure 8. Average daily dissolved oxygen levels from 2006-2019 at main stem Klamath River sites: below Iron Gate dam (IG), Seiad Valley (SV), and Orleans (OR). ............... 16 Figure 9. Daily average pH levels for 3 main stem Klamath River sites in 2019: below Iron Gate dam (IG), Seiad Valley (SV), and Orleans (OR). ............................................. 17 Figure 10. Instantaneous pH readings recorded every 30-minutes for Klamath River at Orleans (OR) in 2019. The red lines are the NCRWQCB Basin Plan water quality objectives for the Klamath River, 7< X > 8.5. .................................................................. 17 Figure 11. Instantaneous pH readings recorded every 30-minutes for Klamath River below Seiad Valley (SV) in 2019. The red lines are the NCRWQCB Basin Plan water quality objectives for the Klamath River, 7< X > 8.5 ....................................................... 18 Figure 12. Instantaneous pH readings recorded every 30-minutes for Klamath River below Iron Gate (IG) in 2019. The red lines are the NCRWQCB Basin Plan water quality objectives for the Klamath River, 7< X > 8.5 ................................................................... 18 Figure 13. Daily average pH, 2006-2019 at main stem Klamath River sites: below Iron Gate dam (IG), Seiad Valley (SV), and Orleans (OR). .................................................... 19 Figure 14. Daily average water temperature for Scott, Shasta, and Salmon Rivers, 2019. ........................................................................................................................................... 20 Figure 15. Daily average water temperatures for the Shasta River from 2012-2019. ...... 20 Figure 16. Daily average water temperatures for the Scott River from 2012-2019. ........ 21 Figure 17. Daily average water temperatures for the Salmon River from 2012-2019. .... 21 Figure 18. Daily average dissolved oxygen for Salmon, Scott and Shasta River, 2019. .. 22 Figure 19. Daily average dissolved oxygen concentrations for the Shasta River from 2012-2019. ........................................................................................................................ 23 4 Figure 20. Instantaneous dissolved oxygen recorded every 30-minutes for the mouth of the Shasta River (SH) in 2019. The red line indicates the NCRWQCB Basin Plan site specific dissolved oxygen water quality objective for Shasta River, >7mg/L. ................. 23 Figure 21. Daily average dissolved oxygen concentrations for the Scott River from 2012- 2019................................................................................................................................... 24 Figure 22. Instantaneous dissolved oxygen readings recorded every 30-minutes for the mouth of the Scott River (SC) in 2019. The red line indicates the NCRWQCB Basin Plan site specific dissolved oxygen water quality objective for Scott River, >7mg/L. ............ 24 Figure 23. Daily average dissolved oxygen concentrations for the Salmon River from 2012-2019. ........................................................................................................................ 25 Figure 24: Instantaneous dissolved oxygen readings recorded every 30 minutes for the mouth of the Salmon River (SA) in 2019. The red line indicates the NCRWQCB Basin Plan site specific dissolved oxygen water quality objective for Salmon River, >9mg/L. 25 Figure 25. Daily average pH for Scott, Shasta, and Salmon Rivers, 2019. ...................... 26 Figure 26. Daily average pH concentrations for the Shasta River from 2012-2019. ........ 27 Figure 27. Instantaneous pH readings recorded every 30 minutes for the mouth of the Shasta River (SH) in 2019. The red line indicates the NCRWQCB Basin Plan pH water quality objective for Shasta River, 7< X > 8.5. ................................................................ 27 Figure 28. Daily average pH concentrations for the Scott River from 2012-2019. .......... 27 Figure 29. Instantaneous pH readings recorded every 30 minutes for the mouth of the Scott River (SC) in 2019. The red line indicates the NCRWQCB Basin Plan pH water quality objective for Scott River, 7< X > 8.5. ................................................................... 28 Figure 30. Daily average pH concentrations for the Salmon River from 2012-2019. ...... 28 Figure 31. Instantaneous pH readings recorded every 30 minutes for the mouth of the Salmon River (SA) in 2019. The red line indicates the NCRWQCB Basin Plan pH water quality objective for Salmon River, 7< X > 8.5. ............................................................... 29 Figure 32. Daily average turbidity, winters of 2007 - 2019 on Salmon River (SA). ........ 29 Figure 33. Total Phosphorus measured in mg/L for all monitored sites during 2019. ..... 30 Figure 34. Total Phosphorus measured in mg/L for Salmon, Scott and Shasta Rivers sites during 2008-2019. ............................................................................................................. 31 Figure 35. Total Phosphorus measured in mg/L for Klamath River sites during 2008- 2019................................................................................................................................... 31 Figure 36. Total Nitrogen measured in mg/L for all monitored sites during 2019. .......... 32 Figure 37. Total Nitrogen measured in mg/L for Salmon, Scott and Shasta Rivers during 2008-2019. ........................................................................................................................ 32 Figure 38. Total Nitrogen measured in mg/L for Klamath River during 2008-2019. ...... 33 Table 1 - Atlas of Tribal Waters within Ancestral Territory .............................................. 6 Table 2 - Designated uses, tribal goals and parameters measured to analyze impairments to tribal uses and goals. ....................................................................................................... 7 Table 3 - Site codes and locations of Karuk sampling stations for nutrients, algal toxins and Sondes. Nutrient Suite indicates collecting nutrients, algal toxins and phytoplankton. Sonde indicates real time monitoring, and public health designates surface grab sampling for phytoplankton and algal toxins. .................................................................................
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