This page was left blank intentionally for printing purpose 2 Part A Section 2-Table of Contents PART A SECTION 2-TABLE OF CONTENTS...................................................................................3 PART A SECTION 3 LISTS OF TABLES, CHARTS, FIGURES AND MAPS................................5 SECTION 3A-LIST OF TABLES ...................................................................................................................5 SECTION 3B-LIST OF FIGURES ..................................................................................................................6 SECTION 3C-LIST OF MAPS ......................................................................................................................6 PART A SECTION 4 OVERALL INFORMATION............................................................................7 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.............................................................................................................................7 PART A SECTION 5 OVERALL WATERSHED INFORMATION...............................................10 SECTION 5A-HISTORY OF THE CANNON RIVER WATERSHED .................................................................10 PART A SECTION 5B-WATERSHED INFORMATION..................................................................................12 Bedrock Geology...............................................................................................................................12 Topography.......................................................................................................................................13 Climate..............................................................................................................................................14 Land Use and Cover.........................................................................................................................15 Population.........................................................................................................................................16 Wetlands and Lakes..........................................................................................................................16 Fisheries............................................................................................................................................18 Drainage...........................................................................................................................................18 Waste Treatment...............................................................................................................................22 Feedlots/Manure Management.........................................................................................................22 Recreational Land Use.....................................................................................................................23 Soils...................................................................................................................................................23 PART A SECTION 5C PROJECT PARTNERS...............................................................................................28 PART A SECTION 5D QUALITY CONTROL...............................................................................................29 PART A SECTION 5E PROJECT DESCRIPTION AND COSTS BY ELEMENT ..................................................29 PART A SECTION 6 ADDITIONAL STUDIES AND PROJECTS .....................................................................34 Macroinvertebrate Study..................................................................................................................34 Point Source Inventory.....................................................................................................................36 PART A SECTION 7-PROJECT MILESTONES ............................................................................................38 PART B. DIAGNOSTIC STUDY..........................................................................................................38 PART B SECTION 1 STREAM MONITORING OVERVIEW ............................................................................38 PART B SECTION 2 SITE SELECTION .......................................................................................................40 PART B SECTION 3 MONITORING SITE DESCRIPTIONS.............................................................................41 PART B SECTION 4 MONITORING PROCEDURES......................................................................................47 Water quality monitoring..................................................................................................................47 Flow measurements..........................................................................................................................47 Stream monitoring equipment...........................................................................................................48 Water sample analysis......................................................................................................................49 Water quantity estimates...................................................................................................................50 Sediment and nutrient loading estimates using FLUX.....................................................................50 Analytical terms and definitions.......................................................................................................51 MONITORING RESULTS ..........................................................................................................................52 PART B SECTION 5 STREAM FLOW.........................................................................................................53 Hydrologic Terms and Definitions....................................................................................................55 Flow and water quality seasons........................................................................................................57 Hydrographs.....................................................................................................................................58 PART B SECTION 6 WATER QUALITY PARAMETERS...............................................................................60 Turbidity............................................................................................................................................60 Total suspended solids......................................................................................................................62 Nitrate + Nitrite Nitrogen.................................................................................................................67 Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen....................................................................................................................70 Total phosphorus..............................................................................................................................71 Ortho-phosphorus.............................................................................................................................75 Bacteria - E. coli...............................................................................................................................76 BOD– biological oxygen demand.....................................................................................................78 PART B SECTION 7 STREAM CONCLUSIONS AND GOALS ........................................................................80 PART B SECTION 8: LAKE MONITORING OVERVIEW ..............................................................................88 PART B SECTION 9: LAKE WATER QUALITY ..........................................................................................89 PART B SECTION 10: FISHERIES .............................................................................................................97 PART B SECTION 11: LAKES-CONCLUSIONS AND GOALS ......................................................................98 PART C IMPLEMENTATION PLAN...............................................................................................103 PART C SECTION 1-IMPLEMENTATION PLAN OBJECTIVES....................................................................103 Element 1: BMPs...........................................................................................................................103 Element 2 Monitoring.....................................................................................................................107 Element 3 Education and Outreach................................................................................................107 Element 4 Surveys and Inventories.................................................................................................109 Element 5 Administration...............................................................................................................109 PART C SECTION 2 IDENTIFICATION OF PRIORITY MANAGEMENT AREAS............................................111 PART C SECTION 3 BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE ALTERNATIVES AND ANALYSIS ...........................113 PART C SECTION 4 BMP SELECTION AND JUSTIFICATION....................................................................117 PART C SECTION 5 IMPLEMENTATION MONITORING AND EVALUATION ..............................................122 PART C SECTION 6