BBrraazzooss RRiivveerr BBaassiinn BBaassiinn HHiigghhlliigghhttss RReeppoorrtt 22001100 Brazos River Authority Brazos River Basin Highlights Report 2010 INTRODUCTION...................................................................................................................................................................................... 6 THIS YEARS HIGHLIGHTS............................................................................................................................................................... 6 Drought .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 6 Heavy Metal and Organic Compound Sampling......................................................................................................................... 7 Biological and Habitat Assessments in 2009............................................................................................................................... 7 Added Sampling for 2009 ............................................................................................................................................................... 7 New Projects..................................................................................................................................................................................... 8 National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Conference................................................................................................. 8 PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT AND OTHER INFORMATION ............................................................................................................. 9 Brazos River Basin Clean Rivers Program Steering Committee.............................................................................................. 9 Brazos Basin CRP Website............................................................................................................................................................ 9 SPECIAL PROJECTS........................................................................................................................................................................... 11 Watershed Protection Plan for Lake Granger and the San Gabriel River ................................................................................ 11 Watershed Protection Plan for the Leon River .............................................................................................................................. 12 Clean Texas Marina Program .......................................................................................................................................................... 12 Clean Water Sticker Program .......................................................................................................................................................... 12 Little Brazos River Tributaries Bacteria Assessment ................................................................................................................... 13 Two Data Collection Initiatives to Address Several Impaired Water Bodies in the Brazos River Basin .............................. 13 EVALUATING WATER QUALITY ...................................................................................................................................................... 15 Descriptions of Water Quality Parameters..................................................................................................................................... 16 Monitoring in the Brazos River Basin.............................................................................................................................................. 19 Biological and Habitat Assessments............................................................................................................................................... 20 BASIN OVERVIEW ............................................................................................................................................................................... 21 Watershed of the Salt Fork and Double Mountain Fork of the Brazos River (Map)............................................................... 22 Salt Fork of the Brazos River (Segment 1238).......................................................................................................................... 22 White River (Segment 1239) ........................................................................................................................................................ 22 White River Lake (Segment 1240) .............................................................................................................................................. 22 Double Mountain Fork of the Brazos River (Segment 1241) .................................................................................................. 22 Watershed of the Clear Fork of the Brazos River (Map) ............................................................................................................. 23 Clear Fork of the Brazos River (Segment 1232)....................................................................................................................... 23 Biological and Habitat Assessments....................................................................................................................................... 23 Hubbard Creek Reservoir (Segment 1233) ............................................................................................................................... 24 Lake Cisco (Segment 1234)......................................................................................................................................................... 24 Lake Stamford (Segment 1235)................................................................................................................................................... 24 Fort Phantom Hill Reservoir (Segment 1236) and Lake Sweetwater (Segment 1237) ..................................................... 24 Upper Watershed of the Brazos River (Map)................................................................................................................................ 24 Lake Graham (Segment 1231) .................................................................................................................................................... 24 Brazos River above Possum Kingdom Reservoir (Segment 1208) ....................................................................................... 24 Possum Kingdom Lake (Segment 1207).................................................................................................................................... 25 Brazos River below Possum Kingdom Reservoir (Segment 1206)........................................................................................ 25 Lake Palo Pinto (Segment 1230)................................................................................................................................................. 25 Lake Granbury (Segment 1205) .................................................................................................................................................. 25 Brazos River below Lake Granbury (Segment 1204)............................................................................................................... 25 Paluxy River (Segment 1229) ...................................................................................................................................................... 26 Nolan River (Segment 1227)........................................................................................................................................................ 26 Lake Whitney (Segment 1203) .................................................................................................................................................... 26 Brazos River below Lake Whitney (Segment 1257)................................................................................................................. 26 Biological and Habitat Assessments....................................................................................................................................... 26 Aquilla Creek Watershed (Map)...................................................................................................................................................... 27 Aquilla Reservoir (Segment 1254) .............................................................................................................................................. 27 Brazos River/Lake Brazos (Segment 1256) .............................................................................................................................. 27 Bosque River Watershed (Map) ...................................................................................................................................................... 28 Upper North Bosque River (Segment 1255).............................................................................................................................. 28 North Bosque River (Segment 1226).......................................................................................................................................... 29 Biological and Habitat Assessments......................................................................................................................................