NFRIA Volunteer Monitoring Data Report, 2009 NORTH FORK RIVER IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION (NFRIA) VOLUNTEER WATER QUALTIY MONITORING NETWORK October 2004 – October 2007 Data Report NFRIA Volunteer collecting a sample on the North Fork of the Gunnison River. NFRIA PO BOX 682 HOTCHKISS, CO 81419 122 A. EAST BRIDGE STREET PHONE: (970) 872-4614 FAX: (970) 872-4612 E-MAIL: [email protected] WWW.NFRIA.PAONIA.COM 1-1 NFRIA Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring Data Report, 2009 TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF ACRONYMS...................................................................................... V EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .................................................................................VI 1. DESCRIPTION OF THE NORTH FORK WATERSHED .............................. 1-1 1.1. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................. 1-1 NFRIA................................................................................................. 1-1 North Fork Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring Network............................. 1-1 1.2. WATERSHED DESCRIPTION.................................................................... 1-2 1.3. POINT SOURCES................................................................................ 1-4 1.4. LAND USE ....................................................................................... 1-5 1.5. FLOW DATA ..................................................................................... 1-5 1.6. OTHER WATER QUALITY MONITORING EFFORTS ........................................... 1-7 1.7. WATER QUALITY POLLUTION RISKS.......................................................... 1-7 1.8. WATER QUALITY STANDARDS................................................................. 1-7 2. NORTH FORK VOLUNTEER MONITORING NETWORK ........................... 2-1 2.1. INTRODUCTIONS................................................................................ 2-1 2.2. WATER QUALITY MONITORING STATIONS................................................... 2-1 2.3. WATER QUALITY PARAMETERS MONITORED................................................. 2-3 2.4. WHERE ARE SAMPLES ANALYZED? ........................................................... 2-3 2.5. SAMPLE COLLECTION AND ANALYTICAL PROCEDURES...................................... 2-5 2.6. VOLUNTEER TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION................................................. 2-5 2.7. QUALITY CONTROL/QUALITY ASSURANCE MEASURES ..................................... 2-6 2.8. DATA REPORTING .............................................................................. 2-6 2.9. PROJECT SPONSORS ........................................................................... 2-6 3. FIELD DATA ........................................................................................ 3-1 3.1. HARDNESS ...................................................................................... 3-1 3.2. ALKALINITY ..................................................................................... 3-2 3.3. PH ............................................................................................... 3-3 3.4. DISSOLVED OXYGEN AND TEMPERATURE .................................................... 3-4 4. NUTRIENT DATA ................................................................................. 4-1 4.1. SULFUR (SULFATES) ........................................................................... 4-1 4.2. TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS (TSS) .......................................................... 4-2 4.3. PHOSPHOROUS ................................................................................. 4-4 4.4. PHOSPHOROUS AND TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS ........................................... 4-5 4.5. NITROGEN (NITRATE + NITRITE AS NITROGEN) ........................................... 4-6 4.6. NITROGEN (AMMONIA) .......................................................................4-10 5. METALS DATA ................................................................................... 5-11 5.1. ALUMINUM .....................................................................................5-12 5.2. ARSENIC .......................................................................................5-13 5.3. CADMIUM.......................................................................................5-14 5.4. CALCIUM .......................................................................................5-14 5.5. COPPER.........................................................................................5-15 5.6. IRON............................................................................................5-16 5.7. LEAD............................................................................................5-18 5.8. MANGANESE ...................................................................................5-18 5.9. MAGNESIUM ...................................................................................5-18 1-2 NFRIA Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring Data Report, 2009 5.10. SELENIUM ......................................................................................5-19 5.11. ZINC ............................................................................................5-21 6. BACTERIA DATA ................................................................................. 6-1 7. MACROINVERTEBRATE DATA .............................................................. 7-1 8. CONCLUSIONS .................................................................................... 8-1 Field Parameters .................................................................................. 8-1 Nutrients............................................................................................. 8-1 Metals................................................................................................. 8-2 Bacteria .............................................................................................. 8-2 Macroinvertebrates ............................................................................... 8-2 9. WORKS CITED .................................................................................... 9-1 10. APPENDICES ................................................................................. 10-1 10.1. RAW FIELD DATA..............................................................................10-2 10.2. RAW NUTRIENT DATA ........................................................................10-8 10.3. RAW METALS DATA .........................................................................10-14 10.4. RAW BACTERIA DATA.......................................................................10-22 10.5. RAW MACROINVERTEBRATE DATA.........................................................10-55 TABLE OF TABLES TABLE 1-1 LIST OF NPDES DISCHARGE FACILITIES ................................................... 1-4 TABLE 1-2 USGS GAGING STATIONS IN THE NORTH FORK WATERSHED............................ 1-5 TABLE 1-3 STREAM SEGMENTS AND WATER QUALITY STANDARDS ................................... 1-8 TABLE 1-4 IMPAIRED SEGMENTS ON THE 303(D) LIST................................................1-10 TABLE 1-5 SEGMENTS ON THE MONITORING AND EVALUATION LIST ................................1-10 TABLE 2-1 NETWORK WATER MONITORING STATIONS................................................. 2-2 TABLE 2-2 PARAMETERS MONITORED BY THE NETWORK................................................ 2-3 TABLE 2-3 PARAMETERS MONITORED BY THE NETWORK................................................ 2-4 TABLE 2-4 METHODS AND REPORTING LIMITS .......................................................... 2-5 TABLE 3-1 EPA HARDNESS RANGES ..................................................................... 3-1 TABLE 5-1 NUMERIC STANDARDS FOR ARSENIC IN THE NORTH FORK AND LOWER GUNNISON BASINS ...............................................................................................5-13 TABLE 5-2 DISSOLVED LEAD IN THE NORTH FORK ....................................................5-18 TABLE 5-3 DISSOLVED SELENIUM EXCEEDANCES ......................................................5-20 TABLE 6-1 NORTH FORK E. COLI EXCEEDANCES ........................................................ 6-1 TABLE 7-1 EVALUATION MATRIX OF NORTH FORK MACROINVERTEBRATES .......................... 7-2 TABLE OF EQUATIONS EQUATION 5-1. CADMIUM TABLE VALUE STANDARDS ................................................5-11 EQUATION 5-2. COPPER TABLE VALUE STANDARDS ..................................................5-11 EQUATION 5-3. LEAD TABLE VALUE STANDARDS .....................................................5-11 EQUATION 5-4. ZINC TABLE VALUE STANDARDS .....................................................5-11 1-3 NFRIA Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring Data Report, 2009 TABLE OF FIGURES FIGURE 1-1 NORTH FORK HEADWATERS ................................................................. 1-2 FIGURE 1-2 LOCATION AND TOPOGRAPHY: NORTH FORK WATERSHED............................... 1-3 FIGURE 1-3 MAP OF NPDES DISCHARGE FACILITIES .................................................. 1-4 FIGURE 1-4 LAND COVER: NORTH FORK WATERSHED ................................................. 1-6 FIGURE 1-5 LOCATION: WBID SEGMENTS IN THE NORTH FORK ....................................1-11 FIGURE 1-6 IMPAIRED WATERS LIST IN THE NORTH FORK ...........................................1-12 FIGURE 1-7 MONITORING AND EVALUATION LISTED WATERS IN THE NORTH FORK ...............1-13 FIGURE 2-1 CSU ROGERS MESA RESEARCH LAB ......................................................