Tribal Integrated Water Quality Monitoring Program Surface Water & Fixed Station Quality Assurance Project Plan Version 4.0 Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua & Siuslaw Indians Natural Resources Department February 26, 2016 Integrated Water Quality Monitoring Program CTCLUSI Surface Water & Fixed Station QAPP 4.0 02/26/16 1 Tribal Acceptance and Approval Tribe: Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw Indians Address: 1245 Fulton Avenue Coos Bay, Oregon 97420 Phone Number: (541) 888-9577 Fax Number: (541) 888-2853 Tribal Chairman: Mark Ingersoll Phone Number: (541) 290-4610 Approval Signature & Date: ,fy\Mlr~Mff Tribal Administrator: Phone Number: Approval Signature & Date: Director, Department of Natural Resources: Margaret Corvi Phone Number: Approval Signature & Date: .~"7z;.,,..1l_'-,i''/'-::rr..,..s.5=•·•=·=~~~~~·.····~o -s/17 II. EPA Acceptance and Approval Agency: EPA Region 10, Tribal Trust & Assistance Unit Oregon Operations Office Address: 805 SW Broadway Suite 500 Portland, OR 97205 Phone Number: (503) 326-3250 Fax Number: (503) 326-3399 EPA Project Officer: Phone Number: Approval Signature & Date: EPA Quality Assurance Manager: Donald Brown Phone Number: (206) 553-0717 Approval Signature and Date: Integrated Water Quality Monitoring Program CTCLUSI Surlace Water & Fixed Station QAPP 4.0 02126116 2 Distribution List Copies of the completed/signed QAPP are distributed to: Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw Indians 1245 Fulton Avenue, Coos Bay, Oregon 97420 Alexis Barry (541) 888-9577 Tribal Administrator Margaret Corvi (541) 888-9577 Director, DNR Environmental Protection Agency, Region 10 Tribal Trust & Assistance Unit Oregon Operations Office 805 SW Broadway, Suite 500 Portland, OR 97205 Kristine Carre (503) 326-7024 Tribal Operations Coordinator Department of Environmental Quality 2020 SW 4th Avenue, Suite 400 Portland, OR 97201 Christine Svetkovich (503) 725-2180 Tribal Liaison Integrated Water Quality Monitoring Program CTCLUSI Surface Water & Fixed Station QAPP 4.0 02/26/16 3 Table of Contents A.1 Project/Task Organization ..................................................................................... 7 A.2 Problem Definition/Background ............................................................................. 7 A2.a Integrated Water Quality Monitoring Program (IWQMP) ................................... 8 A2.b Water Program Development ........................................................................... 9 A.3 Project Task/Description ...................................................................................... 10 A3.a Tribal Waters and Watershed Description ...................................................... 11 A3.b Monitoring Locations, Monitored Parameters, and Monitoring Frequency ...... 15 A.4 Quality Objectives & Performance Measurement Criteria .................................... 21 A4.a Precision ........................................................................................................ 21 A4.b Accuracy/Bias ................................................................................................ 22 A4.c Sensitivity ....................................................................................................... 22 A4.d Representativeness ....................................................................................... 22 A4.e Comparability ................................................................................................. 23 A4.f Completeness ................................................................................................. 24 A.5 Special Training and Certification ........................................................................ 24 A.6 Documentation and Records ............................................................................... 24 B.1 Experimental Design (Sampling Process Design) ................................................ 25 B1.a Sampling Sites and Sampling Types .............................................................. 25 B1.b Sampling Network .......................................................................................... 26 B1.c Locations and Sampling (includes Tables) ..................................................... 26 Estuarine Water Quality Monitoring Sites ............................................................ 44 Stream Water Quality Monitoring: ....................................................................... 46 Lake Water Quality Monitoring: ........................................................................... 47 Beach Water Quality Monitoring: ........................................................................ 48 B1.d Measured Parameter and Associated Equipment .......................................... 49 Dissolved Oxygen ............................................................................................... 49 Water pH ............................................................................................................ 50 Nutrients and Chlorophyll.................................................................................... 51 Water Temperature............................................................................................. 53 Turbidity .............................................................................................................. 54 Macroinvertebrate Assemblage .......................................................................... 55 Bacteria .............................................................................................................. 56 Aquatic Habitat Surveys ..................................................................................... 57 Salinity/Specific Conductivity .............................................................................. 57 Water Depth ....................................................................................................... 58 Integrated Water Quality Monitoring Program CTCLUSI Surface Water & Fixed Station QAPP 4.0 02/26/16 4 Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) ............................................................................. 60 Backup Equipment ............................................................................................. 60 B.2 Sampling Methods ............................................................................................... 62 Sondes ................................................................................................................... 62 Discrete Sample Collection .................................................................................... 63 Nutrient Sampling Protocol ..................................................................................... 63 Diel Sampling Protocol ........................................................................................... 64 Macroinvertebrate Sampling Protocol ..................................................................... 66 Bacteria Sampling Protocol .................................................................................... 70 Aquatic Habitat Assessment Protocol ..................................................................... 71 HAB’s Sampling Protocol ....................................................................................... 81 B.3 Sample Handling and Custody Procedures ......................................................... 83 B.3a Sample Receipt and Log-in Procedures ......................................................... 84 B.3b Field Notebook ............................................................................................... 85 B.4 Analytical Methods .............................................................................................. 85 B.5 Quality Control ..................................................................................................... 85 Quality Control for Fixed Station Monitoring ........................................................... 85 Quality Control for Laboratory Analysis .................................................................. 86 Nutrients and Chlorophyll a ................................................................................. 86 Macroinvertebrates ............................................................................................. 87 Microbiological .................................................................................................... 90 HAB’s ................................................................................................................. 90 B.6 Instrument/Equipment Testing, Inspection, and Maintenance .............................. 92 B.7 Instrument/Equipment Calibration and Frequency ............................................... 92 B.8 Inspection/Acceptance of Supplies and Consumables......................................... 93 C.1 Data Acquisition Requirements ........................................................................... 93 C.2 Data Management ............................................................................................... 93 C.3 Assessments and Response Actions .................................................................. 94 C.4 Reports to Management ...................................................................................... 94 D.1 Data Review, Verification and Validation ............................................................. 95 D.2 Verification and Validation Methods .................................................................... 95 D.3 Reconciliation