This document lists several publications from the Washington State Department of Ecology that relate to water quality monitoring projects. It provides links to water quality studies on topics like temperature, dissolved oxygen, and fecal coliform bacteria in various water bodies in Washington state. It also includes two press releases about glacier monitoring in Grand Teton National Park and a dye study of water travel time on the Snoqualmie River.
The year 2014 in pictures: In 2014, Puget Sound and Hood Canal behaved distinctly different in temperature and dissolved oxygen. In Puget Sound, generally warmer conditions, abundant and diverse algal blooms, and large pools of organic material persisted along with lower oxygen, high jellyfish abundances, and a lot of suspended sediment. On the other hand, Hood Canal was colder, more oxygenated, and algae blooms were rare. People and planes: past and present.
CCW conference: Protecting Susquehanna and impacts on jobsClean Water
Mel Zimmerman, Clean Water Institute, Lycoming CollegeThe Susquehanna River is the lifeblood of local communities throughout central Pennsylvania. Residents rely on the river for drinking water, recreation, and economic opportunities. It’s no surprise that there has been an outpouring of concern in recent years as anglers and biologists have seen declines in fish populations, especially in young smallmouth bass. Join the discussion to understand what the fish and water quality are telling us about the Susquehanna and parallel concerns in the Shenandoah, Potomac and Juniata Rivers. Hear from experts working to understand the water quality impairments and what needs to be done to restore this once world-class fishery and the economy that relies on it.
DSD-INT 2019 Using D-Water Quality & D-Flow FM to model cohesive sediment tra...Deltares
Presentation by Sienna White, Stanford University, USA, at the Delft3D - User Days (Day 4: Water quality and ecology), during Delft Software Days - Edition 2019. Thursday, 14 November 2019, Delft.
Warmer and sunnier days result in higher than normal river flows from the Skagit and Nisqually. Biological activity in the water column is high. Abundant organic surface debris in Hood Canal, Padilla Bay, and many Inlets. Red-brown blooms in South Sound, Discovery Bay, and regions of Bellingham Bay. Different blooms in Skagit Bay, Padilla Bay, and Sinclair Inlet. Jelly fish are numerous in all southernmost South Sound Bays. Hood Canal remains cold but Puget Sound-wide temperatures are now warmer and less salty. Data from the Victoria Clipper and our sampling in the Strait provides important information on water exchange with the ocean.
The presentation lays a framework for understanding the evolution of the Portage Escarpment in the Cleveland area. On Lake Erie's south shore, the Portage Escarpment is the terrain transition between North America's Appalachian Highland and Central Lowland provinces. Lake Erie and its lake plain lie in the lowland province. Cleveland's East Side Heights lies on the escarpment. Portage, Summit, and Medina counties lie in the highland province.
Euclid Creek window
Our window into escarpment evolution is the stream-cut bedrock sequence at the Quarry Picnic Area of the Euclid Creek Reservation in South Euclid, Ohio. The sequence features two of the escarpment's three sandstone formations: the Berea Sandstone and, below, the Euclid bluestone (Bedford Formation).
Deep History
To comprehend the relationship between natural and anthropogenic terrain evolutions, the 'deep history' perspective is introduced. Deep history views urban landscapes as the weave of natural and cultural forces. The deep history perspectives of Daniel Lord Smail, David Christian, Edward O. Wilson and the Eco-Modernists are introduced.
Event Cycles
The deep history perspective views landscape evolution as a series of two-phased cycles. In deposition phase, landscape is built up as natural sediment and/or anthropogenic transformation. In erosion phase, landscape is torn down with stream cutting and/or urban abandonment.
Bedrock Deposition
The Euclid bluestone and Berea Sandstone were deposited ~350 Ma in a shallow sea fronting the rising Appalachian Mountains to the east. The sandstones typify deposits in a fold belt foreland basin. An analog can be found in the Persian Gulf, in the foreland basin fronting the Zagros Mountains fold belt in Iran and Iraq.
Glacial Retreat and Stream Formation
In terms of natural process, the current Portage Escarpment landscape took shape as the last glacier retreated northward and meltwater cut deep ravines into the local bedrock sequence. By about 16 ka, small streams began flowing southward to the Chagrin and Cuyahoga Rivers. After 16 ka, newer small streams, including Euclid Creek began flowing northward from current Shaker Heights.
Anthropogenic Landscapes
As we see evidence for Portage Escarpment terrain evolution at Euclid Creek, the human transformations loom large. The area was extensively quarried during the nineteenth century. Moreover, as urban development has paved much of the Euclid Creek watershed, the stream is subject to flood events which can quickly change the local stream bed. Many historic Metroparks infrastructure components are highly eroded.
The year 2014 in pictures: In 2014, Puget Sound and Hood Canal behaved distinctly different in temperature and dissolved oxygen. In Puget Sound, generally warmer conditions, abundant and diverse algal blooms, and large pools of organic material persisted along with lower oxygen, high jellyfish abundances, and a lot of suspended sediment. On the other hand, Hood Canal was colder, more oxygenated, and algae blooms were rare. People and planes: past and present.
CCW conference: Protecting Susquehanna and impacts on jobsClean Water
Mel Zimmerman, Clean Water Institute, Lycoming CollegeThe Susquehanna River is the lifeblood of local communities throughout central Pennsylvania. Residents rely on the river for drinking water, recreation, and economic opportunities. It’s no surprise that there has been an outpouring of concern in recent years as anglers and biologists have seen declines in fish populations, especially in young smallmouth bass. Join the discussion to understand what the fish and water quality are telling us about the Susquehanna and parallel concerns in the Shenandoah, Potomac and Juniata Rivers. Hear from experts working to understand the water quality impairments and what needs to be done to restore this once world-class fishery and the economy that relies on it.
DSD-INT 2019 Using D-Water Quality & D-Flow FM to model cohesive sediment tra...Deltares
Presentation by Sienna White, Stanford University, USA, at the Delft3D - User Days (Day 4: Water quality and ecology), during Delft Software Days - Edition 2019. Thursday, 14 November 2019, Delft.
Warmer and sunnier days result in higher than normal river flows from the Skagit and Nisqually. Biological activity in the water column is high. Abundant organic surface debris in Hood Canal, Padilla Bay, and many Inlets. Red-brown blooms in South Sound, Discovery Bay, and regions of Bellingham Bay. Different blooms in Skagit Bay, Padilla Bay, and Sinclair Inlet. Jelly fish are numerous in all southernmost South Sound Bays. Hood Canal remains cold but Puget Sound-wide temperatures are now warmer and less salty. Data from the Victoria Clipper and our sampling in the Strait provides important information on water exchange with the ocean.
The presentation lays a framework for understanding the evolution of the Portage Escarpment in the Cleveland area. On Lake Erie's south shore, the Portage Escarpment is the terrain transition between North America's Appalachian Highland and Central Lowland provinces. Lake Erie and its lake plain lie in the lowland province. Cleveland's East Side Heights lies on the escarpment. Portage, Summit, and Medina counties lie in the highland province.
Euclid Creek window
Our window into escarpment evolution is the stream-cut bedrock sequence at the Quarry Picnic Area of the Euclid Creek Reservation in South Euclid, Ohio. The sequence features two of the escarpment's three sandstone formations: the Berea Sandstone and, below, the Euclid bluestone (Bedford Formation).
Deep History
To comprehend the relationship between natural and anthropogenic terrain evolutions, the 'deep history' perspective is introduced. Deep history views urban landscapes as the weave of natural and cultural forces. The deep history perspectives of Daniel Lord Smail, David Christian, Edward O. Wilson and the Eco-Modernists are introduced.
Event Cycles
The deep history perspective views landscape evolution as a series of two-phased cycles. In deposition phase, landscape is built up as natural sediment and/or anthropogenic transformation. In erosion phase, landscape is torn down with stream cutting and/or urban abandonment.
Bedrock Deposition
The Euclid bluestone and Berea Sandstone were deposited ~350 Ma in a shallow sea fronting the rising Appalachian Mountains to the east. The sandstones typify deposits in a fold belt foreland basin. An analog can be found in the Persian Gulf, in the foreland basin fronting the Zagros Mountains fold belt in Iran and Iraq.
Glacial Retreat and Stream Formation
In terms of natural process, the current Portage Escarpment landscape took shape as the last glacier retreated northward and meltwater cut deep ravines into the local bedrock sequence. By about 16 ka, small streams began flowing southward to the Chagrin and Cuyahoga Rivers. After 16 ka, newer small streams, including Euclid Creek began flowing northward from current Shaker Heights.
Anthropogenic Landscapes
As we see evidence for Portage Escarpment terrain evolution at Euclid Creek, the human transformations loom large. The area was extensively quarried during the nineteenth century. Moreover, as urban development has paved much of the Euclid Creek watershed, the stream is subject to flood events which can quickly change the local stream bed. Many historic Metroparks infrastructure components are highly eroded.
1. Online publications!
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Kardouni, J., 2014. Quality Assurance Project Plan: North River Temperature and Bacteria
Verification Study. Washington State Department of Ecology, Olympia, WA. Publication No.
14-103-04 https://fortress.wa.gov/ecy/publications/SummaryPages/1403104.html!
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Kardouni, J., 2013. Clover Creek Dissolved Oxygen, Fecal Coliform, and Temperature: Total
Maximum Daily Load (Water Quality Study Design). Washington State Department of Ecology,
Olympia, WA. Publication No. 13-03-109!
https://fortress.wa.gov/ecy/publications/SummaryPages/1303109.html!
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Kardouni, J., and W. Marsh, 2012. Lower Cherry Creek and Lower Ames Creek Watersheds
Dissolved Oxygen Study. Washington State Department of Ecology, Olympia, WA. Publication
No. 12-03-037 https://fortress.wa.gov/ecy/publications/SummaryPages/1203037.html!
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Kardouni, J., 2012. Skagit Bay Fecal Coliform Bacteria Loading Assessment. Washington State
Department of Ecology, Olympia, WA. Publication No. 12-03-035 https://fortress.wa.gov/ecy/
publications/SummaryPages/1203035.html!
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Sinclair, K.A. and J.D. Kardouni, 2012. Surface Water/Groundwater Interactions and Near-
Stream Groundwater Quality along Burnt Bridge Creek, Clark County. Washington State
Department of Ecology, Olympia, WA. Publication No. 12-03-003 https://fortress.wa.gov/ecy/
publications/SummaryPages/1203003.html!
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Kardouni, J., W. Marsh, 2011. Quality Assurance Project Plan: Cherry and Ames Creeks
(Snoqualmie River Tributaries) Dissolved Oxygen Study. Washington State Department of
Ecology, Olympia, WA. Publication No. 11-03-115 https://fortress.wa.gov/ecy/publications/
SummaryPages/1103115.html!
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Svrjcek, R., A. Stohr, and J. Kardouni, 2011. Snoqualmie River Basin Temperature Total!
Maximum Daily Load - Water Quality Improvement Report and Implementation Plan.!
Washington State Department of Ecology, Olympia, WA. Publication No. 11-10-041!
https://fortress.wa.gov/ecy/publications/SummaryPages/1110041.html!
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Kardouni, J., 2010. South Prairie Creek Tributaries Fecal Coliform Bacteria Data Summary:
Inglin Creek and Spiketon Ditch. Washington State Department of Ecology, Olympia, WA.
Publication No. 10-03-026 https://fortress.wa.gov/ecy/publications/SummaryPages/
1003026.html!
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Kardouni, J., 2010. Quality Assurance Project Plan: Skagit Bay Fecal Coliform Bacteria Loading
Assessment. Washington State Department of Ecology, Olympia, WA. Publication No.
10-03-121 https://fortress.wa.gov/ecy/publications/SummaryPages/1003121.html !
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Sinclair, K. and J. Kardouni, 2009. Surface-water/Groundwater Interactions and Near-stream
Groundwater Quality along the Palouse River, South Fork Palouse River, and Paradise Creek.
Washington State Department of Ecology, Olympia, WA. Publication No. 09-03-007 https://
fortress.wa.gov/ecy/publications/SummaryPages/0903007.html!
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2. Kardouni, J. and S. Brock, 2008. Quality Assurance Project Plan: Burnt Bridge Creek Fecal
Coliform Bacteria, Dissolved Oxygen, and Temperature Total Maximum Daily Load-Water
Quality Study Design. Washington State Department of Ecology, Olympia, WA. Publication No.
08-03-110 https://fortress.wa.gov/ecy/publications/SummaryPages/0803110.html!
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Kardouni, J. and N. Cristea, 2006. Quality Assurance Project Plan: Snoqualmie River
Temperature Total Maximum Daily Load Study. Washington State Department of Ecology,
Olympia, WA. Publication No. 06-03-106 https://fortress.wa.gov/ecy/publications/
SummaryPages/0603106.html!
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Kardouni, J. and A. Stohr, 2005. Quality Assurance Project Plan: Upper Yakima Basin
Temperature Total Maximum Daily Load Study. Washington State Department of Ecology,
Olympia, WA. Publication No. 05-03-111!
https://fortress.wa.gov/ecy/publications/SummaryPages/0503111.html!
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Press release!
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Glacier monitoring - Grand Teton National Park!
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http://www.westernconfluence.org/national-parks-respond-to-climate-change/!
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Snoqualmie River dye time of travel study!
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http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=20060816&slug=riverdye16e!
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