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Oregon Water Quality Report Card - DEQ / Mulvey
The document discusses a water quality report card for Oregon. It outlines several elements that could be included in the report card such as water chemistry, contact recreation, groundwater quality, biology, and fish consumption indicators. It provides examples of data sources and spatial scales. Tables show example data and issues for the Lower Willamette Sub Basin. The report card aims to assess and communicate water quality to various audiences in an easy to understand format.
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- 1. Oregon Water Quality Report Card Michael Mulvey December 12, 2012
- 2. Outcome Based Management Organizational processes measures Environmental outcomes measures Three Environmental Report Cards: Land Quality Air Quality Water Quality
- 3. Intended Audiences: Spatial Scales: DEQ Management Land Use Basin Oregon Legislators Sub Basin Natural Resource Agencies Site (Segment?) Environmental groups Oregonians Brief Rely on Indices not raw data: Easy Environmental indices have strengths and limitations Clear Accurate Timely Visually appealing
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- 6. Report Card Elements Indicator Beneficial Use Monitoring Status In RC prototype? Water Chemistry Aquatic Life On going Yes Contact Recreation Swimmable Waters- On going Yes Human Health Groundwater Drinking Water- Mostly discontinued Yes Quality Use Beneficial Aquatic Life Use Indicator Human Health Water Quality Data Source OWQI, Ambient Monitoring Network Water body Larger Rivers Contact Recreation Use Human Health Bacteria (Amb Mon), Harmful Algal Larger Rivers, popular lakes Blooms (OHA) Biological Integrity Drinking water Aquatic Life Human Health Discontinued Groundwater studies Yes Groundwater Aquatic Life Use Biological Integrity Macroinvertebrate community scores Mostly wadeable streams but from Oregon Plan and other some larger rivers Fish Toxics Fish Edibility- On going monitoring Partially Fish Consumption Human Health Human Health OHA fish consumption advisories Lakes and Rivers (Fish Tissue) DEQ Toxics Monitoring data Rivers Water column Fish Edibility- On going Not yet toxics Fish Consumption Human Health Human Health DEQ Toxics Monitoring Data Rivers (water column) Water column Aquatic Life Use Aquatic Life and Toxics water sediment On going DEQ Toxics Monitoring Data Not yet Rivers toxics Not part of the RC prototype but should be: Bays, estuaries, beaches, lakes, wet lands, temperature.
- 7. Water Contact Description Groundwater Biology Fish Edibility Chemistry Recreation Willamette Basin 86 0.83 Lower Willamette Sub Basin 65 0.59 Clackamas Sub Basin 93 0.96 Tualatin Sub Basin 55 1 Molalla-Pudding Sub Basin 71 0.85 Yamhill Sub Basin 1 81 Mid Willamette Sub Basin 88 1 North Santiam Sub Basin 94 0.89 South Santiam Sub Basin 1 McKenzie Sub Basin 93 1 Coast Fork Willamette SubBasin 1 Middle Fork Willamette Sub Basin 1.1 Upper Willamette Sub Basin 1 87
- 8. Water Contact Description Groundwater Biology Fish Edibility Chemistry Recreation Lower Willamette Sub Basin 65 0.59 Willamette R. @ Hawthorne Br. Fair Good Willamette R. @ SP&S RR Br. (Portland) Fair Good Swan Island Channel (Willamette R.) Poor Good Columbia Slough @ Landfill Rd. Very Poor Good Johnson Ck. @ SE 17th Ave. (Portland) Very Poor Poor Blue Lake Fairview Lake Laurelhurst Pond Lake Oswego Mid-Multnomah 1995 3 Milwaukie 1989 3 Sauvie Island 1985 2 X Columbia Slough: Willamette Zone, Multnomah County, PCBs the full length of the slough from the mouth of Fairview Lake X Portland Harbor: Extending from the Freemont Bridge PCBs northward to Sauvie Island X Willamette River Main stem, including the Coast Fork to Mercury and PCBs Cottage Grove Reservoir.: The mainstem of the Willamette X Willamette River Main stem, including the Coast Fork to Mercury and PCBs Cottage Grove Reservoir.: The mainstemZone Willamette X Lower Columbia River: Columbia River of the PCBs
- 9. Contact Water Contact Recreati Description Water Chem Issues on Chemistry Recreation Issues Lower Willamette Sub Basin 65 Willamette R. @ Hawthorne Br. Fair Nut, BOD Good Willamette R. @ SP&S RR Br. (Portland) Fair Nut, T, BOD Good Swan Island Channel (Willamette R.) Poor Nut, DO, T, BOD Good Columbia Slough @ Landfill Rd. Very Poor Nut, DO, BOD, TS Good Johnson Ck. @ SE 17th Ave. (Portland) Very Poor Bact, Nut, BOD, TS Poor Bacteria Blue Lake Algae Fairview Lake Algae Laurelhurst Pond Algae Lake Oswego Algae
- 10. Contact Fish GW Issues Water Water Chem Impairments (OWQI Ground Contact Recreati Biology Description (O/E bug Edibility ( Chemistry sub index) water Recreation on OHA Issues scores) advisories) 0.80 Urban 0.20 Clackamas R. @ High Rocks Excellent BOD Good Willamette R. @ Salem Excellent Good Willamette R. @ Hawthorne Br. Fair Nut, BOD Good Willamette R. @ SP&S RR Br. (Portland) Fair Nut, T, BOD Good Swan Island Channel (Willamette R.) Poor Nut, DO, T, BOD Good Fanno Ck. @ Bonita Rd. (Tigard) Very Poor Bact, Nut, DO, BOD, TS Poor Bacteria Beaverton Ck. @ 216th St. (Orenco) Very Poor Bact, Nut, DO, BOD, TS Good Columbia Slough @ Landfill Rd. Very Poor Nut, DO, BOD, TS Good Tualatin R. @ Boones Ferry Rd. Very Poor Nut, DO, T, BOD, TS Good Johnson Ck. @ SE 17th Ave. (Portland) Very Poor Bact, Nut, BOD, TS Poor Bacteria Mid-Multnomah 1995 3 Nitrates, VOCs Milwaukie 1989 3 VOCs SantaClara/River Road 1980 4 Nitrates, Bacteria Blue Lake Algae Fairview Lake Algae Laurelhurst Pond Algae Lake Oswego Algae Tualatin Reservoir Algae X Columbia Slough: Willamette Zone, Multnomah County, the full length of the slough from the mouth of Fairview Lake on the east to its discharge into the Willamette River on the west PCBs X Portland Harbor: Extending from the Freemont Bridge northward to Sauvie Island PCBs
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