INAFSM Twilight Seminar

Compliance with the SWQMP-Part B requirements of Rule 13: Where to begin?

Rule Requirements

• Baseline Data Collection– Characterize all known receiving waters– Utilize existing or new information to describe

chemical, biological, or physical condition of water (monitoring optional)

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Rule Requirements

• Baseline Data Evaluation– Investigate land usage– ID sensitive areas– Review existing and available monitoring data– ID problem areas– Assess current structural/nonstructural BMPs

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Rule Requirements• On-Going Characterization Plan

– Optional…depends on sufficiency of available data to draw conclusions and if more receiving waters will be identified

• On-going data collection summaries/evaluations submitted with corresponding annual report(s)

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BaselineData

DataEvaluation

DrawConclusions

CollectMore Data

Rule Requirements

• Submit Part B within 180 days of NOI letter submittal…most due by May 3, 2004

• Include the completed Part B checklist (state form #51275)

Agency Expectations

• IDEM wants to see:– A baseline “snapshot” of the water quality in

each receiving water (or a plan to do it)– An evaluation of the MS4 area to determine

where improvements need to be made and where BMPs should be utilized

– Documentation that an opportunity for the public to give feedback and suggestions was provided

Agency Expectations

• IDEM does not want to see:– Volumes of water quality data (the data should

be maintained by the MS4 operator, and available for review)

Assessment Information Management System

Assessment Branch

Office of Water Quality

Indiana Department of Environmental Management

Surface Water Quality Monitoring Strategy 2001-2005

GOALS• Measure the physical, chemical, bacteriological, and biological

quality of the aquatic environment in all river basins and identify factors responsible for impairment

• Assess the impact of human or other activities that occur in all river basins and the probable effects of these activities on the quality of the dynamic ecosystem and drinking water source protection

• Identify trends through the analysis of environmental data from a variety of sources and make recommendations for the protection of designated uses of the surface water resources of the State

• Provide environmental quality assessment to support the water quality management program in partnership with customers and stakeholders

Surface Water Quality Monitoring Strategy is the Assessment Branch

“Business Plan” to Measure, Assess,

Identify and Provide Information on the

Quality of:» Surface Water

» Sediments

» Macroinvertebrate Communities

» Fish Communities

» Fish Tissues

» Habitat

» NPDES Effluents

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West Fork White River-Patoka River Basins

2001

East Fork White River-Whitewater River Basins

2002

Upper WabashRiver Basin

2003

Lower Wabash River-Kankakee River Basins

2004

Great Lakes-Ohio River Basin

2005

Surface Water QualityMONITORING STRATEGY

2001-2005

Assessment BranchOffice of Water QualityIndiana Department of Environmental Management IDEM 32/01/021/2001

Fish Com m unityAssessm ent

Fish T issueContam inant

Sedim entContam inant

M acro invertebrateCom m unity

Habitat Analysis

Lake W aterQ uality Assessm ent

Biological StudiesSection

PesticidesM onitoring

Fixed StationAm bient M onitoring

W atershed Surveys

Source I dentifi cation

E coliM onitoring

Specia l Studies

Trace M etalsProject

SurveysSection

Q uality AssuranceProject P lan

TM DLSam pling

B iom onitoring Tox icityR eview

Environm ental Chem istry and Tox icologySection

ASSESSM ENT BRANCH

O ffice of W ater Q uality

Assessment Branch Program Areas

E. COLI1998 E. coli1998 USGS E coli1999 E Coli1999 USGS E coli2000 E Coli2000 USGS E coli2000 Yellow River E. Coli, Bremen

2001 E. coli -Patoka and Lower WFWR2001 E. coli-Upper WFWR2001 E.coli Upper WFWR below Indy2001 E.coli-Lower WFWR and Eel

2002 E. coli Muscatatuck and Upper EF WR2002 E. coli in E.F. White River2002 E. coli in Whitewater River

2003 E.coli in the Upper Wabash

FISH COMMUNITY1996 FishComm

1997 E.F. White Lick Creek FishComm Special Pjct.2000 FishComm

2003 Limberlost IBC Study2003 Targeted Fish Community

FISH TISSUE1986 Fish Tissue1987 Fish Tissue1988 Fish Tissue

1989 Fish Tissue

1990 Fish Tissue

1991 Fish Tissue

1992 Fish Tissue

1993 Fish Tissue

1994 Fish Tissue

1995 Fish Tissue

1996 Fish Tissue

1997 Fish Tissue

1998 Fish Tissue

1999 Fish Tissue

2000 Fish Tissue

2001 Fish Tissue

2002 Fish Tissue

2003 Fish Tissue

FIXED STATION1990 Fixed Station1991 Fixed Station1992 Fixed Station1993 Fixed Station1994 Fixed Station1995 Fixed Station1996 Fixed Station1997 Fixed Station1998 Fixed Station1999 Fixed Station2000 Fixed Station2000 Fixed Upstream-Downstream

2001 Fixed Station2001 Fixed Station Upstream-Downstream2002 Fixed Station2003 Fixed Station2003 Fixed Station E coli

MACROINVERTEBRATE COMMUNITY1990 Macroinvertebrates1991 Macroinvertebrates1992 Macroinvertebrates1993 Macroinvertebrates1994 Macroinvertebrates1995 Macroinvertebrates1996 Macroinvertebrates1997 Macroinvertebrates1998 Macroinvertebrates1999 Macroinvertebrates2000 Macroinvertebrates2001 Macroinvertebrate2002 Macroinvertebrates2003 Macroinvertebrates

PESTICIDES1997 Pesticides1998 Pesticides1999 Pesticides2000 Pesticides2001 Pesticides

QUALITY ASSURANCE2000 Field Blank contaminationInvestigation2002 Lab Water Quality

SEDIMENTS1986 Sediment1987 Sediment1988 Sediments Bio1989 Sediments

1990 Sediments

1991 Sediments

1992 Sediments

1993 Sediments

1994 Sediments

1995 Sediments

1996 Sediments

1997 Sediments

1998 Sediments

1999 Sediments

2000 Sediment Bio2001 Sediment Bio2002 Sediment Bio2003 Sediment Bio

SOURCE ID2000 Big Raccoon Creek Source ID2000 Brouilletts Creek Source ID2000 Busseron and Buck Creek2000 Iroquois Source ID2000 Kankakee River Bio Imparirment Source ID2000 Little Raccoon Creek Source ID Study2000 Otter Creek Source ID2000 Source ID Dausman Ditch2000 Source ID East Branch Stoney Run2000 Source ID Rowan Ditch Tributary2000 Source ID Thompson/Rowen Ditches2000 Sugar Creek Source ID at Earl Park2000 Williams Creek Source ID2000 Williams Ditch Source ID2000 Yeoman Ditch Source ID2001 Blue Creek Source ID2001 Fish Creek Source ID2001 Laughery Creek Source ID2001 Little Pigeon Creek Source ID2001 Little Sandy Creek Source ID2001 Miller Fork Source ID2001 Sugar Creek in Pike County2001 Yankee Creek Source ID

WATERSHED1996 Synoptic1996 Watershed1997 Synoptic1997 Watershed1998 Watershed1999 Watershed1999 Watershed Extra Sites1999 Watershed Paired Study2000 Corvallis2001 Corvallis2001 Corvallis Biological2001 Watershed Extra Sites2002 Corvallis2003 Corvallis2004 Corvallis

Data Sets (Projects) in AIMS11/5/2003

TMDL1998 Wildcat1998 Wildcat Sediments1999 Cobb Creek/Breyfogel Ditch TMDL1999 Pine Creek TMDL1999 Wyatt Ditch2000 Blue Creek Assessment2000 Burns Ditch TMDL Assessment

2000 Cedar Creek E. Coli Assessment12000 Crawford Ditch Assessment

2000 Cypress Creek Assessment

2000 East Branch Little Calumet River2000 Garrett City Ditch Assessment

2000 Habegger Ditch Assessment

2000 Little Pigeon Creek Assessment2000 Lower Elkhart River Assessment2000 Mather Ditch TMDL2000 Mud Creek Assessment2000 Orland Tributary TMDL2000 Pigeon Creek Assessment2000 Salt Creek Assessment2000 Schwartz-Carnahan Ditch Assessment2000 St. Joseph River2000 Tiernan Ditch Assessment2000 Trail Creek Assessment2001 Beanblossom Creek2001 Cicero Creek Assessment2001 Conneley Ditch TMDL e.coli

2001 Duck Creek TMDL2001 Eagle Creek TMDL Assessment2001 Eel River TMDL2001 Indian Creek Assessment2001 Kessinger Ditch Assessment

2001 Killbuck Creek TMDL2001 Kokomo Creek TMDL Monitoring2001 Lambs Creek2001 Lick Creek TMDL2001 Little Pigeon Creek Assessment2001 Mather Ditch

TMDL -continued2001 Mill Creek upstream of US 40 Assessment2001 Mud Creek and Orland Ditch Assessment2001 Orland Ditch Assessment2001 Pipe Creek TMDL2001 Plummer Creek Assessment

2001 Richland Creek Assessment

2001 Stony Creek Assessment2001 W F White R Muncie to Madison Co Assessment2001 W Fk White River in Hamilton Co Assessment2001 W fk White River in Madison County2001 WF White River White Lick to Buckhall Boat2001 WF White River White Lick to Buckhall Bridges2001 WFWR L. Buck Cr.-Wht. Lick Cr. TMDL Asses.2001 Wabash and Erie Canal TMDL

2002 Big Blue R/Rays Crossing Assessment2002 Clifty Creek Assessment2002 East Fork Whitewater River TMDL Assessment2002 First Creek Assessment2002 Flatrock River E. coli TMDL

2002 Kokomo Creek Assessment Sampling2002 Mud Creek and Orland Ditch Assessments2002 Pigeon Creek Assessment2002 Prairie Creek Assessment2002 Sugar Creek E.coli2002 Tiernan Ditch DO (re-sample)

2002 Youngs Cr TMDL Assessment

2003 Big Monon Ditch TMDL Assessment2003 Heavilon Ditch Assessment

2003 Lauramie TMDL Assessment

2003 Mid Fr Wildcat Cr TMDL2003 Wildcat Creek Watershed Project2004 St Marys Watershed

SPECIAL STUDIES2000 + 1999 Hartford City2000 Eagle Creek Reservoir2000 Indy White River2000 Montgomery Ditch2000 Morgan Foods, Austin2001 Anderson WWTP2001 Belmont Study2001 Morgan Foods, Austin2001 Wildcat Creek Fish Kill Investigation2001 William Baker/Shatto Ditch

2001 Wolcottville MWTP WLA Verification2002 Clean Sampling and Ultra-Clean Analyses2002 Greensburg Reservoir2002 Marsh Lake Conductivity Study2002 McCormicks Creek School2002 Morgan Foods, Austin2002 Rose Acres Farm, Jenn Acres Fac.,Jennings Cty2002 South Dearborn RSD2002 Tippecanoe Co. YOCW WQ Monitoring Day2002/3 Warsaw WWTP / Walnut Cr Assessment2003 Clean Sampling and Ultra-Clean Analyses2003 Grand Calumet Ammonia Study2003 Lake of the Woods E. coli2003 Nonpoint Source Indicator StudyHartford City, Little Lick and Big Lick Creek

Data Sets (Projects) in AIMS11/5/2003(continued)

Water Quality Monitoring Efforts Prior to 1996

DATA GENERATION

Project Definition

Site Selection

Site Reconnaissance

Monitoring

Permits

Rules

Compliance

Modeling

Emergency Response

TMDL

305b/303d Activities

Agency Initiatives

Legislative Initiatives

Sampling Event

Quality Assurance Procedures on

Data

Data Retrieval

Data Summary

Data Analysis

Report Generation

Other Data Sources

• Federal– US EPA

– Corps of Engineers

– US Geological Survey

• State– DNR Riverwatch

– DNR Fisheries

– DNR LARE Program

– DEM Watershed Grants

• County– Health Department

– SWCD

• Industrial• Municipal

– WWTP

– SRCER