Stream Monitoring
The current stream monitoring data provide a baseline of conditions at the start of the project and will be used to track the progress of the implementation actions.
"We monitor because we care;
we care because we are
informed;
we are
informed because we monitor.“
Cassie Champion, of the Minnesota Metropolitan Council,
http://www.riversmn.org/resources_monarticles.html#Monitoring%20Bacteria
Protocol - Detailed
description of protocol to analyze for bacteria
Calendar - Calendar of
sampling dates
Blank Lab Form -
Downloadable form for volunteers
Stations - List of the 12
stream monitoring station locations
Sampling results -
Excel spreadsheet of all monitoring data
2005-2007 Status Report -
(Prepared March 2008)
Proposed New Initiatives -
(Prepared March 2008)
Interactive map of monitoring data -
Map with hover display of monitoring results (or try our Google or Google
or Yahoo map)
Google Earth file of monitoring data - (Requires installation of http://earth.google.com)
Bacteria versus stream flow
chart
- Demonstrate storm event impact
Dept Environmental Quality - Bacteria Sampling results -
Excel spreadsheet of DEQ monitoring data
Review of historic
low stream flow statistics (7Q10) - Review of baseflow reductions
resulting from development
Stream flow data from
US Geological
Survey - Link to comprehensive stream flow and precipitation data in
Loudoun County
Dept Environmental Quality - Water Quality Assessments 2008 - Links to detailed description of impairments on: South Fork (SOC01A00, SOC02A02, SOC03A04, SOC04A04), North Fork (NOC03A02, NOC01A00), Main channel (CAX01A00), Milltown Creek (MIH01A06) and Brens Run (XJT01A06)
Spotlight....
"Summary
June 2005 - Dec 2008"
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"Restoring Loudoun Streams"
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