Level 1 Water Quality Inventories What are they, and a plan to complete them

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Level 1 Water Quality InventoriesWhat are they,
and a plan to complete them
Gary Rosenlieb NPS Water Resources Division 1201
Oak Ridge Drive Suite 250 Fort Collins, CO
80525 Tel. [phone] Gary_Rosenlieb_at_NPS.GOV
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NPS Water Resource InventoriesLevel 1 Water
Quality Inventories

• From the NPS-75 - Natural Resources Inventory
  and Monitoring Guideline (Appendix A, p. 28,
  July 1992)
• Water Quality Data for Key Park Waterbodies
  (IM Theme 8)
• Key water bodies are defined as those waters that
  are essential to the central cultural,
  historical, or natural resources management
  themes of the park or provide habitats to
  threatened or endangered plants and animals
• Purpose of Water Quality Inventory Ensure that
  all parks have a nominal water quality dataset.

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Water Quality Data for Key Park Waterbodies
(IM Theme 8)

• Two Phase Approach
• Data Mining Baseline Water Quality Data
  Inventory and Analysis (Horizon) Reports at
  parks and at URL below
• Targeted Field Inventory Level I Water Quality
  Inventory

ftp//ftc-gs01.ftc.nps.gov/ACAD/data/nrdata/water/
wq/docs/
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NPS Water Resources Inventories
From the NPS-75 - Natural Resources Inventory
and Monitoring Guideline (Appendix A, p. 28,
July 1992)
  8. Water chemistry of key water bodies, based
on size, uniqueness, representativeness, threats,
etc., including   Alkalinity pH Conductivity Diss
olved Oxygen Rapid bioassessment baseline
(EPA/state protocols, involving fish and
macroinvertebrates) Temperature Flow Other
constituents where important as determined on a
case-by-case basis, including Toxic
elements Clarity/turbidity
Nitrate/nitrogen Phosphate/Phosphorus Chlorophyll
Sulfates Bacteria
Generally 4 samples over a hydrologic season
 
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Level 1 Water Quality Inventories1998-2002

• Based on the Baseline Water Quality Data
  Inventory and Analysis Reports completed to date,
  targeted parks were invited through the SCC to
  submit study plans to collect Level I water
  quality data. Targeted parks were selected based
  on the number of water quality observations
  collected in the park and in the study area, the
  number of missing/old water quality parameters in
  the study area, whether the park participated in
  identifying and uploading water quality data to
  STORET.

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Level 1 Water Quality Inventory
Example Progress and Recommendations Chart

• Mid-Atlantic Network / No. 8 Level 1
  Initiated Recommended Not Recommended ?
• Appomattox Court House NHP 1999
• Booker T. Washington NMON 1998
• Eisenhower NHS
  X
• Fredericksburg Spotsylvania NMP
  X
• Gettysburg NMP
  X
• Hopewell Furnace NHS 1998
• Petersburg NB 1998
• Richmond NBP
  X
• Shenandoah NP
  X
• Valley Forge NHP
  X
• Appalachian NST
  
  ?
• TOTAL 4 2 4 1

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Level 1 Inventories1998-2002

• 80 Parks Invited to submit inventory plans
• Initiated/completed inventories in 50 parks
• Alaska Working on sampling stratification
  applicable
• to most Alaska networks
• Parks were given the option of performing the
  inventory themselves or with a contractor or
  cooperator of their choice.
• If the parks did not have the resources to
  initiate the inventory WRD would arrange for the
  USGS to conduct it.
• Some parks did not have the time or people to
  commit to the inventory in any form.

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Completing the Water Quality Inventory 2004-2008

• 105 120 additional parks may require inventory
• Propose to complete through networks
• Final Resolution of Alaska

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Tentative Plan for Completing Inventories by 2008

• FY 04
• Network Parks
• ----------------------------------------
• Great Lakes 4
• Heartland 7
• Northern Great Plains 5
• Mid Atlantic 2 (1?)
• Northeast Temperate 4 (2?)
• Cumberland-Piedmont 9
• ----------------------------------------
• 6 networks 31 (3?)
• Plus Review Alaska

• FY 05
• Network Parks
• --------------------------------------
• National Capital 6
• Southeast Coast 12
• Gulf Coast 4 (1?)
• Appalachian Highlands (1?)
• Northern Colorado Plat. 8
• Northern Semi-Arid 3
• Mojave 4 (1?)
• ---------------------------------------
• 7 networks 37 (3?)

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Tentative Plan for Completing Inventories by 2008

• FY 06
• Network Parks
• --------------------------------------
• Southern Colorado Plat. 9
• Southern Plains 8
• Chihuahuan 2
• North Coast and Cascades 3
• San Francisco Bay 4
• E. Rivers and Mountains 2
• --------------------------------------
• 6 networks 28

• FY 07
• Network Parks
• Rocky Mountain 1
• South Florida-Caribbean 2
• Mediterranean Coast 1
• Klamath 3
• Pacific Islands 2 (6?)
• ---------------------------------------
• 5 networks 9(6?)

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Additional Level 1 Inventories Not Needed

• Northeast Coastal and Barrier
• Greater Yellowstone
• Sonoran
• Sierra

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Inventory Products

• An administrative report containing
• A brief description of the inventory process,
  goals, and objectives.
• A brief interpretive section that compares
  results to applicable water quality criteria.
• A map depicting the sites inventoried.
• Tables depicting the results of the laboratory
  and field analyses and georeferenced site
  locations.
• A a 3.5 diskette containing the four files
  documenting the water-quality inventory results
  as outlined in Data Management and Archiving
  above for STORET archiving.