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West Virginia Department of Agriculture
Water Quality Monitoring Program
2009
Photo by Paul Morley
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Why Does the WV Department of Agriculture Collect Water
Samples???
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Where Do We Sample?
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How Do We Sample?
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Sample Collection
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Streams Sampled1 Time per Month
•North Fork of the South Branch•South Fork of the South Branch•Mill Creek (of the South Branch)•Patterson Creek•Sleepy Creek•Opequon Creek•Rockymarsh Run•Elks Run•Elks Branch•Bullskin Run
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Streams Sampled 5 Times per Month
•Lost River•South Branch of the Potomac
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Field Equipment
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SonTek Flow Tracker Handheld ADV (Acoustic Doppler Velocimeter)
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Lost River
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Patterson Creek
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Added Mill Creek 10 (March 2009)
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All Water Quality Analysis Done at the WVDA Moorefield Laboratory
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PARAMETERS
• pH• Temperature• Conductivity• Dissolved Oxygen• Nitrate• Nitrite• Ammonia Nitrogen• Ortho-Phosphate• Total Phosphorous• Turbidity• Total Suspended Solids• Fecal Coliform
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DATA
As of July 1998 the Department has collected and analyzed nearly 26,000 samples
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Paper or Plastic?• All “Field Data” is recorded on paper, then transferred to lab
computer• All Lab Data entered in computer• Field and Lab Data QA’d then transferred to final Excel File
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Sample Site Waypoint ListComplete
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GIS
• Staff using ARC GIS 9.2
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Data Availability
• No Web Based system yet…….
• Data and Sample Site locations can be requested
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Special Projects
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Assisting USGS in Non Tidal Monitoring
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Mill Creek (of the South Branch)
in cooperation withWest Virginia Conservation Agency
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Lost Riverin cooperation withWest Virginia Conservation Agency
Bear’s Hell (Lost River Watershed)
in cooperation withWest Virginia Conservation AgencyStarting in April, 2009
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Cullers Run Study
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ATRAZINE
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Outreach• Agriculture Day at the Legislature• Tri-County Fair• 4-H Camps• Watershed Celebration Day • Science Day Dorcas Elementary School
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FUTURE
10-Year Report
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For More Information
Contact:
Matt Monroe
Environmental Programs Supervisor
304.538.2397