important reminders
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Important Reminders. Sampling dates change in November & December. Temperature change on the Percentile Range chart. Data and paperwork coming in on time. Take extra readings if the meter is still drifting. It’ll get cold soon. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
• Sampling dates change in November & December.• Temperature change on the Percentile Range chart.• Data and paperwork coming in on time.• Take extra readings if the meter is stil l drifting. It’ ll get cold
soon.• When submitting data online, now use “Submit To Ken”
button except in cases where there is more than one person entering data. Then save file between uses.
• Carolyn Ross is the assistant to the Riverkeeper. She’ll be taking over most of the courier duties from the students.
• Training today after the conference is over. It will be located across the street in room # 303. •Future of our current water quality meters
IMPORTANT REMINDERS
Annual Data Conference2011
WACCAMAW RIVER VOLUNTEER
MONITORING
This past year Drought to Blackwater
Using percentiles for site specific standardsNew graph feature at the website
TOPICS
What sites are “hot”?When are they “hot”?Why?
WEB RESOURCES
DATA ENTRY DATA RETRIEVAL
Aquatic SourcesAtmospherePhotosynthesis
Aquatic SinksRespiration
Animals Microbes
Blackwater dissolved organic matter Polluted runoff Septage and sewage
DISSOLVED OXYGEN
Which site has the lowest average oxygen level?
Do any geographic trends appear to be present?
Which sites have values below the WQS?Which times of the year is oxygen
lowest?During which summer(s) were oxygen
levels lowest?
QUESTIONS
IS LOW DO “NATURAL”?
212+37
112+20
180+47
293+71 230+5
4 151+65
WHEN TO CALL KEN
PT
EP
HG
BS
SP
WC
tributary
SC DHEC mean value for 1990-1994: 0.26 mg/LSS for 2006 TDIN = 0.1 to 0.4 mg/L
TDIN = nitrate + nitrite + ammonia
WQS based on US EPA recommendations & national ammonia
criteria
3/08 to 6/09:
conservative estimates
Realizing the original intent Trend analysis Hot Spots and Illicit
discharge detectionTimely
More stormwater pollution requirements
Less funding to SC DHEC
TAKE HOME MESSAGES
Turbidity TDIN E. coli
Q&A
ML: COLOR W/CONDUCTIVITY OVERLAIN
ML: PH
WATER FLOWS
WATER FLOWS