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Lower Boise River Monitoring Update Water Year 2016 Lauren Perreault U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey WY16 Baseline Monitoring PARMA Continuous monitor operation Water temp, DO, SC, turbidity Surrogate models


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U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey

Lower Boise River Monitoring Update

Water Year 2016

Lauren Perreault

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WY16 Baseline Monitoring

PARMA

  • Continuous monitor operation
  • Water temp, DO, SC, turbidity
  • Surrogate models for SSC and TP
  • Event-based sampling, 6x year

MIDDLETON

  • Event-based sampling, 6x year

BIOLOGICAL

  • Periphyton sampling, 5 sites, 2x year
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WY16 – Phosphorus at Middleton

**Data are provisional and may be subject to change 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 0.3 0.35 0.4 0.45 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 7000 Phosphorus Concentration (mg/L) Streamflow (cfs)

Boise River near Middleton, 13210050

Streamflow Total Phosphorus Orthophosphorus WY2012-2013 Monthly Average Total Phosphorus Total Phosphorus TMDL Target

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WY16 – Phosphorus at Parma

**Data are provisional and may be subject to change 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 7000 Phosphorus Concentration (mg/L) Streamflow (cfs)

Boise River near Parma, 13213000

Streamflow Total Phosphorus Orthophosphorus WY2011-2015 Monthly Average Total Phosphorus Total Phosphorus TMDL Target

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WY16 – Suspended Sediment at Middleton

**Data are provisional and may be subject to change 10 20 30 40 50 60 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 7000 Suspended Sediment Concentration (mg/L) Streamflow (cfs)

Boise River near Middleton, 13210050

Streamflow Suspended Sediment Concentration WY2012-2013 Monthly Average SSC Suspended Sediment 60-day TMDL Target

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WY16 – Suspended Sediment at Parma

**Data are provisional and may be subject to change 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 7000 Suspended Sediment Concentration (mg/L) Streamflow (cfs)

Boise River near Parma, 13213000

Streamflow Suspended Sediment Concentration WY2011-2015 Monthly Average SSC Suspended Sediment 60-day TMDL Target

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Continuous monitor operation

**Data are provisional and may be subject to change

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Continuous monitor operation

**Data are provisional and may be subject to change

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WY16 – Bacteria at Middleton

**Data are provisional and may be subject to change 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 7000 MPN/100mL Streamflow (cfs)

Boise River near Middleton, 13210050

Streamflow

  • E. coli

WY2012-2013 Monthly Average E. coli Bacteria TMDL Target - 30-day mean Bacteria TMDL Target - not to exceed 10% in 30 days Bacterica TMDL Target - not to exceed

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WY16 – Bacteria at Parma

**Data are provisional and may be subject to change 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 7000 MPN/100mL Streamflow (cfs)

Boise River near Parma, 13213000

Streamflow

  • E. coli

WY2011-2015 Monthly Average E. coli Bacteria TMDL Target - 30-day mean Bacteria TMDL Target - not to exceed 10% in 30 days Bacterica TMDL Target - not to exceed

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Biological Monitoring WY16 – Periphyton

**Data are provisional and may be subject to change 100 200 300 400 500 600 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 7000 Chlorophyll-a (mg/m2) Streamflow (cfs)

Boise River near Middleton (13210050), and near mouth (13213030)

Streamflow, Boise River near Parma Chlorophyll-a, near Middleton Chlorophyll-a, near mouth WY2012-2013 Monthly Average Chlorophyll-a, Middleton WY2011-2015 Monthly Average Chlorophyll-a, mouth Mean Monthly Benthic Chlorophyll-a TMDL Target

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Questions?