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Photo by Joel Stocker Courtesy of Avalonia Land Conservancy Todays Agenda Welcome April 10, 2019 Meeting Notes Review Project Update Bacteria Sampling Update Stream Walks, Workshop and Volunteers Stream Clean-up and Walk
Photo by Joel Stocker Courtesy of Avalonia Land Conservancy
Today’s Agenda
Time/Location TBD
Judy Rondeau
Assistant Director Eastern Connecticut Conservation District 139 Wolf Den Road Brooklyn, CT 06234 860-774-9600 ext. 13 judy.rondeau@comcast.net www.conserveCT.org/eastern
Introductions
Funding
The Anguilla Brook Bacteria Trackdown and Watershed-based Plan project is funded in part by the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection through a grant from the US Environmental Protection Agency Clean Water Act Section 319 Nonpoint Source Program.
April Meeting Notes
Project Review:
Conduct water quality investigation:
✓Stream sampling for fecal bacteria content ✓Stream corridor assessments
➢Watershed assessment ➢Land cover/land use assessment
❖ Develop Watershed Management Plan
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Project Timeline:
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 2019
Prepare monitoring plan Qtly Stake- holder mtg (1)
Prepare QAPPS Finalize monitoring plan Recruit bacteria monitoring volunteers Qtly Stake- holder mtg (2) Conduct bacteria sample training Conduct bacteria sampling
Conduct stream walks Process field data Draft watershed plan
Recruit stream walk volunteers
Stream walk training Qtly Stake- holder mtg (3) Begin 1st draft watershed plan Qtly Stake- holder mtg (4)
2020
Qtly Stake- holder mtg (5) Review draft watershed plan Draft final watershed plan Qtly Stake- holder mtg (6) Review draft watershed plan Draft final watershed plan Qtly Stake- holder mtg (7) Review draft watershed plan Roll out watershed plan Grant ends 9/30/2020
Bacteria Sampling Update
Bacteria Monitoring Results:
Phase 1 Phase 2
Site ID Stream Name Location Max Single Sample* (to date) Geomean* (to date)
AB-01 Anguilla Brook Off Trolley Crossing – at outlet of Wequetequock Pond. Downstream- most site; upstream of salt-water limit
160 cfu/100 ml 67 cfu/100 ml
AB-02 Anguilla Brook At RT 1 – same as UConn PATH sampling site
180 cfu/100 ml 126 cfu/100 ml
AB-03 Anguilla Brook At Anguilla Brook Road– midway in watershed; downstream of residential, agriculture and recreational uses
160 cfu/100 ml 136 cfu/100 ml
AB-04 Anguilla Brook AT RT 184 – upstream-most site; downstream of agricultural uses
2,190 cfu/100 ml 414 cfu/100 ml
DB-01 Donahue Brook US of confluence with Oxocossett Brook above salt-water limit; downstream of agricultural uses; tributary to Wequetequock Cove
4,350 cfu/100 ml 643 cfu/100 ml
DB-02 Donahue Brook At Barnes Road – upstream-most site
180 cfu/100 ml 124 cfu/100 ml
WB-01 Wheeler Brook Upstream of the confluence with Anguilla Brook
260 cfu/100 ml 112 cfu/100 ml
WB-02 Wheeler Brook At Taugwonk Road –upstream of the confluence with Stony Brook; downstream of agricultural uses
260 cfu/100 ml 188 cfu/100 ml
WB-03 Wheeler Brook At RT 184 – upstream-most site; downstream of residential use
590 cfu/100 ml 292 cfu/100 ml
UN-01 Unnamed stream Upstream of confluence with Wheeler Brook; downstream of agricultural uses
260 cfu/100 ml 81 cfu/100 ml
UN-02 Unnamed stream At Stony Brook Rd – upstream-most site
263 cfu/100 ml 105 cfu/100 ml Single sample limit for recreation - 576 cfu/100 ml Geometric mean – less than 126 cfu/100ml * Provisional data
Potential Sources??
WB03 AB04 DB01
Stream Walks
that may contribute to water quality
(27th)/early August (3rd)
Stream Clean-up and Outreach Event
location?
The Meadows Flemings ???
Possible Staging Areas
Next xt Meeting:
October 16, 2019 1 pm/Stonington PD