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Water Quality Monitoring Program Collect water quality information from tributaries to the Huron River to evaluate sources of problems and measure the degree of management success Cara Spindler, Dannielle Foreman, & Bill Lee at South Ore

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Water Quality Monitoring Program

Collect water quality information from tributaries to the Huron River to evaluate sources of problems and measure the degree of management success

Supported by:

  • Middle Huron Partners and Stormwater Advisory Group
  • Alliance of Downriver Watersheds – Lower Huron, Ecorse Creek, Combined Downriver
  • Livingston Watershed Advisory Group
  • Michigan Department of Environmental Quality

Cara Spindler, Dannielle Foreman, & Bill Lee at South Ore Creek

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Outline

  • What was measured
  • Where
  • Important results
  • How are the results being used
  • What’s next

Bill Lee and Cara Spindler at South Ore Creek

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What was measured in 2016?

  • 12 volunteers; 108 hours – THANKS!
  • 63 sample sets collected
  • Nutrients (Phosphorus)
  • Sediments (Total Suspended Solids)
  • Other (Dissolved Oxygen, pH, Temperature,

Conductivity)

  • 20 flow measures
  • 28 investigative samples
  • 7 sample weeks
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2016 Chain of Lakes Monitoring

  • Livingston County
  • 9 sites
  • 7 creeks, 2 river sites
  • 4 investigative sites
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0.00 0.05 0.10 0.15 0.20 0.25 0.30 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Total Phosphorus (mg/l)

Phosphorus (TP) in Livingston County

Target Trend

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Phosphorus (TP) in Livingston County

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Phosphorus (TP) in Livingston County

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Phosphorus (TP) in Livingston County

Investigative Sites

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Total Suspended Solids (TSS) in Livingston County

0.00 5.00 10.00 15.00 20.00 25.00 30.00 35.00 40.00 45.00

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Total Suspended Solids (mg/l)

Target: < 80 mg/l following storms

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TSS in Livingston County

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TSS in Livingston County

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TSS in Livingston County

Investigative Sites

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Conductivity in Livingston County

(by year)

500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Conductivity (µS)

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Conductivity in Livingston County

(by site)

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Other Parameters

  • DO: All sites within normal, healthy range
  • pH: no acid/base balance issues
  • Temperature: within acceptable range for warm water streams

(< 29°C / 84°F). Huron River @ Kent Lake pushes the limit in August sometimes, though.

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Summary of Results

  • Only 3.5 months monitored in 2016
  • Livingston streams and river in the Huron watershed remain

reasonably healthy

  • Little evidence of erosion
  • Woodruff, Horseshoe, and S. Ore Creeks showing issues with

TP and conductivity – bears further study

  • Brighton Lake may be releasing phosphorus
  • Samples should be measured for bacteria at some point
  • 2017 sites?
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How does our sampling get used?

Raw sampling data analyzed and reported out

  • Share results and analysis with municipalities
  • Follow up on key findings, actions prioritized
  • Implementation of ideas to address problems

Cara and Dannielle at Davis Creek