Crystal River and Waupaca Chain of Lakes, Protection Monitoring, 2016
Return to Search

Purpose

This project involved evaluation of water quality improvements and preservation efforts made in the Crystal River and Waupaca Chain of Lakes Subwatersheds within the Waupaca/Tomorrow River Watershed from Best Management Practices installed in the watershed from 1996 through 2002 as part of the Waupaca River Priority Watershed Project. [TWA HUC10-0403020218]. Section 319 project.

Objective

This project evaluated the effectiveness of BMPs installed in 3 HUC 12 watersheds in the Waupaca/Tomorrow River HUC 10-0403020218 watershed following a Priority Watershed Project in 1995. This project was designed to help determine if the goals of the Priority Watershed Project (to protect and improve the watershed water quality) were met. Monitoring was conducted in 5 waters (WBICs: 260200, 261300, 263000, 259300, & 258200), with aquatic macroinvertebrate samples collected at 9 locations. Qualitative Habitat assessments were conducted at 9 locations. Fish surveys were conducted at 1 location. Temperature thermistors were deployed at 9 locations. Inorganic chemistry (TP, TN, and NO3-N) monitoring was conducted at 7 locations.

Outcome

Water quality monitoring was conducted at 9 locations. Monitoring included collecting aquatic macroinvertebrates at 9 locations in October 2016. One day of sampling and 1 day to represerve and transport to UWSP. All data will be entered into SWIMS database by UWSP staff by 12/30/2017. Qualitative Habitat surveys at 9 locations in FY17. One sampling day in FY17 was needed to complete monitoring and 2 days were used to enter the data into the fisheries database. All data will be entered into FMDB by Water Resources staff by 12/31/2016. Fish surveys were conducted at 1 location in FY17. One day of sampling will be completed for the field survey between July and September 2016. All fish data will be entered into the FMDB by Water Resources staff by 12/31/2016. Thermistors will be deployed at 9 locations from May to October 2016 to collect temperature data. Five sampling days will occur to deploy and retrieve the thermistors. All data will be uploaded into SWIMS by Water Resources staff by 12/31/2016. Inorganic chemistry (TP, TN, and NO3-N) monitoring will be conducted at 7 locations. Sampling will occur once per month May through October 2016 for TP, TN, and NO3-N at 7 locations. All samples will be collected by WAV. All samples will be sent to Wisconsin State Lab of Hygiene for analysis and will be entered by the lab into SWIMS by 12/31/2016. A final report will be written and attached to this project by 12/31/2017.

Related Reports

Run Project Summary Report
View Umbrella-Projects
View Related-Projects

Targeted Watershed Approach
Protection (Healthy or Vulnerable)
East_TWA_2_2016
2016
Complete
 
Reports and Documents
Priority Watershed Water Quality Evaluation for the Tomorrow-Waupaca River Watershed, Portage and Waupaca County, Wisconsin
Final Monitoring Report for TWA in 2016. 3200-2017-42
2016 Total Phosphorus Monitoring Report - Hartman Creek at Rural Road
This project will evaluate water quality improvement/preservation efforts made in the Crystal River and Waupaca Chain of Lakes subwatersheds within the Waupaca/Tomorrow River Watershed from Best Management Practices installed in the watershed from 1996 through 2002 as part of the Waupaca River Priority Watershed Project. WAV volunteers were selected to monitor total phosphorus levels at two of the sites included in this project.
2016 Total Phosphorus Monitoring Report - Emmons Creek - West Rd
This project will evaluate water quality improvement/preservation efforts made in the Crystal River and Waupaca Chain of Lakes subwatersheds within the Waupaca/Tomorrow River Watershed from Best Management Practices installed in the watershed from 1996 through 2002 as part of the Waupaca River Priority Watershed Project. WAV volunteers were selected to monitor total phosphorus levels at two of the sites included in this project.
2016 Total Phosphorus Monitoring Report - Radley Creek at Dayton Rd.
This project will evaluate water quality improvement/preservation efforts made in the Crystal River and Waupaca Chain of Lakes subwatersheds within the Waupaca/Tomorrow River Watershed from Best Management Practices installed in the watershed from 1996 through 2002 as part of the Waupaca River Priority Watershed Project. WAV volunteers were selected to monitor total phosphorus levels at two of the sites included in this project.
2016 Total Phosphorus Monitoring Report - Murry Creek @ West Road
This project will evaluate water quality improvement/preservation efforts made in the Crystal River and Waupaca Chain of Lakes subwatersheds within the Waupaca/Tomorrow River Watershed from Best Management Practices installed in the watershed from 1996 through 2002 as part of the Waupaca River Priority Watershed Project. WAV volunteers were selected to monitor total phosphorus levels at two of the sites included in this project.
Crystal River TWA Nutrient Monitoring Sites 2016
TWA Crystal River TWA Nutrient Monitoring Sites 2016
 
Activities & Recommendations
Monitor Water Quality or Sediment
This project will evaluate water quality improvement/ preservation efforts made in the Crystal River and Waupaca Chain of Lakes Subwatersheds within the Waupaca/Tomorrow River Watershed from Best Management Practices installed in the watershed from 1996 through 2002 as part of the Waupaca River Priority Watershed Project. [TWA HUC10-0403020218]. Section 319 project.
Grant Awarded
This project will evaluate water quality improvement/ preservation efforts made in the Crystal River and Waupaca Chain of Lakes Subwatersheds within the Waupaca/Tomorrow River Watershed from Best Management Practices installed in the watershed from 1996 through 2002 as part of the Waupaca River Priority Watershed Project. [TWA HUC10-0403020218]. Section 319 project.