Wind River Environmental Quality Commission

Wind River Wind River Environmental Environmental

Quality CommissionQuality Commission

Eastern Shoshone & Northern Arapaho Eastern Shoshone & Northern Arapaho TribesTribes

Of the Wind River Indian ReservationOf the Wind River Indian ReservationWWW.WREQC.COMWWW.WREQC.COM

The 106 Water Quality ProgramThe 106 Water Quality Program

Dean GogglesDean Goggles :Water Quality Coordinator :Water Quality Coordinator Travis Shakespeare :Travis Shakespeare : Lead Water Quality Lead Water Quality

Technician, NPDES/NPS/UMTRATechnician, NPDES/NPS/UMTRA Lokilo St.Clair: Lokilo St.Clair: Water Quality Technician/UST/LUSTWater Quality Technician/UST/LUST Lynette O’Neal:Lynette O’Neal: Water Quality Technician Water Quality Technician Consultants :Consultants : Dave HaireDave Haire W.Q. Scientist, W.Q. Scientist, Steve Steve

BabitsBabits Hydro – Geologist, Hydro – Geologist, Art ShoutisArt Shoutis Macroinvertebrates ScientistMacroinvertebrates Scientist

Map of Water Quality Sampling Sites

WREQC 106 ActivitiesWREQC 106 Activities

Surface Water monitoringSurface Water monitoring Macroinvertebrate Macroinvertebrate

CollectionCollection Bacteria and Bacteria and E.coliE.coli

MonitoringMonitoring Lake MonitoringLake Monitoring NPDES ProgramNPDES Program Riverton UMTRA SiteRiverton UMTRA Site Special Projects: Alpine, Special Projects: Alpine,

South Fork Fire, Mission South Fork Fire, Mission Pond, Surrell Creek, etc.Pond, Surrell Creek, etc.

Non Point Source Report Non Point Source Report Water Quality StandardsWater Quality Standards Ground-water and Source Ground-water and Source

water Protectionwater Protection Interagency Coordination Interagency Coordination

and Outreachand Outreach On-Sight Oil and Gas On-Sight Oil and Gas

Fields and NPDES Fields and NPDES inspectionsinspections

Collecting Bacteria SamplesCollecting Bacteria Samples

Bacteria IncubatorBacteria Incubator

Bacteria Sampling for Bacteria Sampling for E-ColiE-Coli and Total Colifromand Total Colifrom

Bacteria samplingBacteria sampling

Lake Monitoring ProgramLake Monitoring Program

Baseline data collection of six (6) lakes and Baseline data collection of six (6) lakes and reservoirs on the Reservationreservoirs on the Reservation

Lake Monitoring at Dinwoody Lake Monitoring at Dinwoody LakeLake

Lake monitoringLake monitoring

Collecting PlanktonCollecting Plankton

Moccasin Lake (elevation Moccasin Lake (elevation 8200ft)8200ft)

Surface Water MonitoringSurface Water Monitoring

The WREQC had 46 water quality sites for 9 The WREQC had 46 water quality sites for 9 years now we are down to 21 core water years now we are down to 21 core water quality monitoring sites. quality monitoring sites.

We use a YSI monitoring equipment to We use a YSI monitoring equipment to collect 10 chemical parameters and a Son collect 10 chemical parameters and a Son Tek Flow Tracker for flow measurements Tek Flow Tracker for flow measurements (cfs)(cfs)

Measuring Discharge.Measuring Discharge.

Macroinvertebrates ProgramMacroinvertebrates Program

The WREQC 106 program started the The WREQC 106 program started the Macroinvertebrates collection in 2002, and Macroinvertebrates collection in 2002, and collected macros at all 46 sampling sites collected macros at all 46 sampling sites with QAQC at 10% of these sites.with QAQC at 10% of these sites.

The 106 program has also collected The 106 program has also collected macroinvertebrates at various NDPES and macroinvertebrates at various NDPES and Alpine sitesAlpine sites

Collecting Macros in MarchCollecting Macros in March

Field ElutriationField Elutriation

Outreach ProgramOutreach Program

The WREQC Water Quality program works The WREQC Water Quality program works with the Wyoming Indian School District and with the Wyoming Indian School District and The Native Waters summer Program.The Native Waters summer Program.

Looking at Macroinvertebrates with Looking at Macroinvertebrates with the Native Waters Campthe Native Waters Camp

Collecting Bugs with Wyoming Collecting Bugs with Wyoming Indian High SchoolIndian High School

Inter-Agency CoordinationInter-Agency Coordination

The WREQC participates in numerous on-The WREQC participates in numerous on-sight inspections with the BIA, BLM, the sight inspections with the BIA, BLM, the Shoshone Oil & Gas Commission, and the Shoshone Oil & Gas Commission, and the Oil & Gas Companies throughout the Oil & Gas Companies throughout the Reservation.Reservation.

WREQC participates in various regional WREQC participates in various regional EPA/State/Tribal water quality meetings: EPA/State/Tribal water quality meetings: Non-Point Source, Basin Advisory Group, Non-Point Source, Basin Advisory Group, NPDES/WQS, TMDL WorkgroupNPDES/WQS, TMDL Workgroup

On Sight Inspection of the Devon On Sight Inspection of the Devon natural gas and Coalbed methanenatural gas and Coalbed methane

Onsite Inspection of a Leaking Oil Onsite Inspection of a Leaking Oil TankTank

NPDES ProgramNPDES Program

The Wind River Reservation has The Wind River Reservation has 3434 federal federal NPDES permits and NPDES permits and 44 State permits for a State permits for a total of total of 3838 NPDES permits. NPDES permits.

Completed downstream water quality Completed downstream water quality assessments below the Reservation assessments below the Reservation NPDES oil and gas discharges in 2005.NPDES oil and gas discharges in 2005.

NPDES Discharge pointNPDES Discharge point

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