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Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy2008-2010Stream Monitoring Locations

March 6, 2011Banshee Reeks

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Brambleton Creek2

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Broad Run7

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Beaverdam Run12

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Big Spring Branch17

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Crooked Run22

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Limestone Branch27

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Milltown Creek32

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North Fork Broad Run37

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Piney Run42

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Sycolin Creek47

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South Fork Catoctin (Waterford)52

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Goose Creek - Watercress 2

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6061Loudoun Wildlife ConservancyStream MonitoringReview 2010March 6, 2011Banshee Reeks62

Where the stream monitoring data is sent and how it is used

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Volunteer Stream MonitoringL W CLWWVA SOSVDEQCounty/TownsCitizenGroupsImplementationTMDLImpairmentHealthyWaterPublic Opinion64Data TransfersField sheets and photos are scanned and added to Excel file and posted at Loudoun Watershed Watch website Benthic and habitat uploaded to VA SOS site (record-by-record copy)VA SOS forwards data to VA DEQBacteria data uploaded to VA DEQ Citizen Monitoring website (batch mode)65Information Flow

Cut-and-pasteDatabaseIntegrated Report (WQA)Approved 303 (d) Stream Impairments

TMDL

Cost Share $$s66Upload to VA SOSData administrator login security

67Upload to VA SOSAdd data or view previous submissions by LWC

68Administrator ViewData submission uploads are verified to ensure integrity of upload processUse My SubmissionsQuery on Loudoun

http://vasos.wrayesian.com/form_submissions/list

69Public Access ViewSimilar query on LoudounResults can not be exported to Excel

http://vasos.wrayesian.com/form_submissions/list

70Upload VerificationData submission uploads are verified to ensure integrety of upload process

http://vasos.wrayesian.com/form_submissions/show/4058 The number refers to one event71VASOS Data View (cont)Includes all data on fields sheetsMetrics are recalculated

72VASOS Data View (cont)Benthic and habitat (if reported)

Ecological condition and final score73VASOS Data View (cont)

74VA DEQ Water Quality AssessmentEvery two years, DEQ prepared Integrated Report [303(d) listed water]Data windows of past 6 years on monitoring data, so for 2010, uses 2003 to 2008 dataLists the Impaired Waters for benthic(aquatic life use), bacteria (recreational use), fish (consumption)Requires EPA ApprovalSix water use criteria Aquatic Life Use as assessed by benthic macroinveratebratesIncludes echo, alebit cryptic, of LWC data75VA DEQ Water Quality AssessmentSource data, as submitted to DEQ prior to VASOS in 2008As uploaded to VA SOS (2008-2010)Summary table in Integrated Report by DEQ (after slice and dice)MappedVerification Table returned from DEQ per specific request

http://www.deq.state.va.us/wqa/pdf/2010ir/appendices/ir10_AppendixF_Mon_Stations_Key-List.pdf Stations and LWC dataLWC Listed76Appendix DLWC includes 29 stations with 91 events between 2003 and 2006 Using EPA RBPVA SOS includes 442 station with 2,043 events (presumably LWC 2008 data)

77GIS files

78GIS dataGIS files is downloaded and contains synopsis of LWC data in the station files

Three benthic events - SF Catoctin (Ward property) MP is medium probability for adverse conditionsBacteria where 32 of 69 samples exceeded SF Catoctin Waterford bridge79Data FlowSource data, as submitted to DEQ prior to VA SOS in 2008As uploaded to VA SOS (2008-2010)Summary table in Integrated Report by DEQ (after slice and dice)MappedVerification Table returned from DEQ per specific request80DEQ Benthic MonitoringDEQ stores data in EDAS, a MS Access file for the stateNeeds to be queried - complexIncludes the 140+ samplings in Loudoun since 1995 (Spring & Fall)

81Site data is translated to stream reachesReaches are defined

82Fact Sheets for Each reach

Listed in 2008 and scheduled for writing the TMDL in 2020. No schedule for implementation.83Citizen data on webmapperDEQ uses separate databases and the web GIS file in knowingly incomplete

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85Part 1 (extra)

other data submissions86Bacteria Uploaded To DEQBacteria results are uploaded in batch to DEQs citizen monitoringCatoctin Watershed Project 2005-2009

87Loudoun 2009 Stream AssessmentThe Loudoun County 2009 (Versar) benthic and habitat data can be viewedCounty still needs to submit Data Use form

88Loudoun 2009 Stream AssessmentData display for one of the 500 sites monitored

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