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The Heidelberg Tributary Loading Program

Ken Krieger and Laura Johnson

Workgroup for Water Resources Monitoring

Columbus, Ohio – 4 March 2015

Who We Are

• Heidelberg University

• The National Center for Water Quality Research• Heidelberg Tributary Loading Program

• Cooperative Private Well Testing Program (agencies in 17 states)

• Research grants from federal and state agencies, foundations

• Water quality analysis for universities, private corporations

• Participation in Heidelberg’s B.S. curriculum in Environmental Science

• Informal education and outreach

• The NCWQR Staff –6 Ph.D. scientists, 4 techs, 1 business manager

• Collaborations with agency staffs, anduniversity, government, and corporate researchers

Heidelberg Tributary Loading Program

• 16 stations

• Paired with USGS

gages

• Officially started

in 1974

• Collaborating

with Old Woman

Creek NERR to

reactivate 2

stations

• Samples collected 3x a day

• All 3 samples analyzed during high flow

Nutrients Pesticides

Coldwater Creek near

Grand Lake St. Marys

Sandusky River

near Fremont

Continuous flow

from stream

Analytical Capabilities of the NCWQR

• Nutrients• Colorimetric analysis:

Seal AA3 autoanalyzers• Dionex Ion chromatographs

• Metals – Varian ICP/MS “Redtop”• Total Suspended Solids

• Pesticides & Other Organics

• Bruker EVOQ LC-MS/MS

• Varian 450 GC/Varian 220 MS

• ELISA immunoassay

Analytical Capabilities of the NCWQR

• Algal Toxins – ELISA immunoassay

• Algal Pigments

• Varian 9010 LC (chorophyll a )

• Aminco fluorometer(phycocyanin)

How the NCWQR and the Heidelberg Tributary Loading Program are Funded

• All NCWQR funding is from external sources (soft money).

• Many sources are short-term.

• Some sources are non-renewable.

• Heidelberg Univ. allows NCWQR to retain part of indirect costs.

JA Jan Apr – Jan Apr – Jan Apr – Jan Apr –

- J - Mar Jun - Mar Jun - Mar Jun - Mar Jun

Blanchard 2008

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Cuyahoga 1983

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Honey 1976

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Lost Cr. Trib. 2008*

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Portage 2011*

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Raisin 1982

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MDEQ

Rock 1983

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Chickasaw 2008

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Coldwater 2012

Great Miami 1996

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Muskingum 1996

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Scioto 1996

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OWDA

* Station was re-activated in year shown.



Muskingum WCD

Miami Conservancy District

OWDA






NE Ohio Regional Sewer Dist. NEORSD



State of Ohio Line Item State of Ohio Line Item State of Ohio Line Item

Heidelberg Tributary Loading Program: Funding Status (as of 3 March 2015)

City of Columbus City Columbus

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ODNR

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OWDA OWDA OWDA

St. Ohio Line Item

MCD Miami Conservancy District Miami Conservancy District

NCWQR

Michigan DEQ

NE Ohio Regional Sewer Dist.


State of Ohio Line Item State of Ohio Line Item

Calendar 2012 2013 Calendar Year

Jul –

Sep


NCWQR

2015 Ohio FYOct -

Dec

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No station

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Sep

Oct -

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Jul –

Sep

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Ohio River Drainage




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SanduskyL

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Great Lakes Protection Fund St. Ohio Line Item



Lake Erie Drainage

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Tiffin 2008

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Michigan DEQ

The Fertilizer Institute The Fertilizer Institute

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The AndersonsThe Andersons

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Ohio & HU FY 22 2013 Ohio FY 2014 Ohio FYA

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Michigan DEQ

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Tributary

Station

Start

date

2015 Calendar Year

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2016 CY -->

2016 WY -->

2016 Ohio FYJul –

Sep

Oct -

Dec

22

2

2

2 2014 Calendar Year

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The Fertilizer Institute The Fertilizer Institute

NSF

The Andersons The AndersonsMaumee 1976N

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1975

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Gray – no station or no cooperator

Bright Yellow - funding pending but not committed

Red - no funding pending or committed

State Line

Item

41%

OWDA

7%

ODNR

10%

Michigan DEQ

3%

NSF

3%

Pesticide Mfrs

11%GLPF

3%

Miami

Conserv.

District

5%

The

Andersons

Charitable Fdn

2%

The Fertilizer

Institute

1%

City of

Columbus,

Ohio

3%

NE Ohio

Regional

Sewer District

3%

Bingham

Foundation

4%

Internally

Funded

4%

Contributors to the HTLP in FY 2014Total Expenditures = $609,891

HTLP Funding in FY 2014State Line Item (Maumee, Portage & Sandusky

Basins) (7 stations)$ 250,000

The Andersons, Inc. (Maumee at Waterville) $ 15,000

The Fertilizer Institute (Maumee at Waterville) $ 5,000

NSF (Maumee at Waterville) $ 21,000

GLPF (Sandusky near Fremont, part of year) $ 17,960

OWDA (Chickasaw) $ 39,500

ODNR (Coldwater, Beaver) $ 62,686

Miami Conservancy District (Great Miami) $ 31,388

NE Ohio Regional Sewer District (Cuyahoga) $ 17,000

City of Columbus (Scioto) $ 20,000

Internal Funding (Muskingum)* $ 23,689

Michigan DEQ (Raisin) $ 16,528

William Bingham Foundation (general) $ 25,000

Pesticide Mfrs (pesticide monitoring) $ 65,141

$ 609,891 Note: Several contributors covered only part of FY 2014

*Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District will contribute $16,000 for CY 2015

Examples of our data analysis

Trends in Lake Erie Total Phosphorus

Suspended Sediments

• Sediments suspended in the water have decreased!

• Patterns are more apparent when corrected for weather variability

1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010

TS

S F

WM

C (

mg/

L)

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100

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TS

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ad (

1000

met

ric to

ns)

1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010

TS

S F

WM

C (

mg/

L)

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

r2=0.11, p=0.04

r2=0.24, p=0.003Maumee

Sandusky

Dissolved phosphorus concentrations have been

increasing from agricultural watersheds0.00

0.02

0.04

0.06

0.08

0.10

0.12

0.14

Dis

solv

ed R

eact

ive

Pho

spho

rus

FW

MC

(m

g/L)

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1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 20100.00

0.02

0.04

0.06

0.08

0.10

0.12

0.14

Maumee

Sandusky

Cuyahoga

River % Agr. % Urb. % For.

Maumee 73 11 7

Sandusky 78 8 9

Cuyahoga 9 40 34

Oct Dec Feb Apr Jun 0

10

20

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40

50

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2.0

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3.0

Oct Dec Feb Apr Jun C

hickasaw C

reek discharge (m3/s)

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30

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50

Con

cent

ratio

n (m

g/L)

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1.0

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2.0

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2014 Water year

Oct Dec Feb Apr Jun 0

10

20

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A) Total P

B) Dissolved Reactive P

C) Nitrate-N

Grand Lake St Marys2014 water year

• The lake is processing dissolved P and nitrate

DischargeChickasawColdwaterBeaver

For more information visit:

http://www.heidelberg.edu/NCWQR

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Questions?

2014 Loads and Concentrations

• Most rivers changed less than 30% compared to the 5 year average

• Tiffin River SS loads and concentrations were substantially lower, even though discharge was slightly higher and all other constituents increased

• Chloride concentrations last year were higher in all rivers

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ual D

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arge

(mill

ion

m3 )

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ual T

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ad (m

etric

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2010

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ual D

RP

load

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ric to

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2010

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2014

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ual n

itrat

e lo

ad (m

etric

tons

)

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Trends in GLSM annual loads

• Most loading tends to occur in the spring

Annual loadSpring load

Chickasaw Chickasaw

Discharge TP

DRP Nitrate*spring is

defined as

March – June

Photo from the NRCS

Data are all for the Tiffin River,

from Laura Johnson

3 March 2015

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