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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