• Sampling dates change in November & December. • Temperature change on the Percentile Range chart. • Data and paperwork coming in on time. • Take extra readings if the meter is still drifting. It’ll get cold soon. • When submitting data online, now use “Submit To Ken” button except in cases where there is more than one person entering data. Then save file between uses. • Carolyn Ross is the assistant to the Riverkeeper. She’ll be taking over most of the courier duties from the students. • Training today after the conference is over. It will be located across the street in room # 303. • Future of our current water quality meters IMPORTANT REMINDERS
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• Sampling dates change in November & December.
• Temperature change on the Percentile Range chart.
• Data and paperwork coming in on time.
• Take extra readings if the meter is stil l drifting. It’ ll get cold
soon.
• When submitting data online, now use “Submit To Ken”
button except in cases where there is more than one person
entering data. Then save file between uses.
• Carolyn Ross is the assistant to the Riverkeeper. She’ll be
taking over most of the courier duties from the students.
• Training today after the conference is over. It will be located
across the street in room # 303.
• Future of our current water quality meters
IMPORTANT REMINDERS
Annual Data Conference
2011
WACCAMAW RIVER
VOLUNTEER
MONITORING
This past year
Drought to Blackwater
Using percentiles for site specific standards
New graph feature at the website
TOPICS
What sites are “hot”?
When are they “hot”?
Why?
WEB RESOURCES
DATA ENTRY DATA RETRIEVAL
Aquatic Sources
Atmosphere
Photosynthesis
Aquatic Sinks
Respiration
Animals
Microbes
Blackwater dissolved organic matter
Polluted runoff
Septage and sewage
DISSOLVED OXYGEN
Which site has the lowest average oxygen level?
Do any geographic trends appear to be present?
Which sites have values below the WQS?
Which times of the year is oxygen lowest?
During which summer(s) were oxygen levels
lowest?
QUESTIONS
IS LOW DO “NATURAL”?
212+37 112+20 180+47
293+71
230+54 151+65
WHEN TO CALL KEN
PT
EP
HG
BS
SP
WC
tributary
SC DHEC mean value for 1990-1994: 0.26 mg/L SS for 2006 TDIN = 0.1 to 0.4 mg/L
TDIN = nitrate + nitrite + ammonia
WQS based on US EPA recommendations &
national ammonia criteria
3/08 to 6/09:
conservative
estimates
Realizing the original
intent
Trend analysis
Hot Spots and Illicit
discharge detection
Timely
More stormwater pollution
requirements
Less funding to SC DHEC
TAKE HOME MESSAGES
Turbidity
TDIN E.
coli
Q&A
ML: COLOR W/CONDUCTIVITY OVERLAIN
ML: PH
WATER FLOWS
WATER FLOWS
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