LaRosa Analytical Service Grant Monitoring Categories Monitoring Category and Reporting Template Monitoring Goal Geographic Targeting Parameters Frequency and Time Frame Flow Targeting* Category (base, freshet or Hydro related) and Level (High, Moderate, or Low) Some of the Current LaRosa Partners Waterbody Status: Spatial/Temporal trend To understand existing conditions and possible trends, or to identify reference waters, or to confirm established stressors (i.e. stressor identification) impacting stressed or impaired waters. Streams or lake tributaries in a watershed that have not been previously sampled or sampled recently, potential reference waters, and stressed or impaired waters where the stressors are not determined. Total Phosphorus Total Nitrogen Turbidity Conductivity Alkalinity Chloride Total Metals Also relevant: Temperature Dissolved Oxygen pH Biweekly or monthly for 1-3 years, or as needed to meet VT assessment and listing methodology Generally targeting June - October. Targeting range of both category and level, if possible Black River Action Team ACRWC Friends of Winooski River Rethink Runoff Stream Team SE VT Watershed Alliance Poultney-Mettawee NRCD Allen Brook - WCC Friends of the Mad River Swimming Hole Monitoring: E.coli bar chart/Health Safety Report Bacteria monitoring so citizens will know when conditions are safe to swim. Active swimming hole sites where there is none or limited data on E. coli monitoring or where there is a history of elevated E. coli levels. E. coli Temperature Turbidity Weekly/Biweekly Generally targeting June -September. Flows at which swimming use is likely. Generally Base, SE VT Watershed Alliance Friends of the Mad River Black River Action Team Huntington River Conservation Commission Moderate
Source Identification: Loading estimate/flow duration curve To identify sources of nutrient or bacteria loading (especially NPS) or instances where high flow targeting is essential. Select sites upstream of reaches yielding elevated pollutant levels or on tributaries to bracket potential sources. Monitoring can be continued at established sites to evaluate remediation (see treatment effectiveness as well). Sites may include intermittent streams and drainage swales. Total Phosphorus Total Nitrogen Turbidity Total Suspended Solids (TSS) E. coli Monthly or biweekly plus targeting high flow conditions. Targeting event category resulting in moderate to high levels when runoff is increasing stream flow. Memph. Watershed Association Lake Seymour Tributary Monitoring Stevens River ACRWC So. Chittenden River Watch (SCRW) Four Rivers Partnership Evaluation of a treatment or management practice: Treatment Effectiveness To test a specific experimental question on the effectiveness of a treatment. Variable; often involves sampling off stream (e.g. discharge or drainage). Total/Dissolved Phosphorus Nitrogen series Turbidity or TSS Other pollutants of concern Variable based on experimental design Flow regime often targeted (freshet or runoff) Green Wind Farms Project Friends of No LC Evaluation of a treatment or management practice: Treatment Effectiveness Waste Water Treatment Facility (WWTF) to assist State in reasonable potential determination. * Above and below a WWTF; groups will need to work with and WWTF operators to ensure sampling occurs during active discharge periods and the downstream site is placed below the waste management zone Total Phosphorus Total Nitrogen Ammonia Turbidity Metals Also relevant: Temperature, Dissolved Oxygen pH Generally, the last 2 years of a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit cycle of WWTF Targeting Base, Low median monthly flows or below SCRW Friends of the Mad River Black River Action Team SE VT Watershed Alliance Ottauquechee River Group