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| Title | Lower Yakima River Monitoring for Aquatic Life Parameters to Support Water Quality Gaging (2022-2023): Data Summary |
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Lower Yakima River Monitoring for Aquatic Life Parameters to Support Water Quality Gaging (2022-2023): Data Summary (Number of pages: 100) (Publication Size: 4613KB)
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| Author(s) | Carroll, J., E. Newell, and R. Carney. | ||||
| Description | Previous water quality monitoring within the Lower Yakima River Basin, particularly between Union Gap and Mabton, has shown areas with high water temperatures and low dissolved oxygen (DO) levels. These adverse conditions can negatively impact fish and aquatic life that depend on cool, oxygenated waters. The Department of Ecology (Ecology) coordinated the collection of water quality data in support of the United States Geological Survey’s continuous water quality monitoring conducted at several Lower Yakima River locations in 2022 and 2023. The United States Bureau of Reclamation, along with the Yakima Basin Integrated Plan and Benton Conservation District, sponsored the USGS water quality monitoring gages to provide calibration data to construct a water quality model that simulates water temperature and DO. The model will assess different water management strategies to improve fish migration in the Yakima River corridor. This report only summarizes laboratory and field water quality data collected by Ecology to support the continuous water quality monitoring by the USGS. The USGS data are available from USGS databases. Ecology data were uploaded to Ecology’s Environmental Information Management (EIM) database. This Ecology data summary includes a quality assurance evaluation of the data and their proper qualification. The objectives of the Ecology study were: • Biweekly sampling (2022) and monthly sampling (2023) of suspended solids, turbidity, nutrients, organic carbon, and alkalinity in the Lower Yakima River mainstem. • Monitoring continuous (diel) temperature, turbidity, and DO at select stations. • Submitting results of monitoring into Ecology’s EIM database, as appropriate. |
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| Contact | EAP Publications Coordinator at 564-669-3028 or EAPpubs@ecy.wa.gov | ||||
| Keywords | Yakima River Basin, water temperature, Yakima River, fish, river, dissolved oxygen, USGS, USBR | ||||
| WATERSHED | Water Resource Inventory Area 37 Lower Yakima | ||||
| DATA | Environmental Information Management (EIM) #Jica0006 |
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| RELATED PUBLICATIONS | Title:
Quality Assurance Project Plan: Lower Yakima River Monitoring to Support Continuous Water Quality Gaging |
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