Trend Notes Places Setting water quality policy, now Numeric Nutrient Endpoints (NNE) North Inlet/Winyah Bay Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDL) Mission-Aransas Narrative Nutrient Endpoints Elkhorn Wells NERR is reference site for water quality More pristine estuaries serve as reference North Inlet/Winyah Bay sites for water quality Concerns Concern Notes Places Concern about other agencies accepting EPA of QA/QC of water Jacques Cousteau ‘certification’ the quality of NERR data quality data project Elkhorn via “Quality assurance Grand Bay plans” Wells Annual renewal fee can be pricey: $1K/year pH checks need to take place every 3 hours SWMP turbidity probe instruments are not the approved equipment list Data may not otherwise be defensible in court, otherwise (per lawyers) Tidal movement complicates pollutant USGS loudest model might help calculate Mission-Aransas load calculations load Elkhorn Data have to go both into CDMO and Often doubles the labor Great Bay State database Elkhorn How do you make SWMP data Municipalities and others are required to Great Bay compatible with other monitoring of how can we assure Elkhorn monitor ‘end pipe’ – networks, to leverage rigorous emergent that these and other efforts are strength in analysis? coordinated? Water quality concerns are not part of the Fecal coliform bacteria North Inlet/Winyah Bay SWMP monitoring system Elkhorn Political concerns about water quality Scale and specificity of data are politically various (unnamed due to regulation sensitive issues political sensitivity) Anti-regulatory sentiments Need community education/ support Communities may not recognize how Great Bay water quality concerns affect their quality Elkhorn of life and economic health Kachemak Bay
Trend Notes Places Setting water quality policy, now Numeric Nutrient Endpoints (NNE) Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDL) Narrative Nutrient Endpoints North Inlet/Winyah Bay Mission-Aransas Elkhorn Wells NERR is reference site for water quality More pristine estuaries serve as reference sites for water quality North Inlet/Winyah Bay Concerns Concern Notes Places Concern about other agencies accepting the quality of NERR data EPA ‘certification’ of QA/QC of water quality data via “Quality assurance project plans” Annual renewal fee can be pricey: $1K/year pH checks need to take place every 3 hours SWMP turbidity probe instruments are not the approved equipment list Data may not otherwise be defensible in court, otherwise (per lawyers) Jacques Cousteau Elkhorn Grand Bay Wells Tidal movement complicates pollutant load calculations USGS loudest model might help calculate load Mission-Aransas Elkhorn Data have to go both into CDMO and State database Often doubles the labor Great Bay Elkhorn How do you make SWMP data compatible with other monitoring networks, to leverage rigorous emergent strength in analysis? Municipalities and others are required to monitor ‘end of pipe’ – how can we assure that these and other efforts are coordinated? Great Bay Elkhorn Water quality concerns are not part of the SWMP monitoring system Fecal coliform bacteria North Inlet/Winyah Bay Elkhorn Political concerns about water quality regulation Scale and specificity of data are politically sensitive issues Anti-regulatory sentiments various (unnamed due to political sensitivity) Need community education/ support Communities may not recognize how water quality concerns affect their quality of life and economic health Great Bay Elkhorn Kachemak Bay
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