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NRCS and Edge of Field Water Quality Monitoring

NRCS and Edge of Field Water Quality Monitoring. Edward Henry and Rebecca Donegan NRCS-NY. Purposes. Evaluate Conservation Practice (BMP) Effectiveness Field Scale Model Calibration Adaptive Management. Data Collection and Evaluation (201). Monitoring Design and Monitoring Plan

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NRCS and Edge of Field Water Quality Monitoring

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  1. NRCS and Edge of Field Water Quality Monitoring • Edward Henry and Rebecca Donegan • NRCS-NY

  2. Purposes • Evaluate Conservation Practice (BMP)Effectiveness • Field Scale Model Calibration • Adaptive Management

  3. Data Collection and Evaluation (201) • Monitoring Design and Monitoring Plan • Quality Assurance Project Plan • Reporting Requirements

  4. System Installation (202) • Equipment Specifications • Reporting Requirements Don Meals, Stone Environmental, Inc.

  5. What are we monitoring? • Surface • Irrigation surface • Drain Tile Outlets • Denitrifying Bioreactors • NOT Groundwater • Minimum Analysis Requirements • Nitrogen • Phosphorus • Sediment Willsometer

  6. Where are we monitoring? Chesapeake Bay Watershed

  7. Lake Champlain Watershed

  8. Monitoring Design: Paired Watershed Approach Control Treatment • Baseline Period Same initial conditions monitor for one crop rotation cycle Station A Station B Figure 4-4 National Water Quality Handbook, USDA-NRCS, 2003. Slide 8

  9. Monitoring Design: Paired Watershed Approach Control Baseline Period -Same initial conditions -Monitor for one crop rotation cycle • WQ Monitoring Period • -Apply practice(s) to the treatment site • -Monitor for two crop rotation cycles Station B Station A Figure 4-4 National Water Quality Handbook, USDA-NRCS, 2003. Slide 9

  10. Monitoring Design: Above and Below Approach - Same conditions apply Slide 10

  11. Edge-of-Field Site Selection Criteria • Well-defined drainage pattern with single outlet • Receive no runoff input from adjacent land • Drain ≥ 3 ac, within ±5 ac in size • Ensure land control for contract term • Make sure accessible in wet weather • Equipment should not interfere with farming operations • Blends into the landscape (reduce vandalism)

  12. Support Practices • What participants can do to treat their site enrolled in this programs: • - Cover Crop, Nutrient Management, Diversion, Filter Strip, Riparian Buffer, Residue Management, Grassed Waterway.

  13. Funding • NY is eligible for: • A part of the $1M pool for Lake Champlain, which includes VT and NY. • A part of the $1M pool for Chesapeake Bay watershed, which includes MD, PA, VA, WV, NY, DE

  14. Critical Dates for Sign-up • Applications accepted through June 14, 2013 • Applications ranked by July 5, 2013 • Application selected for funding July 26, 2013 • Contracts obligated by August 26, 2013 • *All eligibility requirements for EQIP apply

  15. NRCS Contacts Becky Donegan, EQIP Program Manager rebecca.donegan@ny.usda.gov 315-477-6508 Jan Surface, ASTC-Water Resources jan.surface@ny.usda.gov 607-865-7090

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