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OSSPEEC Surface Water Quality / Quantity Projects

Addressing community-defined needs in surface water quality and quantity on the Pine Ridge Reservation through partnerships, research, and practical solutions.

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OSSPEEC Surface Water Quality / Quantity Projects

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  1. OSSPEEC Surface Water Quality / Quantity Projects Charles Jason Tinant OSSPEEC Project Director – OLC PhD Candidate Earth Science MS Water Resources Engineering BS Geological Engineering

  2. Community-Defined Needs in Surface Water Quality & Quantity • Many community concerns on the Pine Ridge Reservation are centered around water – Questions of Sustainability • Drinking Water Quality • Is the water safe to drink? • Stream Health • How is the environment around me changing? • Long-term Availability • Mni Wiconi / Treaty Rights regarding the Missouri River Compact White River near Badlands Visitor Center – zero flow condition on July 23, 2012

  3. OSSPEEC Partnerships with Community Agencies around Water • OST Environmental Protection Program • Non-point Source Monitoring / Analysis (Tinant, Benning – SDSMT, Kenner – SDSMT) • Natural Resources Regulatory Agency • Well-drilling (Schwalm – OLC) • Hydrogeology (Sawyer - SDSMT, Sanovia - OLC) • Water budget development (Tinant) • OST Rural Water • Existing relationship with SDSU in water distribution research (Beck – SDSU Civil Engineering) • Thunder Valley Development Agency • Floodplain modeling (Tinant) • Design of net-zero water / wastewater treatment (Berdanier, Fick, Pyatt – UC Boulder) Dr. Schwalm (OLC), Calvin Cutschall, and James Means drilling core at an abandoned mine in Harding County, SD

  4. Pine Ridge Aquatic Ecology Project (PREP) • Engineering Need: Watershed health defined by analysis of chemical, biological, and physical parameters; • Concrete Experience: Guided WQ and biotic sampling, laboratory analysis; • Observation / Reflection: Analysis of macroinvertebrate data, field data, laboratory data, discussion on the bigger social picture; • Abstract Thinking (cross-disciplinary learning): biogeochemical cycling, anthropogenic perturbation, stability; • Testing Abstract Concepts: Best Management Practice (BMP) design using a systems approach; Jake Fergusson water quality sampling Delaine Peterson and Jake Fergusson sampling macroinvertebrates

  5. Streamflow Event Sampling • Engineering Need: Fecal coliform and sediment identified as impairments in Pine Ridge Reservation streams • Concrete Experience: Storm-water sampling, stream flow measurement, • Observation / Reflection: Capacity building with OST Environmental Protection Program, K-12 Outreach • Vertical integration: Collaborative project with an MS candidate, SDSMT Senior, and OLC freshman • Abstract Concepts: Best Management Practice (BMP) design; storm flows Shane Herrodand Nick Marnach teaching OLC Freshman Engineering and high school students how to measure stream flow.

  6. Practical Irrigable Land Estimation for Pine Ridge Reservation • Engineering Need: OST should quantify future agricultural water needs as part of treaty negotiations with Federal government; • Concrete Experience: Joni Tobacco was formerly Water Director for OST Natural Resources Regulatory Agency; • Abstract Thinking: Modeled PIA from effective rainfall in ArcGIS

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