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Design Group Meeting

Yesterday's overview of progress presented by key members in the water quality monitoring council, discussing issues, objectives, and next steps for the National Monitoring Network. Focus on core indicators, management questions, and resources of primary concern.

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Design Group Meeting

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  1. Design Group Meeting • Full National Water Quality Monitoring Council • Overview Presented yesterday • Extended context to bring to today’s discussions • Next steps

  2. Yesterday’sOverview of Progress

  3. Jeffrey L. Armstrong Orange County Sanitation Distric Tyler Baker TVA Jerad Bales USGS David Bayne Auburn University Joe Boyer Florida International University Charles Dvorsky Texas Don Dycus Tennessee Valley Authority Art Garceau Indiana George Harman Maryland Mike Hemsley Ocean.US Steven R. Johnston Galveston Bay Estuary Program Steve Jordan EPA Ron Klein Alaska Chris Knopp U.S. Forest Service Design Workgroup

  4. Alfred Korndoerfer, Jr. New Jersey Gail Mallard FED-U.S. Geological Survey Thomas C. Malone IOOS Dan McKenzie EPA Brian D. Melzian, Ph.D. EPA Tony Olsen EPA Steven G. Paulsen, Ph.D. EPA Robert P. Schreiber ASCE Gene Lynn Sisk Alabama GeneTurner & Eric Swenson Louisiana State University Robert Ward Colorado State University Dave Whitall, Ph.D. NOAA Design Workgroup

  5. Oxygen depletion Nutrient enrichment Toxic contamination Sedimentation Harmful algal blooms Habitat degradation Invasions by exotic species Status of coastal habitats Sources and quantities of marine debris Coral communities Issues From Chapter 15

  6. Conceptual models Can Help Structure • Defined in some (often tacit) conceptual model Sources Causes Issue Primary Effects Secondary Effects

  7. Exclusive Economic Zones

  8. National Estuary Programs

  9. NERR: small blue in Delaware Bay

  10. NCA Estuary and Marine

  11. NPS: Assateague Island (pink)

  12. HUC Regions

  13. HUC Subregions (4-digit): coastal

  14. HUC 6-digit: coastal

  15. HUC 8-digit: Gulf Coast

  16. HUC 8-digit: rivers in one

  17. Swenson Matrix Coverage • Exclusive Economic Zone • Estuaries • Ocean- State & Territorial • Rivers • Level 1 • Level 2 • Level 3 • Level 4 • S. Jordan’s Parameter List

  18. Conclusion We have • Large, diverse group • Concurrence on objectives • Stuctures are evolving • Swenson Matrix • Parameter list • GIS coverages

  19. Extended Council Context for the NMN Design • Management Questions • Objectives • Environments • Resources of Primary Concern • Stressors affecting resources • Core Indicators List • Specific locations for measurement of core indicators

  20. Management Questions • What is the condition of the Nation’s surface, ground, estuarine, and coastal waters? • Where, how, and why are water-quality conditions changing over time? • Where are the problems related to water quality? What is causing the problems? • Are programs to prevent or remediate problems working effectively? • Are water-quality goals and standards being met? • What research activities are needed to support these important resources?

  21. Objectives of the National Monitoring Network 1. Define status and trends of key water quality parameters and conditions on a nationwide basis. 2. Provide data relevant to determining whether goals, standards, and resource management objectives are being met, thus contributing to sustainable and beneficial use of coastal and inland water resources. 3. Provide data to identify and rank existing and emerging problems to help target more intensive monitoring, preventive actions, or remediation. 4. Provide data to support and define coastal oceanographic and hydrologic research, including influences of freshwater inflows. 5. Provide quality-assured data for use in the preparation of interpretive reports and educational materials.

  22. The Five Environments (Recognition that we cannot measure the entire resource) • Major river systems and major tributaries of those primary drainages (HUC 8?) • Estuaries • Outlets of major estuaries and bays • Near-shore coastal zone • Regional aquifers

  23. Resources of Primary Concern • Aquatic life in each of the components we have identified • Human use of water (recognize that a national monitoring network will not address drinking water at the tap)

  24. Stressors Affecting Resources • Oxygen depletion • Nutrient enrichment • Toxic contamination • Sedimentation • Harmful algal blooms • Habitat degradation • Invasions by exotic species

  25. Core Indicator List Indicators appropriate to each of the: • resources, • waterbody types, • objectives, and • management questions

  26. Continuing Coordination • Inventory Workgroup needs to confirm your approach to plan its work • Methods and Comparability is now established, and seeks liaison

  27. Next Steps • Discuss and link Management questions to the reporting envisioned in the 5 objectives • Focusing on indicators for: • Resources of Primary Concern • The Five Environments • The Stressors Affecting Resources

  28. More Next Steps 3. Summarize progress for the May 12th SWAQ progress report 4. Prepare for the July Council Meeting

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