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North Coast RWQCB Wetland Restoration Case Study: Upper Klamath Basin. Water Quality Coordinating Committee October 3, 2014 Sacramento, CA. Matt St. John, Executive Officer John Corbett, Board Chairman. Upper Klamath Basin Wetland Restoration.
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North Coast RWQCBWetland Restoration Case Study: Upper Klamath Basin Water Quality Coordinating Committee October 3, 2014 Sacramento, CA Matt St. John, Executive Officer John Corbett, Board Chairman
Upper Klamath Basin Wetland Restoration • Upper Klamath Basin accounts ~20% of flow but ~70% of nutrient loading to Klamath River • ~75% of wetlands converted to irrigated agriculture • Wetland restoration is key to TMDL implementation strategy
Klamath Water Quality Improvement Projects Workshop: Conceptual Feasibility Analysis
REHABILITATED WETLANDS ALONG UPPER KLAMATH LAKE, AGENCY LAKE, LAKE EWAUNA, KENO IMPOUNDMENT SEDIMENT P SEQUESTRATION USING ALUM MICRO-FLOC W/AERATION/OXYGENATION DSTWs IN WOOD AND SPRAGUE RIVER VALLEYS TARGETED DREDGING IN UKL & AGENCY LAKE COMBINED W/IN-BASIN SEDIMENT RE-USE
Diffuse Source Wetland Treatment Systems discretionary funding FY 2015/ 2015 matched by CA State Coastal Conservancy • SWRCB $200,000 discretionary funding FY 2015/ 2015 matched by CA State Coastal Conservancy • Klamath Basin Rangeland Trust and Stillwater Sciences • Project Completion Date: Late 2018