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What’s ahead: 2004

Results of the SWPBA Survey: 1996 vs. 2004 vs. 2012 Lisa Huff- ADEM (with lots of help from current SWPBA members) November 14, 2012 . What’s ahead: 2004. Refinement of wadeable indicators and reference conditions Assess water quality Support management decisions

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What’s ahead: 2004

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  1. Results of the SWPBA Survey:1996 vs. 2004 vs. 2012Lisa Huff- ADEM(with lots of help from current SWPBA members)November 14, 2012 adem.alabama.gov

  2. What’s ahead: 2004 • Refinement of wadeable indicators and reference conditions • Assess water quality • Support management decisions • Assess criteria compliance • Evaluate program effectiveness • Develop, adopt or revise water quality standards • Develop criteria and indicators • Periphytonbioassessments • Nonwadeablebioassessment methods and indicators

  3. The Cordulegeezer adem.alabama.gov

  4. Who’s the Cordulegeezer NOW?! Old Fart Retirement Party! SWPBA – 2019 Be there or be Square!! adem.alabama.gov

  5. SWPBA Survey: 1996 vs. 2004 vs. 2012 Four Basic Questions: • Number and type of bioassessments conducted • Where we are conducting bioassessments • Why we are conducting bioassessments • Number and experience of biologists adem.alabama.gov

  6. SWPBA Survey: 1996 vs. 2004 vs. 2012 Bioassessment Tools • Macroinvertebrate Assessments • Screening/Biorecon • Intensive • Fish IBI • Periphyton • Diatom Community Assessments • Rapid Periphyton Survey • PeriphytonChl a • Phytoplankton • Zooplankton • Water column Chla • Amphibian Surveys • Plant Community Surveys adem.alabama.gov

  7. SWPBA Survey: 1996 vs. 2004 vs. 2012 Waterbodies Assessed • Wadeable streams and rivers • Nonwadeable streams and rivers • Lakes, reservoirs, and ponds • Wetlands • Other • Springs • Estuaries • Headwaters adem.alabama.gov

  8. SWPBA Survey: 1996 vs. 2004 vs. 2012 Bioassessment Objectives • Reference • Training/Method Development • QA/QC • Longterm Ambient • Probabilistic • Use support/problem identification • TMDL Investigations • Point Source Surveys/Compliance/Demos • NPS Intensive Surveys/Demo Studies • Other • Anti-degradation Studies • Complaint Investigations • Headwater Criteria Development • Conductivity/Mining Studies adem.alabama.gov

  9. SWPBA Survey: 1996 vs. 2004 vs. 2012 Biologist Experience • 1-5 years • 6-10 years • 11-15 years • 16-20 years • >20 years adem.alabama.gov

  10. SWPBA Survey: 1996 vs. 2004 vs. 2012 Difficulties! adem.alabama.gov

  11. SWPBA Survey: 1996 vs. 2004 vs. 2012 Difficulties! • Different people completing the survey adem.alabama.gov

  12. SWPBA Survey: 1996 vs. 2004 vs. 2012 Difficulties: • Different people completing the survey • Same people completing the survey adem.alabama.gov

  13. SWPBA Survey: 1996 vs. 2004 vs. 2012 Difficulties: • Different people completing the survey • Same people completing the survey • Incomplete information adem.alabama.gov

  14. Total number of bioassessments in Region 4 adem.alabama.gov

  15. Bioassessments by Waterbody Type adem.alabama.gov

  16. Bioassessment by Waterbody adem.alabama.gov

  17. Bioassessments by Objective adem.alabama.gov

  18. # Biologists Average Experience adem.alabama.gov

  19. Accomplishments: 2004-2012 • 4 additional states conducting periphyton assessments and identifying diatoms • 3 additional states working in nonwadeable streams and rivers • 4 states working in wetlands • Refinement of indices for wadeable streams and rivers • Database development • Increase in collection of data that meets multiple objectives adem.alabama.gov

  20. What’s Ahead: 2012 • Indicator and method development • Nonwadeable streams and rivers • Wetlands • Lakes and reservoirs? • Estimate overall water quality • Assess trends in water quality adem.alabama.gov

  21. What’s Ahead: 2012The “maybe so, maybe so” initiatives • Indicator and method development • Nonwadeable streams and rivers • Wetlands • Lakes and reservoirs? • Estimate overall water quality • Assess trends in water quality • Refinement of indices and reference conditions • Highly disturbed areas • Shared ecoregions • Development WQ Criteria and Standards • Biological condition gradients • Tiered aquatic life uses • Protection of healthy watersheds? adem.alabama.gov

  22. Many thanks to: adem.alabama.gov

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