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Hydrosapiens

Hydrosapiens. GIV eSAT of Vermont: Water Group 2013 Ben DeJong , Nina Brundage , Caitlin Beaudet , Julie Rickner , Mariah Ollive , Hannah VanGuilder , Heather McCabe,Carly Brown, Ian Browning, Jack Cinque, Alexander Cotnoir.

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Hydrosapiens

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  1. Hydrosapiens GIV eSATof Vermont: Water Group 2013 Ben DeJong, Nina Brundage, Caitlin Beaudet, Julie Rickner, Mariah Ollive, Hannah VanGuilder, Heather McCabe,CarlyBrown, Ian Browning, Jack Cinque, Alexander Cotnoir

  2. Clear Water Revival:A case study in the Greater Burlington Area

  3. Research Field Days June 24: Field Day at Centennial Brook(Urban) June 25: Field Day at the Mill Brook (Rural) Research Question: Can we determine the relative health of urban and rural streams using a combined physical, biological, and chemical approach?

  4. Locations:

  5. Centennial Brook Drainage Basin: 0.34 mi2

  6. Mill Brook Entire Mill Brook Watershed: 16.3 mi2 Drainage Basin for sampled location at Mill Brook: 4.95 mi2

  7. Location Comparison

  8. Methods: Physical Biological Chemical

  9. Physical

  10. Stream Characteristics Light Meter Strength Exposure

  11. Habitat Assessment Epifaunal substrate and available cover Sediment deposition Embeddedness and size of cobbles Human Alteration Riparian Vegetative Zone Width Frequency of riffles Velocity to depth comparison Area of channel flow Bank Vegetative Protection Bank Stability

  12. Stream Geometry Velocity (m/s) Width (m) Depth (m) Discharge (m3/s)

  13. Biological

  14. Sampling Methods Direct Water Samples Macro Invertebrate Sampling Dump and Rinse Net Repeat 3 times

  15. Macro Invertebrate Identification Count and Identify Macro Invertebrate in water sample Identifying characteristics Determine the group and sub-group of each organism Tally records

  16. Chemical

  17. Properties Dissolved Oxygen Meter: Oxygen Levels HACH Meter: Nitrate and Phosphate Levels Pollution pH: Acidity

  18. Data

  19. Physical Results

  20. Mill Brook Sunny and humid Dirt road visible from stream Located in rural mountain area Noisier, wider width Evidence of wildlife Terrace formations Evidence of creeping Fence separating nearby shooting range Centennial Brook Sunny and humid Paved roads by entrance of woods Located in populated valley area Riparian zones, meandering river Evidence of recent rain Vegetated banks Evidence of wildlife Visual Observations

  21. Habitat Assessment Data

  22. River Cross Sections and Discharge Mill Brook Cross Section Downstream

  23. Sunlight Comparison

  24. Biological Results

  25. MultimetricIndex Metric Organisms

  26. SEM

  27. Chemical Results

  28. Chemical Properties Nitrogen and Phosphorous Levels

  29. Concluding Results Physical Biological Optimal Sub Optimal Marginal Chemical • Higher phosphorous and nitrogen levels in Centennial • Higher oxygen percent in Mill Brook

  30. Conclusion The Hydrosapienshave determined we can use physical, chemical and biological approaches to determine the health of urban and rural streams.

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