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January 2011. NCDWQ Monitoring Sites. DWQ Monitoring in Upper Neuse. Generally part of overall statewide assessment Fish tissue Macroinvertebrates Fish community Statewide + Falls Lake-specific Ambient monitoring Lakes monitoring. DWQ Monitoring in Upper Neuse. Falls Lake
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January 2011 NCDWQ Monitoring Sites
DWQ Monitoring in Upper Neuse • Generally part of overall statewide assessment • Fish tissue • Macroinvertebrates • Fish community • Statewide + Falls Lake-specific • Ambient monitoring • Lakes monitoring
DWQ Monitoring in Upper Neuse • Falls Lake • Locations based on original findings of impairment • Track WQ improvements • Assess use support • Meet requirements of Falls rules • Falls Lake watershed • Locations based on load reduction requirements in rules • Calculate actual load reductions • Assess use support • Meet requirements of Falls rules
DWQ Monitoring in Upper Neuse • “How flexible is your program?” • Not very. • “Do you have the time, staff, & resources to expand it?” • Surely you can’t be serious. • “I am serious. And don’t call me Shirley.”
DWQ Monitoring in Upper Neuse • What about groundwater? • Historical and public water supply wells • No current groundwater quality monitoring wells