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Description of Work U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is identifying the types and locations of emerging and legacy toxic contaminants in the water and sediments at 59 major tributaries to the Great Lakes (including many Area of Concern sites). This information is needed to help prioritize watersheds for restoration, develop strategies to reduce contaminants, and measure the success of those efforts in meeting restoration goals. The USGS contaminant and virus tributary monitoring network follows the National Monitoring Network for Coastal Waters design. The monitoring effort includes collecting emerging contaminant samples at 17 sites, a subset of the 30 nutrient monitoring sites; and for human viruses and other waterborne...
Categories: Project;
Types: Map Service,
OGC WFS Layer,
OGC WMS Layer,
OGC WMS Service;
Tags: Emerging contaminants,
GLRI,
Great Lakes Restoration Initiative,
Great Lakes Restoration Initiative,
Great Lakes Tributaries, All tags...
Lake,
Lake:Lake Erie,
Lake:Lake Huron,
Lake:Lake Michigan,
Lake:Lake Ontario,
Lake:Lake St. Clair,
Lake:Lake Superior,
Legacy contaminants,
National Monitoring Network,
Template 78,
Toxic Substances,
Trace organic contaminants,
Uploaded in Batch,
Wastewater contamination,
Waterborn pathogens,
toxic contaminants, Fewer tags
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Description of Work Benthos (benthic invertebrate) and plankton (phytoplankton/zooplankton) communities in Wisconsin's four Lake Michigan Areas of Concern (AOCs; Menominee River, Lower Green Bay and Fox River, Sheboygan River, and Milwaukee Estuary) and six non-AOCs will be quantified. The inclusion of non-AOC sites will allow comparison of AOC sites to relatively-unimpacted or less-impacted control sites with natural physical and chemical characteristics that are as close as possible to that of the AOCs. The community data within and between the AOCs and non-AOCs will be analyzed. This project is a cooperative agreement between the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) and the US Geological Survey (USGS)....
Categories: Project;
Types: Map Service,
OGC WFS Layer,
OGC WMS Layer,
OGC WMS Service;
Tags: AOC,
Areas of concern,
Beneficial use impairment,
Ecosystem health,
Fox River, All tags...
GLRI,
Great Lakes Restoration Initiative,
Great Lakes Restoration Initiative,
Green Bay,
Lake,
Lake:Lake Michigan,
Menominee River,
Milwaukee Estuary,
Sheboygan River,
Toxic Substances,
Watershed,
Watershed:Lake Michigan Basin,
benthos,
invertebrates,
phytoplankton,
plankton, Fewer tags
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Description of Work U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) scientists collect real-time, near-real-time, and synoptic flow and water-quality data (sediment and nutrients) from tributaries to the Great Lakes. The data provide baseline information to assess effectiveness of restoration and land management activities. Thirty of the 59 major downstream flow gages are continuously operating for water-quality samplings at these sites (number of sites reduced to 25 effective June 30, 2013). The work builds on current USGS monitoring efforts and those of partners in the Great Lakes. The results of this effort will provide information on nutrient and sediment loads and measure the effectiveness of restoration efforts in selected...
Categories: Project;
Tags: GLRI,
Great Lakes Restoration Initiative,
Great Lakes Restoration Initiative,
Nearshore Health,
Template 76, All tags...
Uploaded in Batch,
continuous monitoring,
nutrients,
suspended sediment,
water quality, Fewer tags
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Description of Work USGS scientists will develop support to State partners for the removal of Beneficial Use Impairments (BUIs) such as fish consumption advisories, fish tumor presence, Eutrophication and unwanted algae, drinking water problems, beach health, and concentrations of PCBs in lake trout and walleyes. Areas of Concern (AOC) principles and guidelines were developed as an initial reference point from which appropriate restoration criteria could be developed. Stage 2 Remedial Action Plans (RAPs) were developed for each of these AOCs to address impairments to any one of 14 beneficial uses associated with these areas. Specific remediation actions are completed in order to restore the beneficial use. When...
Categories: Project;
Types: Map Service,
OGC WFS Layer,
OGC WMS Layer,
OGC WMS Service;
Tags: Areas of concern,
Beneficial use impairment,
Ecosystem health,
GLRI,
Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, All tags...
Great Lakes Restoration Initiative,
Human health,
Lake,
Lake:Lake Erie,
Lake:Lake Huron,
Lake:Lake Michigan,
Lake:Lake Ontario,
Lake:Lake St. Clair,
Lake:Lake Superior,
Mercury,
Pollution event,
Storm event,
Template 384,
Toxic Substances,
Uploaded in Batch,
Wastewater contamination,
optical properties of water,
waterborne pathogens, Fewer tags
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Description of Work U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) provided a one-week training course for ''Geomorphic Analysis of Fluvial Systems'' to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and other state and local agencies in Chicago. This provided an introduction to the concepts of how stream channels change over time due to natural and human-caused changes in the watershed. This training assisted managers in understanding the goals and limits of stream restoration specific to Great Lakes streams. Much of the training centered on sediment movement in channels and also was applicable to EPA managers working on clean-sediment TMDLs and nutrient-sediment interactions.
Categories: Project;
Tags: Assessment,
Beneficial use impairment,
Climate change,
Deposition,
Ecosystem health, All tags...
Erosion,
GLRI,
Geomorphology,
Great Lakes Restoration Initiative,
Great Lakes Restoration Initiative,
Hydraulics,
Impaired waters/TMDLs,
Nearshore Health,
Priority watersheds,
Regional,
River adjustments,
Sediment transport,
Sedimentation,
Streams,
Template 137,
Training,
Uploaded in Batch, Fewer tags
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