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Pennsylvania’s
DEPARTMENT of ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION and
WATER QUALITY MONITORING PROGRAM
presented by
TONY SHAW
National Water Quality Monitoring Council Meeting
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania July 24-26, 2007
Population Centers of Pennsylvania
Topography of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvanian Environmental Personalities GIFFORD PINCHOT (1865-1946) • America's First Forester,
• “First Conservationist”
• First Director of US Forest Service
• Two term Governor of Pennsylvania
• Gray Towers Mansion
• Gifford Pinchot National Forest
• Gifford Pinchot State Park
J. HORACE McFARLAND (1859-1948)• Native of Juniata County, PA• “Father” of the National Park Service • “City beautiful" and preservation movement
Pennsylvanian Environmental Personalities
RACHEL CARSON (1907- 1964) • Native of Allegheny County, PA
• “Silent Spring”
NED SMITH (1919 –1985) • Native of Dauphin County, PA
• Naturalist, Wildlife Artist and illustrator of magazines, books, wildlife prints
Dr . MAURICE K. GODDARD(1912-1995)
Director - PSU School of Forest Resources
Secretary – PA Department of Forests and Waters - - - - -> PA Department of Environmental Resources . . . a merger of
Forests &Waters and Mines & Mineral Industries,
Pennsylvanian Environmental Personalities
and absorbed some duties performed by the Departments of Agriculture, Health, Labor and Industry, and the State Planning Board.
Goal: a park or forest recreation facility within 25 miles of most PA citizens.
Civil Service Status: to professional staff . . . . shielding them from being removed for political reasons
Parks
Forests
T opo & G eologic Survey
O thers
Resource M anagement
AIR
M IN IN G
O IL & G AS
R AD IATIO N PR O TEC TION
W ASTE M AN AGEM ENT
D rinking W ater Program s
B each/Poolinspection
O TH ER S
C O M M EN VIR O N C O N TR OL
M O N ITO R IN GASSESSM ENTR EPO R TIN G
STAN D AR DS PER M ITTIN GO PER ATIO N SC O M PLIAN CE
N PD ES
W ater Quality M gmt
Regulatory M anagement
ENVIRONM ENTAL RESOURCESDER
W ASTE, AIR, R AD IATION
M IN IN G , O IL & G AS
AD M IN ISTR ATION
EN ER G Y & TEC H
M O N ITO R IN G STAN D AR DS ASSESSM ENT
W Q STAN D AR DS PER M ITTIN GN PD ES
D R IN K IN G W ATER Program s
W ATER Q U ALITY PR O G R AM S
O TH ER LAK ESW ETLAN DS
C ITIZEN VO LU N TEERN O N PO IN T
W ATER SHED M ANAG EM ENT
W ATER PLAN N ING
W ATER W AYS EN G IN EER ING
W ATER M ANAGEM ENT
NORTH EAST
NORTH CENTRAL
NORTH W EST
SOUTH EAST
SOUTH CENTRAL
SOUTH W EST
FIELD OPERATIONS
ENVIRONM ENTAL PROTECTIONDEP
CONSERVATION &NATURAL RESOURCES
DCNR
O LD DER
WQM
WQM
WQM
WQM
WSM
WSM
Topography of Pennsylvania
Physiographic Provinces of Pennsylvania
Physiographic Sections of Pennsylvania
Major River Basins
Oil, Gas, & Coal Fields
Pennsylvania Land Cover
Public Lands in Pennsylvania
Streams with Antidegradation Special Protection
Elements of Pennsylvania’s
Monitoring and Assessment Program
Division of Water Quality Standards
Bureau of Water Standards & Facility Regulation
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
Streams,
Lakes and Reservoirs,
Groundwater,
Wetlands,
• Estuarine and Coastal Waters
MONITOR and ASSESS “ALL WATERS / ALL USES”
Streams, Lakes, Reservoirs
• Surface Water Quality Monitoring Network (WQN)
• Statewide Surface Waters Assessments > Statewide Surface Waters Assessment Program
> Instream Comprehensive Evaluations (ICE) • Aquatic Life Special Water Quality Protection
Surveys • Cause/Effect Compliance Surveys • Use Attainability Studies • Lake Surveys
Surface Water Quality Monitoring Network (WQN)
~ 160 stations – Rivers, Streams, Lakes: to monitor water quality conditions on a broad scale
Major Streams & Rivers - Trend Analyses
Minimally Disturbed Streams - Reference Conditions
Lakes with public access - 5 year rotating cycle
Chesapeake Bay - Selected locations to monitor nutrient and sediment loading
Water Quality Network Stations
1997 - 2006 Station Map1997 - 2006
17,000+
Statewide Surface Waters Assessment Program (SSWAP)
1997 – 2006 Miles Assessed Map1997 - 2006
83,000+
6 RO Basins & Stations
Instream Comprehensive Evaluations (ICE)
SCRO Primary & Backup Sites
• Groundwater MonitoringWas implemented on a limited statewide scale. Now ~ inactive due to personnel and funding losses
Recent activity with the USGS in formulating a statewide, probabilistic monitoring design.
• Wetlands Monitoring in a “pilot project” phase . . . ~ 1/5 of the State was assessed using a probabilistic study design – needs program
commitment and long term funding
• Estuarine and Coastal Waters PA coastal waters are very small: Lake Erie shoreline (63 miles) and the Delaware Estuary (57 shoreline miles and 17 square miles).
Coastal Zone Management, Delaware Estuary Program
PROTECTED USES
Aquatic Life• Warm Water Fishes (WWF)• Cold Water Fishes (CWF)• Trout Stocking (TSF)• Migratory Fishes (MF)
Special Protection • High Quality Waters (HQ)• Exceptional Value Waters (EV)
Water Supply• Potable Water Supply (PWS)
Recreation• Water Contact Sports (WC)
Fish Consumption• Fishing (F)
• Special Protection (Antidegradation) > Macroinvertebrate Biological Condition
Score used to define High Quality & Exceptional Value Waters
• Specific Stream Habitat Benthic IBIs > Coldwater “Freestone” (summer and
non-summer indices) > Limestone streams
> Low-Gradient
• Fish IBI Development > Ohio Basin IBI development > Atlantic Slope IBI development & Ohio &
Atlantic IBI verification (REMAP)
Biological Metrics Assessment Tools
WATERBODY MONITORING ASSESSMENT305b/303d Reporting
STREAMS
Wadeable freestoneYES
Benthic IBIYES
Wadeable warm water YES
Benthic IBIfish IBI under development
YES
LimestoneYES
NEW benthic IBIYES
Low GradientYES
NEW benthic IBIYES
RiversLIMITED
WQN, fish advisories YES
LAKES ROTATING
FISH, MACROPHYTESunder protocol development
YES
GROUNDWATER VERY LIMITEDWQ CHEMISTRY
NO
WETLANDS NOPILOT PHASE
NO
COASTAL& ESTUARIES
NO
DEVELOPMENT PROJECT REVIEWSPECIAL DELEP
PROJECTS
?
Tony Shaw [email protected] 717-787-9637
Water Standards & Facility RegulationDepartment of Environmental ProtectionRachel Carson State Office Building400 Market Street, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8467
Basic Initiatives influencing our WQ activities since the mid-1990s :
• Development of Numerical “Biocriteria”
- Various Indices of Biotic Integrity (IBIs)
• Statewide Surface Water Assessment Program (SSWAP) 1997 – 2006 - Legal agreement to assess all wadeable surface
waters ~ 86,000 + stream miles
Pennsylvania’s Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment Program