WRIA 62 WMP 032305 - Washington State Department of Ecology

March, 2005 TABLE 3-2
WQUAL5-2
WQUAL5-3
WQUAL5-4
WQUAL5-5
Water Quality - Issues, Actions and Responsible Parties
Seek funding for projects that promote the protection and improvement of water quality, including:
a. Projects to review and collect water quality data on WRIA 62 streams where data is lacking or needed.
b. Projects to identify and assess point and non-point sources of impairments, develop and implement restoration /
mitigation plans and monitor effectiveness of clean up efforts.
c. Projects to protect unimpaired / healthy streams.
Identify funding to continue operation of pressure transducers and field water quality monitoring within Calispell,
Davis, Skookum and Kent sub-basins. The Kalispel Tribe will take on the responsibility of maintaining the seven
stream gages (installed during Phase II) and downloading flow information for the Calispell, Davis, Skookum and
Kent sub-basins.
Implementing body
Implementing body, Kalispel
Tribe
Implement the water quality monitoring plan developed in the Phase 2 Level 2 report. The recommendations of
this plan are: 1. Coordinated TMDL development and implementation in WA and ID; 2. Conduct biological and
baseline monitoring in WRIA 62 sub-basins that drain from WA into ID; 3. Conduct temperature studies on the
Pend Oreille River between Box Canyon and Canada; 4. Develop water quality datasets that are comparable
between WRIA 62 waterbodies; 5. Conduct water quality monitoring in sub-basins where population growth is
Implementing body, Ecology
predicted; 6. Develop and implement a stormwater program for urban areas; 7. Recommend Ecology upgrade the
Metaline Falls monitoring site to a core monitoring location; 8. Increase the use of coordinated and comparable
biological monitoring; 9. Require the use of water quality monitoring plans, QAPPs and comparable protocols;
10. Develop a WRIA 62 data management system; 11. Install freeze protection on automated equipment in WRIA
62 tributaries.
Consider any regulations that may help reduce the impacts of population growth on water quality. For example,
recommend that the County consider aquifer recharge areas in Critical Areas Ordinance.
Pend Oreille County
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CODE ISSUE / ACTION
OBLIGATED OR
RESPONSIBLE ENTITY JUSTIFYING STATUTE(S)
WQUAL5: The 303(d) list identifies impaired waterbodies and requires Washington State to work towards cleaning up impaired waterbodies and
establishing TMDLs. However there is a need to identify an appropriate process to protect unimpaired waters in WRIA 62 that meet or exceed applicable
water quality standards.
RCW 90.82.005; RCW
90.82.040 Notes: Findings-2003
1st sp.s.c 4; RCW
90.82.090(2)&(7).
WQUAL5-1
Review Ecology's current water quality assessment and identify waterbodies within WRIA 62 to implement:
a. Projects to review and collect water quality data on WRIA 62 streams where data is lacking or needed.
b. Projects to identify and assess point and non-point sources of impairments, develop and implement restoration / Implementing body
mitigation plans and monitor effectiveness of clean up efforts.
c. Projects to protect unimpaired / healthy streams.
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