Alum Creek Research Project

Scott FennamaAndrew Hill

Cassandra WoodwardPatrick Freeze

Ashley Reid

Overview Ashley

• Alum Creek– Land uses– Sources of flow– Potential influences on water quality

• Water Quality Problems (303(d) listing)

• Our investigations– What we did and how

• Conclusions and recommendations

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Water Quality Problems: 303(d)(Cassandra)

• What is the 303(d) list• Chemicals of concern• Standards (state of NV)• Who tests• Where the tests were done• What they showed

Our investigations (Andrew)

• What we did– Chemistry survey (TMWRF, YSI)– Microbiological– Flow– Soil moisture– Piezometers– Rain gages

• When we did it

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pH to Distance

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Results

• TMWRF

Chemistry survey

• Picture of YSI

Conclusions and recommendations

• Changes with downstream distance– increases in E. coli numbers– Increased flow– Increased temperature, pH – Chemistry results?

• Changes with flow regime– Difference in E. coli numbers– Chemistry results?

Potential Sources

Acknowledgements

• City of Reno (Lynell Garfield)• Caughlin Ranch Homeowner’s

Association (Randy and Mike Trubell)• Truckee Meadows Water Reclamation

Facility

Alum Creek

• Watershed map