WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENT TEchNIQUEs FOR ThE UPPER KLAMATh BAsIN:

F I N A L R E P O R T s E P T E M B E R 4 , 2 0 1 3

A TEchNIcAL WORKshOP ANd PROjEcT cONcEPTUAL dEsIgNs

L O c AT I O N : Klamath River, Oregon & California

F U N d I N g E N T I T I E s : California State Coastal Conservancy, PacifiCorp, State Water Resources Control Board – Training Academy

P R O j E c T s T E E R I N g c O M M I T T E E : California State Coastal Conservancy, PacifiCorp, North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board, State Water Resources Control Board – Training Academy, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (Region 9), U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Survey, Karuk Tribe, Klamath Tribes, Humboldt State University

P R O j E c T T E c h N I c A L T E A M : Atkins, Aquatic Ecosystem Sciences (AES), Natural Systems International (NSI)/Biohabitats, Riverbend Sciences, Stil lwater Sciences, Tetra Tech

R E P O R T d E s I g N A N d L AY O U T: Jones and Trimiew Design

s U g g E s T E d c I TAT I O N : Stillwater Sciences, Jones & Trimiew Design, Atkins, Tetra Tech, Riverbend Sciences, Aquatic Ecosystem Sciences, and NSI/Biohabitats. 2013. Water Quality Improvement Techniques for the Upper Klamath Basin: A Technical Workshop and Project Conceptual Designs. Prepared for California State Coastal Conservancy, Oakland, California

WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENT TEchNIQUEs FOR ThE UPPER KLAMATh BAsIN:

F I N A L R E P O R T s E P T E M B E R 4 , 2 0 1 3

A TEchNIcAL WORKshOP ANd PROjEcT cONcEPTUAL dEsIgNs

North-facing view from the eastern shore of Upper Klamath Lake. Photo: David Garden.

c O N T E N T s N T E N T s

E X E C U T I V E S U M M A R Y i

S E C T I O N 1 : O V E R V I E W A N d B A c K g R O U N d 1

S E C T I O N 2 : W AT E R Q U A L I T Y I M P R O V E M E N T T E c h N I Q U E s E VA L U AT E d AT T h E W O R K s h O P 1 3

S E C T I O N 3 : P I L O T P R O j E c T c O N c E P T U A L d E s I g N s 3 9

d I F F U s E s O U R c E ( d E c E N T R A L I Z E d ) T R E AT M E N T W E T L A N d s 4 1

L A R g E W E T L A N d s 5 1

s E d I M E N T R E M O VA L ( d R E d g I N g ) 6 5

s E d I M E N T s E Q U E s T R AT I O N O F P h O s P h O R U s A N d A E R AT I O N / O X Y g E N AT I O N 7 3

S E C T I O N 4 : L I N K E d T E c h N I Q U E s 8 1

C O N C L U S I O N 8 9