Department of
Environmental Quality

Watershed advisory groups (WAGs) are groups of interested citizens that provide local public input and guidance to DEQ during the development of water quality improvement plans or "Total Maximum Daily Loads" (TMDLs) for water bodies that fail to meet water quality standards. TMDLs are designed to reduce the levels of pollutants, such as bacteria and sediment, in impaired water bodies.

The Indian Creek WAG was formed to develop and implement TMDLs to improve water quality in Indian Creek. DEQ will consult with WAG participants on a regular basis throughout the TMDL development and/or five-year review process.

Next Scheduled Meeting Date

To Be Determined
DEQ State Office
Conference Room A
1410 N. Hilton
Boise, ID

Previous Meetings

Date

Topic/Materials

December 5, 2011

Sediment Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) Meeting: Clarification of Water Body Assessment Guidance
Agenda

March 24, 2011

Indian Creek Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) Meeting: Review of Bacteria

April 5, 2011

Indian Creek Stormwater Workgroup Meeting: Indian Creek TMDL stormwater wasteload allocation

April 26, 2011

Indian Creek Stormwater Workgroup Meeting: Indian Creek stormwater load and allocation

Agenda

June 29, 2011

Indian Creek TAC Meeting: Suspended Sediment

Agenda

Review Documents

• Proposed Sediment Targets for Indian Creek (Draft Technical Memorandum prepared by CH2M HILL)
  • EPA Letter Commenting on CH2M Hill Technical Memorandum - 11/01/11
• CH2M Hill Proposed Sediment Calculation
• Water Quality Criteria for Freshwater Fish, J.S. Alabaster and R. Lloyd
• Finely Divided Solids, J.S. Alabaster and R. Lloyd

Sediment Information

• Summary of values used to calculate existing sediment loads in AU 002_04 and AU 003_04 of Indian Creek
• Draft Sediment Daily Variation Analysis

Scientific Research

• Biological Effects of Fine Sediment in the Lotic Environment, Paul J. Wood and Patrick D. Armitage
• Direct and indirect effects of sediment pulse duration on stream invertebrate assemblages and rainbow trout and survival, E. Shaw and John Richardson
• Effect of silt, water and periphyton quality on survival and growth of the mayfly, Edwin Peeters, Bart Brugmans, John Beijer, and Rob Franken
• Effects of Sediment on the Aquatic Environment: Potential NRCS Actions to Improve Aquatic Habitat, Janine Castro and Frank Reckendorf
• Effects of Sedimentation and Turbidity on Lotic Food Webs: A Concise Review for Natural Resource Managers, W.F. Henley, M.A. Patterson, R.J. Neves; and A. Dennis Lemly
• Effects of Sediment Addition on Macrobenthic Invertegrates in a Northern Canadian River, David Rosenberg and Allen Wiens
• Environmental effects of sediment on New Zealand streams: A review, Paddy Ryan
• The Biological Effects of Suspended and Bedded Sediment (SABS) in Aquatic Systems: A Review, Walter Berry, Norman Rubenstein, Brian Melzian, and Brian Hill
• An experimental test of the effects of inorganic sediment addition on benthic macroinvertebrates of a subtropical stream, Marlon de Castro Vasconcelos and Adriano Melo
• Fine-Grained Sediment in River Systems: Environmental Significance and Management Issues, P.N. Owens et al
• Influence of Fine Sediment on Macroinvertebrate Colonization of Surface and Hyporheic Stream Substrates, Carl Richards and Kermit Bacon
• The Influences of Inorganic Sediment on the Aquatic Life of Streams, Almo Cordone and Don Kelley
• Landscapes and Riverscapes: The Influence of Land Use on Stream Ecosystems, J. David Allen
• Literature review: Biotic and abiotic factors affecting the distribution of freshwater macroinvertegrates, Letort Vanessa
• Mayflies and the assessment of ecological integrity: a methodological approach, Ernst Bauernfeind and Otto Moog
• Protecting sediment-sensitive aquatic species in mountain streams through the application of biologically based streambed sediment criteria, Sandra Bryce, Gregg Lomnicky, and Phillip Kaufmann
• Stream Insects as Bioindicators of Fine Sediment, Christina Relyea, G. Wayne Minshall, and Robert Danehy
• Understanding the influence of suspended solids on water quality and aquatic biota, G.S. Bilotta and R.E. Brazier
• Water Purity Standards for Fresh-Water Fishes, J.A. Krug and Albert Day