Lower Payette River WAG

Watershed advisory groups (WAGs) 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 Lower Payette River WAG was formed in 1995. The Lower Payette River Subbasin Assessment and Total Maximum Daily Load was developed, submitted to EPA for review, and subsequently approved by EPA in May 2000. An additional TMDL was developed and approved by EPA in October 2003 (Bissel Creek). An addendum was approved in July 2008. A Five-Year Review was completed in February 2010.

Next Scheduled Meeting Date

TBD

WAG Review Documents

Technical Reports and Scientific Literature

Channel Suspended Sediment and Fisheries: A Synthesis for Quantitative Assessment of Risk and Impact (Newcombe and Jensen, 1996)
Little Willow Creek Water Quality Monitoring Report: April through October, 2007 (April 2008)
Biological Effects of Fine Sediment in the Lotic Environment, Paul J. Wood and Patrick D. Armitage
The Biological Effects of Suspended and Bedded Sediment (SABS) in Aquatic Systems: A Review, Walter Berry, Norman Rubenstein, Brian Melzian, and Brian Hill
Developing Water Quality Criteria for Suspended and Bedded Sediments (SABS) (U.S. EPA)
Direct and indirect effects of sediment pulse duration on stream invertebrate assemblages and rainbow trout and survival, E. Shaw and John Richardson
Ecological Studies of Aquatic Organisms in the Mackenzie and Porcupine River Drainages in Relation to Sedimentation (Rosenberg and Snow)
The Effect of Inorganic Sediment on Stream Biota (Gammon)
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
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 Inorganic Sediment Effects on Stream Macroinvertebrates, Christina D. Relyea
Fine-Grained Sediment in River Systems: Environmental Significance and Management Issues, P.N. Owens et al
Guide to Selection of Sediment Targets for Use in Idaho TMDLs (DEQ)
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
Monitoring Discharge and Suspended Sediment, Reynolds Creek Experimental Watershed, Idaho, USA, Frederick B. Pierson, Charles W. Slaughter, and Zane K. Cram
Protecting sediment-sensitive aquatic species in mountain streams through the application of biologically based streambed sediment criteria, Sandra Bryce, Gregg Lomnicky, and Phillip Kaufmann
Review of UKTAG Proposed Standard for Suspended Solids (APEM Aquatic Scientists)
Stream Insects as Bioindicators of Fine Sediment, Christina Relyea, G. Wayne Minshall, and Robert Danehy
Suspended Solids and Turbidity Requirements of Freshwater Aquatic Life and Example Relationship Between TSS (mg/L) and Turbidity (NTUs) for a Treated Municipal Effluent (Robertson-Bryan)
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

Previous Meetings

Date: Materials
January 30, 2013: Agenda (draft); Potential Natural Vegetation Temperature TMDLs (DEQ presentation)
TMDL Development for Little Willow Creek (DEQ presentation)
October 31, 2012: Draft Agenda; TMDL Development for Little Willow Creek (DEQ presentation)
Little Willow Creek Total Maximum Daily Loads Draft Strategy Paper
November 2, 2011: Minutes (draft)
Agenda
Attendance List
2007 ISDA Data Handout
Conceptual Approach Report Handout
Irrigation System Map Handout
June 17, 2010: Minutes

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