Department of Environmental Quality HomeSearchFeedbackContact UsAccess Idaho
skip nav
About Us
Public Info & Input
Air
Water
Waste
INL Oversight
Maps & Data
Rules & Regs

See Also

Surface Water:
Monitoring and Assessment in Idaho

Surface Water:

Water Quality Standards

Contact DEQ

Regional Office
Water Quality Managers

State Office
Water Quality Division

Michael McIntyre

(208) 373-0570

Surface Water:
Reports and Program Guidance

§401 Certification
Aquaculture/Fish Hatcheries
Beneficial Use Reconnaissance Program (BURP)
Biological Metrics
Forest Practices
Idaho River Ecological Assessment Framework
Idaho Small Stream Ecological Assessment Framework
Integrated Report/§303(d) List
Pollutant Trading
Surface Water Ambient Monitoring Plan
Water Body Assessment Guidance (WBAG)
Water Quality Monitoring Protocols (1990-2000)
Water Quality Standards and TMDLs
Water Quality Status Reports (1952-1996)
Watershed Advisory Groups (WAGs)
Wood Preservatives and Preserved Wood Products
 §401 Certification

§401 Certification Guidance

(DEQ Publication, January 2002: pdf 41 kb, 12 pages)
Overview of time frames and procedures pertaining to 401 certifications.

 Aquaculture/Fish Hatcheries

Idaho Waste Management Guidelines for Aquaculture Operations

(DEQ Publication, May 2002: pdf 584 kb, 87 pages)

 Beneficial Use Reconnaissance Program (BURP)

BURP Field Manual for Streams

(DEQ Publication, Updated May 2007: pdf 3.1 mb, 186 pages)

The document also has been divided into four sections for easier downloading:
Prefatory Material, Sections 1 and 2 (pdf 562 kb, 29 pages)
Section 3 (pdf 2.0 mb, 61 pages)

Sections 4 - 9; Acknowledgements; and Appendices

(pdf 541 kb, 96 pages)

BURP 2006 Annual Work Plan for Streams

(DEQ Publication, 2006, pdf 422 kb, 30 pages)

BURP 2004 Annual Work Plan for Streams

(DEQ Publication, 2004, pdf 747 kb, 41 pages)

BURP 2003 Annual Work Plan for Wadeable (Small) Streams

(DEQ Publication, March 2003, pdf 362 kb, 22 pages)

2002 Idaho Annual Report: EMAP Western Pilot Project Idaho River Intensive Study (REMAP) (DEQ Publication, December 2002, pdf 2.5 mb, 23 pages)

BURP 2002 Annual Work Plan for Wadeable (Small) Streams

(DEQ Publication, June 2002, pdf 376 kb, 25 pages)

BURP Quality Assurance Plan for Field Data Sheets and Data Handling on Wadeable (Small) Streams

(DEQ Publication, 2002, pdf 4.8 mb, 51 pages)

BURP 2001 Annual Work Plan for Wadeable (Small) Streams

(DEQ Publication, October 2001, pdf 227 kb, 20 pages)

BURP Quality Assurance Plan for Field Data Sheets on Wadeable (Small) Streams

(DEQ Publication, December 2001: pdf 1.4 mb, 47 pages)

BURP 2000 Work Plan for Lakes and Reservoirs

(DEQ Publication, July 2000: pdf 3.7 mb, 73 pages)

BURP 1999 Work Plan for Wadeable Streams

(DEQ Publication, 1999: pdf 4.9 mb, 99 pages)

BURP 1999 QA/QC Manual for Field Data Sheets on Wadeable Streams

(DEQ Publication, 1999: pdf 2.8 mb, 66 pages)

BURP 1998 Rivers Work Plan

(DEQ Publication, July 1998: pdf 2.4 mb, 55 pages)

BURP 1998 QA/QC Manual on Wadeable Streams

(DEQ Publication, July 1998: pdf 3.6 mb, 69 pages)

BURP 1998 Lake and Reservoir Work Plan

(DEQ Publication, June 1998: pdf 3.2 mb, 64 pages)

BURP 1998 Wadeable Streams Work Plan

(DEQ Publication, May 1998: pdf 3.0 mb, 66 pages)

BURP 1997 Work Plan

(DEQ Publication, July 1997: pdf 8.0 mb, 155 pages)

BURP 1996 Work Plan

(DEQ Publication, May 1996: pdf 4.1 mb, 75 pages)

BURP 1995 Work Plan

(DEQ Publication, April 1995: pdf 3.4 mb, 50 pages)

BURP 1994 Work Plan

(DEQ Publication, June 1994: pdf 1.0 mb, 20 pages)

BURP 1993 Coordinated Water Quality Monitoring Plan

(DEQ Publication, July 1993: pdf 322 kb, 9 pages)

Idaho Lake Management Guide

(DEQ Publication, July 1987: pdf 4.4 mb, 67 pages)

 
 Biological Metrics

Testing Bioassessment Metrics: Macroinvertebrate, Sculpin, and Salmonid Responses to Stream Habitat, Sediment, and Metals

(DEQ Publication, 2001: pdf 2.2 mb, 30 pages)

Biological Metrics for Regional Biomonitoring and Assessment of Small Streams in Idaho

(DEQ Publication, March 1995: pdf 4.4 mb, 108 pages)

Refinement of Biological Metrics in the Development of Biological Criteria for Regional Biomonitoring and Assessment of Small Streams in Idaho 1991-1992

(DEQ Publication, March 1992: pdf 6.0 mb, 106 pages)

Biological Metric Development for the Assessment of Nonpoint Pollution in the Snake River Ecoregion of Southern Idaho 1990-1991

(DEQ Publication, April 1991: pdf 2.9 mb, 81 pages)

 
 Forest Practices

Idaho's 2004 Forest Practices Water Quality Audit: Final Report

(DEQ Publication, 2001: pdf 964 kb, 75 pages)

Idaho's 2000 Forest Practices Water Quality Audit: Final Report

(DEQ Publication, 2001: pdf 273 kb, 44 pages)

Idaho's 1996 Forest Practices Water Quality Audit

(DEQ Publication, 1997: pdf 633 kb, 132 pages)

Idaho's 1992 Forest Practices Water Quality Audit

(DEQ Publication, 1993: pdf 1.9 mb, 84 pages)

Forest Practices Water Quality Management Plan: State of Idaho

(DEQ Publication, January 1988: pdf 9.9 mb, 154 pages)

The document also has been divided into sections for easier downloading:

Text only (pdf 4.1 mb, 54 pages)
Appendices only (pdf 5.8 mb, 100 pages)
 
 Idaho River Ecological Assessment Framework

View entire document

(DEQ Publication, April 2002: pdf 2.6 mb, 222 pages)
The document also has been divided into three sections for easier downloading:
Front Matter through Chapter 2 (pdf 610 kb, 30 pages)
Chapters 3 and 4 (pdf 1.3 mb, 62 pages)
Chapters 5 - 7, Appendices, Glossary (pdf 1.1 mb, 130 pages)
 
 Idaho Small Stream Ecological Assessment Framework

View entire document

(DEQ Publication, June 2002: pdf 5.1 mb, 304 pages)
The document also has been divided into three sections for easier downloading:
Front Matter through Chapter 3 (pdf 1.4 mb, 74 pages)
Chapter 4 (pdf 2.2 mb, 66 pages)
Chapters 5 and 6, Appendices, Glossary (pdf 1.9 mb, 164 pages)
 
 Integrated Report/§303(d) List

Idaho Assessment of Ecological Condition: A Part of the EMAP Western Pilot Project

(DEQ Publication, May 2008: pdf 1.7 mb, 168 pages)

1998  §303(d) List

(DEQ Publication, 1998: pdf 1.8 mb, 51 pages)

1998  EPA Temperature Additions to §303(d) List

(pdf 37 mb, 13 pages)
Integrated §303(d)/§305(b) Report
 
 Pollutant Trading

Pollutant Trading Guidance

(DEQ Publication, November 2003: pdf 614 kb, 36 pages)

Specifies the conditions under which pollutant trading may take place, establishes record keeping and reporting procedures, and prescribes how Best Management Practices (BMPs) are to be developed for each watershed in which pollutant trading occurs.

 
 Surface Water Ambient Monitoring Plan

Surface Water Ambient Monitoring Plan, First Edition

(DEQ Publication, October 2004: pdf 1.4 mb, 86 pages)

Outlines DEQ's approach to collecting and integrating ambient water quality monitoring data from a variety of monitoring programs.
 
 Water Body Assessment Guidance (WBAG)

View entire document

(DEQ Publication, January 2002: pdf 2.2 mb, 232 pages)
The WBAG also has been divided into two sections for easier downloading:
Table of Contents through Section 6 (pdf 956 kb, 148 pages)
Section 7 through Appendices and List of References (pdf 1.4 mb, 84 pages)
 

 Public Involvement and Response to Comment Summary

View entire document

(DEQ Publication, February 2002: pdf 2.2 mb, 176 pages)
The Public Involvement and Response to Comment Summary also has been divided into three sections for easier downloading. In addition, you can view just a table of DEQ's responses to comments.
Introduction through Section 1: Public Information and Involvement (pdf 1.0 mb, 18 pages)
Section 2: Response to Comments through Section 3: Significant Changes to WBAG II (pdf 670 kb, 82 pages)
Appendices through List of References (pdf 1.3 mb, 76 pages)
Table of DEQ's Responses to Comments (pdf 450 kb, 82 pages)
 

 1996 Water Body Assessment Guidance: A Stream to Standards Process

View entire document

(DEQ Publication, August 1996: pdf 7.7 mb, 131 pages)

 
 Water Quality Monitoring Protocols (1990-2000)

Protocols for Assessment of Dissolved Oxygen Fine Sediment and Salmonid Embryo Survival in an Artificial Redd

(DEQ Water Quality Monitoring Protocols Report No. 1: pdf 1.6 mb, 32 pages)

Estimating Intergravel Salmonid Living Space Using the Cobble Embeddedness Sampling Procedure

(DEQ Water Quality Monitoring Protocols Report No. 2, September 1990:

pdf 713 kb, 39 pages)

Monitoring Stream Substrate Stability, Pool Volumes, and Habitat Diversity

(DEQ Water Quality Monitoring Protocols Report No. 3, April 1991: pdf 389 kb, 13 pages)

Protocols for Evaluation and Monitoring of Stream/Riparian Habitats Associated with Aquatic Communities in Rangeland Streams

(DEQ Water Quality Monitoring Protocols Report No. 4, February 1991:

pdf 1.9 mb, 65 pages)

Protocols for Assessment of Biotic Integrity (Macroinvertebrates) for Wadable Idaho Streams

(DEQ Water Quality Monitoring Protocols Report No. 5, March 1993: pdf 2.0 mb, 62 pages)

Protocols for Assessment of Biotic Integrity (Fish) in Idaho Streams

(DEQ Water Quality Monitoring Protocols Report No. 6, March 1993: pdf 1.1 mb, 45 pages)

Protocols for Conducting Use Attainability Assessments for Determining Beneficial Uses to be Designated on Idaho Stream Segments

(DEQ Water Quality Monitoring Protocols Report No. 7, 1991: pdf 2.3 mb, 81 pages)

Protocols for Classifying, Monitoring, and Evaluating Stream/Riparian Vegetation on Idaho Rangeland Streams

(DEQ Water Quality Monitoring Protocols Report No. 8, November 1992:

pdf 2.5 mb, 88 pages)

Response to Ground Water Contaminants Detected Through Idaho's Statewide Ambient Ground Water Quality Monitoring Program

(DEQ Water Quality Monitoring Protocols Report No. 9, January 1995: pdf 1.6 mb, 76 pages)

Protocol for Placement and Retrieval of Temperature Data Loggers in Idaho Streams

(DEQ Water Quality Monitoring Protocols Report No. 10, February 2000:

pdf 122 kb, 41 pages)

Effects of the 1995/96 Floods on Streams in North Central Idaho

(DEQ Publication: pdf 891 kb, 16 pages)

Idaho Volunteer Monitoring Program Lake Protocols

(DEQ Publication, April 1991: pdf 1.8 mb, 84 pages)
 
 Water Quality Standards and TMDLs

 Ammonia

Review of the Suitability of EPA’s 1999 Ammonia Criteria for Idaho

(DEQ Publication, June 2002: pdf 212 kb, 11 pages)

 Mercury

Link to Mercury Studies.

 Natural Background

Concepts and Recommendations for Using the "Natural Conditions" Provisions of the Idaho Water Quality Standards

(DEQ Publication, April 2003: pdf 1 mb, 44 pages)

 Outstanding Resource Waters

Monitoring Plan for Outstanding Resource Waters

(DEQ Publication, January 2001: pdf 1.2 mb, 17 pages)

Outstanding Resource Water Report to the Idaho Legislature and Proposed Outstanding Resource Water Best Management Practices for the Middle Fork of the Salmon and Selway Rivers

(DEQ Publication, January 2001: pdf 7.8 mb, 137 pages)

Outstanding Resource Waters 1996-1997 Report of the Board of Health and Welfare to the Fifty Fourth Idaho Legislature First Regular Session

(DEQ Publication, January 1997: pdf 5.8 mb, 137 pages)

Outstanding Resource Waters 1991-1992 Report of the Board of Health and Welfare to the Fifty First Idaho Legislature Second Regular Session

(DEQ Publication, January 1992: pdf 4.3 mb, 94 pages)

 Reference Condition

Selection of Reference Condition for Small Streams in Idaho: a Systematic Approach

(DEQ Publication, April 2004: pdf 1.5 mb, 63 pages)

 Sediment

Guide to Selection of Sediment Targets for Use in Idaho TMDLs

(DEQ Publication, June 2003: pdf 908 kb, 84 pages)

 Temperature

Application of New Approaches to Water Quality Temperature Criteria: Chiwawa River Case Study  (DEQ Publication, March 2002: pdf 1.5 mb, 54 pages)

Appendix A: Potential Salmonid Distributions in the Chiwawa River Basin  (pdf 1.4 mb, 64 pages)

Aquatic Assemblages and Their Relation to Temperature Variables of Least-Disturbed Streams in the Salmon River Basin, Central Idaho

(USGS Web Site: pdf 4.9 mb, 52 pages)

The Dilemma of Applying Uniform Temperature Criteria in a Diverse Environment: An Issue Analysis

(DEQ Publication, November 1998: pdf 198 kb, 34 pages)

Dissenting Opinion on Biological Threshold Numbers proposed by Regional Temperature Criteria Development Technical Workgroup

(DEQ Publication, November 2002: pdf 192 kb, 24 pages)

Evaluation of Seasonal-Cold-Water Temperature Criteria

(DEQ Publication: pdf 134 kb, 50 pages)

Historical Overview of Water Temperatures in Idaho

(DEQ Publication: pdf 48 kb, 7 pages)

Lochsa River Basin Temperature Guidance Pilot Project Clearwater Subbasin

(DEQ Publication, August 2005: pdf 788 kb, 20 pages)

Paired Color Infrared and Thermal Infrared Imaging and Analysis for Selected Idaho Streams, 2001 Report

(DEQ Publication, August 2002: pdf 1.3 mb, 27 pages)

Paired Color Infrared and Thermal Infrared Imaging and Analysis for Selected Idaho Streams, 2000 Report

(DEQ Publication, April 2001: pdf 4 mb, 40 pages)

Protocol for Placement and Retrieval of Temperature Data Loggers in Idaho Streams

(DEQ Publication, February 2000: pdf 93 kb, 40 pages)

Review of Bull Trout Temperature Requirements: A Response to EPA Bull Trout Temperature Rule  (DEQ Publication, November 1998: pdf 478 kb, 72 pages)

State of Idaho Comments on Second Public Review Draft of Proposed EPA Region 10
Guidance for Pacific Northwest State and Tribal Temperature Water Quality Standards

(DEQ Publication, November 2002: pdf 210 kb, 9 pages)
A Statistical Model for Estimating Stream Temperatures in the Salmon and Clearwater River Basins, Central Idaho (USGS Web Site: pdf 1.5 mb, 46 pages)

Update of Bull Trout Temperature Requirements 

(DEQ Publication, April 2003: pdf 695 kb, 48 pages)

Water Temperature of the Lochsa River and Selected Tributaries

(DEQ Publication, July 2002: pdf 2.2 mb, 55 pages)

Wilderness Water Temperatures:  A Look at the Selway and Middle Fork Salmon

(DEQ Presentation, 2002: pdf 5.6 mb, 50 pages)
The document also has been divided into six sections for easier downloading:
Wilderness Water Temperature (pgs 1 - 10) (pdf 1.5 mb, 10 pages)
Wilderness Water Temperature (pgs 11 - 20) (pdf 695 kb, 11 pages)
Wilderness Water Temperature (pgs 21 - 25) (pdf 1.6 mb, 6 pages)
Wilderness Water Temperature (pgs 26 - 30) (pdf 1.3 mb, 6 pages)
Wilderness Water Temperature (pgs 31 - 40) (pdf 252 kb, 11 pages)
Wilderness Water Temperature (pgs 41 - 50) (pdf 416 kb, 11 pages)
Year-to-Year Variation in Stream Temperature and Implications for Water Quality Criteria (DEQ Publication, 2003: pdf 451 kb, 11 pages)
See Also: EPA Region 10 Temperature Guidance

 TMDL Development

State of Idaho Guidance for the Development of Total Maximum Daily Loads

(DEQ Publication, June 1999: pdf 221 kb, 49 pages)

 Use Attainability Analysis

Use Attainability Analysis Workshop Materials

(2004 Workshop sponsored by DEQ)
 See Also: Water Body Studies and Plans
 
 Watershed Advisory Groups (WAGs)
WAG Newsletter: Impacts of House Bill 145 on TMDL Development
(DEQ Publication: June 2006: pdf 180 kb, 2 pages)

Supplemental Watershed Protection Plan - Environmental Assessment Supplement

No. 2 Mission-Lapwai Creek Watershed Lewis and Nez Perce Counties, Idaho
(DEQ Publication: December 2000: pdf 5.7 mb, 87 pages)

 
 Wood Preservatives and Preserved Wood Products
Wood Preservatives and Preserved Wood Products In or Around Aquatic Environments, Guidance for the Use of (replaces PM97-1)



  Home | Search | Contact Us |Feedback | About PDF Files | Acronyms | Glossary | State of Idaho | Privacy Notice  
  Copyright © 2000-2008, Idaho Department of Environmental Quality. All rights reserved.