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=Summary=
 
=Summary=
Under the [[Clean Water Act]] (CWA) the [[Central Coast Ambient Monitoring Program (CCAMP)]] conducts monthly monitoring in the [[Lower Salinas Watershed]] in order to conduct trend analysis and detect emerging water quality problems. Monitoring is also required by the [[Central Coast Region Agricultural Waiver]]. In order to comply the Central Coast agricultural community consolidated monitoring within a [[Cooperative Monitoring Program (CMP)]]. This [[Cooperative Monitoring Program]] is managed by [[Central Coast Water Quality Preservation, Inc. (CCWQP)]], and releases annual reports. The most recent report published by [[CCWQP]] is from 2018  <ref name="2018 report"> Central Coast Water Quality Preservation Inc. 2019. Central Coast Cooperative Monitoring Program 2018 Annual Water Quality Report https://ccwqp.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/2018-CMP-Annual-Report.pdf </ref>. Within the report the [[Lower Salinas Watershed]] is listed as Hydrologic Unit (HU) 309.
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Monitoring of the [[Lower Salinas River Watershed]] is required by the [[Central Coast Region Agricultural Waiver]]. In order to comply the central coast agricultural community consolidated monitoring within a [[Cooperative Monitoring Program (CMP)]]. This [[Cooperative Monitoring Program]] is managed by [[Central Coast Water Quality Preservation, Inc. (CCWQP)]], and releases annual reports. The most recent report published by [[CCWQP]] is from 2018  <ref name="2018 report"> Central Coast Water Quality Preservation Inc. 2019. Central Coast Cooperative Monitoring Program 2018 Annual Water Quality Report https://ccwqp.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/2018-CMP-Annual-Report.pdf </ref>. Within the report the [[Lower Salinas Watershed]] is listed as Hydrologic Unit (HU) 309.
 
[[CCWQP]] also submits quarterly results of monitoring to the [[Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board (CCRWQCB)]]. These results are displayed on the [[California Environmental Data Exchange Network (CEDEN)]] <ref name="CEDEN"> California Environmental Data Exchange Network (CEDEN) https://ceden.waterboards.ca.gov/AdvancedQueryTool </ref>.
 
[[CCWQP]] also submits quarterly results of monitoring to the [[Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board (CCRWQCB)]]. These results are displayed on the [[California Environmental Data Exchange Network (CEDEN)]] <ref name="CEDEN"> California Environmental Data Exchange Network (CEDEN) https://ceden.waterboards.ca.gov/AdvancedQueryTool </ref>.
  
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The overall target TMDL for Nitrate is 10 mg/L for all receiving waterbodies. During the dry season (May 1st - October 31st) Nitrate should not be over 1.4 - 6.4 mg/L in impaired receiving waters for specific streams. During the wet season nitrate should not exceed 8 mg/L for impaired, receiving streams. <ref name="TMDL Summary">[http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/centralcoast/water_issues/programs/tmdl/docs/salinas/nutrients/tmdl_summary.pdf Lower Salinas TMDL Summary]</ref>   
 
The overall target TMDL for Nitrate is 10 mg/L for all receiving waterbodies. During the dry season (May 1st - October 31st) Nitrate should not be over 1.4 - 6.4 mg/L in impaired receiving waters for specific streams. During the wet season nitrate should not exceed 8 mg/L for impaired, receiving streams. <ref name="TMDL Summary">[http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/centralcoast/water_issues/programs/tmdl/docs/salinas/nutrients/tmdl_summary.pdf Lower Salinas TMDL Summary]</ref>   
  
[[File:Nitrate.JPG|700px|thumb|center|Image 2. 2018 Nitrate Monitoring Data for locations within the Lower Salinas River Watershed [[Cooperative Monitoring Program]]. The testing performed by [[Central Coast Water Quality Preservation, Inc.]] and data is retrieved from [https://ccwqp.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/2018-CMP-Annual-Report.pdf Central Coast Cooperative Monitoring Program 2018 Annual Water Quality Report] ]]
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[[File:Nitrate.JPG|700px|thumb|center|Image 1. 2018 Average Nitrate monitoring data for locations within the Lower Salinas River Watershed [[Cooperative Monitoring Program]]. The testing performed by [[Central Coast Water Quality Preservation, Inc.]] and data is retrieved from [https://ccwqp.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/2018-CMP-Annual-Report.pdf Central Coast Cooperative Monitoring Program 2018 Annual Water Quality Report] ]]
  
Examples of time series data for CCAMP monitoring sites furthest downstream in the Lower Salinas River Watershed.
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An example of time series data generated from the [[California Environmental Data Exchange Network (CEDEN)]]
[[File:Tembladero Slough Nitrate.png|700px|thumb|center|Image 3. Time series data for Nitrate at Tembladero Slough. Data retrieved from: [http://www.ccamp.info/ca/view_data.php?org_id=rb3#pagetop CCAMP Central Coast Data Navigator]: Basic Water Quality.]]
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[[File:Nitrate Blanco.JPG|700px|thumb|center|Image 2. Time Series of Nitrate+Nitrite as N monitoring data at Blanco Drain. Data was gathered using the [[California Environmental Data Exchange Network (CEDEN)]] ]]
 
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[[File:Blanco Drain Nitrate.png|700px|thumb|center|Image 4. Time series data for Nitrate at Blanco Drain. Data retrieved from: [http://www.ccamp.info/ca/view_data.php?org_id=rb3#pagetop CCAMP Central Coast Data Navigator]: Basic Water Quality.]]
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[[File:LowerSalinas Nitrate.png|700px|thumb|center|Image 5. Time series data for Nitrate at the Lower Salinas River. Data retrieved from: [http://www.ccamp.info/ca/view_data.php?org_id=rb3#pagetop CCAMP Central Coast Data Navigator]: Basic Water Quality.]]
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=Status of Un-ionized Ammonia=
 
=Status of Un-ionized Ammonia=
The target TMDL for un-ionized ammonia is 0.025 mg/L.<ref name="TMDL Summary">[http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/centralcoast/water_issues/programs/tmdl/docs/salinas/nutrients/tmdl_summary.pdf Lower Salinas TMDL Summary]</ref> The majority of the water bodies in the Lower Salinas Valley have an un-ionized concentration mean bellow 0.025 mg/L. CCAMP has identified a monotonic decreasing trend of Ammonia levels at Tembladero Slough at Haro Road.
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The target TMDL for un-ionized ammonia is 0.025 mg/L.<ref name="TMDL Summary">[http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/centralcoast/water_issues/programs/tmdl/docs/salinas/nutrients/tmdl_summary.pdf Lower Salinas TMDL Summary]</ref> The majority of the water bodies in the Lower Salinas Valley have an un-ionized concentration mean bellow 0.025 mg/L.  
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[[File:UnionizedAm.JPG|700px|thumb|center|Image 3. 2018 Average Unionized Ammonia monitoring data for locations within the Lower Salinas River Watershed [[Cooperative Monitoring Program]]. The testing performed by [[Central Coast Water Quality Preservation, Inc.]] and data is retrieved from [https://ccwqp.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/2018-CMP-Annual-Report.pdf Central Coast Cooperative Monitoring Program 2018 Annual Water Quality Report] ]]]
  
[[File:UnionizedAm.JPG|700px|thumb|center|Image 6. 2018 Unionized Ammonia Monitoring Data for locations within the Lower Salinas River Watershed [[Cooperative Monitoring Program]]. The testing performed by [[Central Coast Water Quality Preservation, Inc.]] and data is retrieved from [https://ccwqp.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/2018-CMP-Annual-Report.pdf Central Coast Cooperative Monitoring Program 2018 Annual Water Quality Report] ]]]
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[[File:Unionized Blanco Drain Time Series.JPG|700px|thumb|center|Image 4. Time Series of Unionized Ammonia monitoring data at Blanco Drain. Data was gathered using the [[California Environmental Data Exchange Network (CEDEN)]]]]
 
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[[File:Tembladero Slough Ammonia.png|700px|thumb|center|Image 7. Time series data for Un-ionoized ammonia at Tembladero Slough. Data retrieved from: [http://www.ccamp.info/ca/view_data.php?org_id=rb3#pagetop CCAMP Central Coast Data Navigator]: Basic Water Quality.]]
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[[File:Blanco Drain Ammonia.png|700px|thumb|center|Image 8. Time series data for Un-ionoized ammonia at Blanco Drain. Data retrieved from: [http://www.ccamp.info/ca/view_data.php?org_id=rb3#pagetop CCAMP Central Coast Data Navigator]: Basic Water Quality.]]
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[[File:Espinosa Slough Ammonia.png|700px|thumb|center|Image 9. Time series data for Un-ionoized ammonia at Espinosa Slough. Data retrieved from: [http://www.ccamp.info/ca/view_data.php?org_id=rb3#pagetop CCAMP Central Coast Data Navigator]: Basic Water Quality.]]
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=Status of Orthophosphate=
 
=Status of Orthophosphate=
The target TMDL concentration for orthophosphate is 0.3 mg/L during the wet season (November 1st - April 30th). The dry season target (May 1st - October 31st) depends on the specific waterbody, but target threshold ranges from 0.7 mg/L to 0.13 mg/L. <ref name="TMDL Summary">[http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/centralcoast/water_issues/programs/tmdl/docs/salinas/nutrients/tmdl_summary.pdf Lower Salinas TMDL Summary]</ref> CCAMP has identified a monotonic decreasing trend of Orthophosphate levels at Tembladero Slough at Haro Road.
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The target TMDL concentration for orthophosphate is 0.3 mg/L during the wet season (November 1st - April 30th). The dry season target (May 1st - October 31st) depends on the specific waterbody, but target threshold ranges from 0.7 mg/L to 0.13 mg/L. <ref name="TMDL Summary">[http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/centralcoast/water_issues/programs/tmdl/docs/salinas/nutrients/tmdl_summary.pdf Lower Salinas TMDL Summary]</ref>  
  
[[File:Lowersalinasriver PGraph.JPG|700px|thumb|center|Image 10. Orthophosphate levels at all [[CCAMP]] monitoring sites regulated under the Lower Salinas River Watershed Nutrient TMDL. Geometric mean of un-ionized ammonia levels in water bodies regulated by the Lower Salinas River Watershed Nutrient TMDL, data retrieved from [http://www.ccamp.us/ca/view_data.php?org_id=rb3#pagetop CCAMP Central Coast Data Navigator].]]
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[[File:Orthophosphate.JPG|700px|thumb|center|Image 5. 2018 Average Orthophosphate as P monitoring data for locations within the Lower Salinas River Watershed [[Cooperative Monitoring Program]]. The testing performed by [[Central Coast Water Quality Preservation, Inc.]] and data is retrieved from [https://ccwqp.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/2018-CMP-Annual-Report.pdf Central Coast Cooperative Monitoring Program 2018 Annual Water Quality Report] ]]
  
Examples of time series data for CCAMP monitoring sites furthest downstream in the Lower Salinas River Watershed.
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An example of time series data which was generated using [[California Environmental Data Exchange Network (CEDEN)]] .
[[File:Tembladero Slough P.png|700px|thumb|center|Image 11. Time series data for Orthophosphate at Tembladero Slough. Data retrieved from: [http://www.ccamp.info/ca/view_data.php?org_id=rb3#pagetop CCAMP Central Coast Data Navigator]: Basic Water Quality.]]
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[[File:OrthophosphateBlancoTimeSeries.JPG|700px|thumb|center|Image 6.Time Series of Orthophosphate as P monitoring data at Blanco Drain. Data was gathered using the [[California Environmental Data Exchange Network (CEDEN)]] ]]
 
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[[File:Espinosa Slough P.png|700px|thumb|center|Image 12. Time series data for Orthophosphate at Espinosa Slough. Data retrieved from: [http://www.ccamp.info/ca/view_data.php?org_id=rb3#pagetop CCAMP Central Coast Data Navigator]: Basic Water Quality.]]
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[[File:LowerSalinas P.png|700px|thumb|center|Image 13. Time series data for Orthophosphate in the Lower Salinas River. Data retrieved from: [http://www.ccamp.info/ca/view_data.php?org_id=rb3#pagetop CCAMP Central Coast Data Navigator]: Basic Water Quality.]]
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=Links=
 
=Links=
 
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* [[California Environmental Data Exchange Network (CEDEN)]]
 
* [[Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board (CCRWQCB)]]
 
* [[Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board (CCRWQCB)]]
 
* [[Central Coast Water Quality Preservation, Inc (Preservation, Inc.)]]
 
* [[Central Coast Water Quality Preservation, Inc (Preservation, Inc.)]]

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A watershed-related topic examined by the ENVS 560/L Watershed Systems class at CSUMB.

Summary

Monitoring of the Lower Salinas River Watershed is required by the Central Coast Region Agricultural Waiver. In order to comply the central coast agricultural community consolidated monitoring within a Cooperative Monitoring Program (CMP). This Cooperative Monitoring Program is managed by Central Coast Water Quality Preservation, Inc. (CCWQP), and releases annual reports. The most recent report published by CCWQP is from 2018 [1]. Within the report the Lower Salinas Watershed is listed as Hydrologic Unit (HU) 309. CCWQP also submits quarterly results of monitoring to the Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board (CCRWQCB). These results are displayed on the California Environmental Data Exchange Network (CEDEN) [2].

Status of Nitrate

The overall target TMDL for Nitrate is 10 mg/L for all receiving waterbodies. During the dry season (May 1st - October 31st) Nitrate should not be over 1.4 - 6.4 mg/L in impaired receiving waters for specific streams. During the wet season nitrate should not exceed 8 mg/L for impaired, receiving streams. [3]

Image 1. 2018 Average Nitrate monitoring data for locations within the Lower Salinas River Watershed Cooperative Monitoring Program. The testing performed by Central Coast Water Quality Preservation, Inc. and data is retrieved from Central Coast Cooperative Monitoring Program 2018 Annual Water Quality Report

An example of time series data generated from the California Environmental Data Exchange Network (CEDEN)

Image 2. Time Series of Nitrate+Nitrite as N monitoring data at Blanco Drain. Data was gathered using the California Environmental Data Exchange Network (CEDEN)

Status of Un-ionized Ammonia

The target TMDL for un-ionized ammonia is 0.025 mg/L.[3] The majority of the water bodies in the Lower Salinas Valley have an un-ionized concentration mean bellow 0.025 mg/L.

Image 3. 2018 Average Unionized Ammonia monitoring data for locations within the Lower Salinas River Watershed Cooperative Monitoring Program. The testing performed by Central Coast Water Quality Preservation, Inc. and data is retrieved from Central Coast Cooperative Monitoring Program 2018 Annual Water Quality Report
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Image 4. Time Series of Unionized Ammonia monitoring data at Blanco Drain. Data was gathered using the California Environmental Data Exchange Network (CEDEN)

Status of Orthophosphate

The target TMDL concentration for orthophosphate is 0.3 mg/L during the wet season (November 1st - April 30th). The dry season target (May 1st - October 31st) depends on the specific waterbody, but target threshold ranges from 0.7 mg/L to 0.13 mg/L. [3]

Image 5. 2018 Average Orthophosphate as P monitoring data for locations within the Lower Salinas River Watershed Cooperative Monitoring Program. The testing performed by Central Coast Water Quality Preservation, Inc. and data is retrieved from Central Coast Cooperative Monitoring Program 2018 Annual Water Quality Report

An example of time series data which was generated using California Environmental Data Exchange Network (CEDEN) .

Image 6.Time Series of Orthophosphate as P monitoring data at Blanco Drain. Data was gathered using the California Environmental Data Exchange Network (CEDEN)

Links

References

  1. Central Coast Water Quality Preservation Inc. 2019. Central Coast Cooperative Monitoring Program 2018 Annual Water Quality Report https://ccwqp.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/2018-CMP-Annual-Report.pdf
  2. California Environmental Data Exchange Network (CEDEN) https://ceden.waterboards.ca.gov/AdvancedQueryTool
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Lower Salinas TMDL Summary

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