Bibliography on Vancouver Lake Watershed, including Burnt Bridge Creek, Flushing Channel, Lake River, and Salmon Creek |
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Bibliography of Vancouver Lake watershed, including Burnt Bridge Creek, Flushing Channel, Lake River, and Salmon Creek
A history of restoration efforts for Vancouver Lake
Regional
Planning Council of Clark County. 1976a. Burnt Bridge Creek drainage management
study: Water Quality Summary. Vancouver, WA: Kramer, Chin & Mayo; Water
Resources Engineers, Inc.
PREFACE: As stated in PL 92-500, any "208" Plan shall include a process to identify and procedure to control agricultural, silvi-cultural and construction-related sources of pollution, as well as any necessary wastewater collection and urban stormwater runoff systems. The Water Quality Summary Report fulfill the initial directive of identification of pollutants and possible sources on Burnt Bridge Creek. The report sets the stage for development of alternative actions designed to mitigate identified problems. Alternatives will appear in subsequent reports.
The water quality background conditions on Burnt Bridge Creek are based on historical monitoring data collected by the State Department of Ecology and the Southwest Washington Health District. In order to determine pollutant loading resultant from storm runoff, a storm event was monitored by the Southwest Washington Health District during May of this year. These data are compared to background conditions in Burnt Bridge Creek and to State Water Quality Standards. A biological stream survey was conducted by Kramer, Chin & Mayo, Inc., to assess the ecological impacts of stream pollution. These data are compared to both the background and storm conditions in the stream in order to identify possible sources of contamination.
PREFACE from Conclusions & Recommendations reprint: The Burnt Bridge Creek basin has been changing in recent years from a rural agricultural area to more of an urban community. The trend toward increasing urbanization is expected to continue for at least the next 15 years. Among the ramifications of this change is the deterioration of Burnt Bridge Creek due to urban runoff.
The Burnt Bridge Creek Drainage Management Study was initiated as part of the 208 Plan to study the basin's conditions, identify existing and future problems, and develop alternative plans for dealing with the situation. As part of this study, the water quality of Burnt Bridge Creek and some of its tributaries was analyzed to assess the effects of urban runoff in the drainage basin. This data and analysis is summarized in the Burnt Bridge Creek Water Quality Summary Report. The following is an abstract of this report.
Historical monitoring data was collected from fall of 1972 through summer of 1973 by the Washington State Department of Ecology. the Southwest Washington State Health District has a similar data collection program spanning from spring 1974 to the present. A summary of the monitored findings and conclusions based on those findings appears under the heading Concluding Remarks from Chapter 2, Section 1 of the Abstract. The chapter and section references are to the parent report.
Water Quality in Burnt Bridge and Cold Creeks was monitored during a recent storm event (May 1 and 2, 1976). Stream response was analyzed quantitatively and qualitatively over a 24-hour period. The headings Concluding remarks, from Chapter 2, Section 2.1 and Section 2.2 summarizes these findings. Non-toxicants, such as turbidity, flow, nutrients, oxygen demand, etc., appear in the first section, and toxicants (heavy metals) appear in the second section.
A biological survey, designed to assess the ecological impacts of stream pollution, was made on March 31 - April 1, 1976 by Kramer, Chin & Mayo, Inc. Indicator organisms, such as benthic macroinvertebrates (insects, molluses, worms), periphyton (algal growth), and macrophytes (aquatic plants) were sampled, identified, and the data analyzed by computer to show biological responses to stream pollution. These findings are summarized in Concluding Remarks from Chapter 3.
The Concluding Chapter from the Burnt Bridge Creek Water Quality Summary (Chapter 4) is included in its entirety. Therein is an overall study summary and conclusions and recommendations based on the study.
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