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Lower Catawba River Basin - stream and lake nutrient water quality study
South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, Bureau of Water Baumann, Ph.D., Matthew S.
South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, Bureau of Water
Baumann, Ph.D., Matthew S.
Abstract
During 2019, South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) collected water quality data from six stream sites and 11 lake sites in the Lower Catawba River Basin located in north-central South Carolina. The field sampling program spanned 29 weeks from mid-April through the end of October and builds on studies conducted in previous years by stakeholder partners. Bolstered by years of data collected as part of DHEC’s ambient monitoring program, the comprehensive data set will assist in calibrating new watershed, lake hydrodynamic, and lake water quality models. The models will be used to inform the development of site-specific numeric nutrient criteria and a total maximum daily load aimed at addressing water quality impairments in the basin. Broadly, the objectives of the 2019 field study were to quantify nutrient loadings from the prevalent land use types in the basin and to resolve the relationship between physical and chemical conditions and ecological responses in Fishing Creek Reservoir and Lake Wateree, two hydroelectric reservoirs in the system.
Issue Date
2020-02
Keywords
Nutrient pollution of water--South Carolina, Lakes--South Carolina
Type
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