Water Quality Cypress Creek and Blanco Wimberley, Texas

Wimberley Valley Watershed
Association, Texas Clean Rivers
Program
Cypress Creek Monitoring
Program Overview
WVWA collects data at seven location
Three sites on the Blanco River
• Blanco River at 7A
• Blanco River at RR12
• Blanco River at CR 173
Four sites on Cypress Creek
SAMPLING
LOCATIONS
Cypress
Creek at:
1. Jacobs Well
2. RR 12
(north)
3. Blue Hole
4. 100m
Upstream
confluence
2009 Cypress Creek Observations
• Lower dissolved oxygen (DO)
• Lowest DO observed at Blue Hole and RR 12
(north)
• Lower E.coli
• Highest E.coli at Blue Hole
• Cypress Creek shows many characteristics of a
karst fed stream in the Texas Hill Country
• No TCEQ-based impairments (2008
assessment); low DO concerns
Cypress Creek at RR 12 (north)
Dissolved Oxygen (mg/L)
10.00
9.00
8.00
7.00
6.00
5.00
4.00
3.00
2.00
1.00
Sample Date (year)
09
09
09
09
08
08
08
08
07
07
07
07
06
06
06
06
05
05
05
05
04
04
04
04
03
03
03
03
0.00
Cypress Creek at Blue Hole
E.coli (cfu/100 mL)
Sample Date (year)
09
09
09
09
09
09
08
08
08
08
08
08
07
07
07
07
07
07
06
06
06
06
06
06
05
500
450
400
350
300
250
200
150
100
50
0
Cypress Creek at confluence
TSS (mg/L)
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
Sample Date (year)
09
09
09
09
08
08
08
08
07
07
07
07
06
06
06
06
05
05
05
05
04
04
04
04
03
03
03
03
0
Blue Hole E.coli Diurnal, June 2009
450
Contact Recreation Standard 394 cfu/100ml
350
Upstream
300
Downstream
250
200
150
100
50
E.coli samples collected and processed using Texas Stream
Team monitoring methods
PM
12
AM
10
AM
8
AM
6
AM
4
AM
2
AM
12
PM
10
PM
8
PM
6
PM
4
PM
2
PM
0
12
E.coli (cfu/100ml)
400
Blue Hole Dissolved Oxygen
Diurnal, June 2009
25.2
4.4
4.3
25.1
4.1
4
24.9
3.9
24.8
3.8
24.7
3.7
24.6
TEMP ° C
3.6
D.O. mg/l
3.5
P
2 M
PM
3
PM
4
P
5 M
PM
6
PM
7
P
8 M
PM
9
P
10 M
P
11 M
P
12 M
AM
1
AM
2
A
3 M
AM
4
AM
5
A
6 M
AM
7
AM
8
AM
9
A
10 M
A
11 M
12 AM
PM
24.5
1
Temp (C)
25
3.4
D.O. (mg/L)
4.2
Cypress Creek Project
Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority
Clean Rivers Program Steering Committee Meeting
March 25, 2010
The preparation of this presentation is financed through grants
from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency through
the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Project Partners
Texas Stream
Team
Cypress Creek Project
• The mission of the Cypress Creek Project
is to ensure that the long-term integrity
and sustainability of the Cypress Creek
watershed is preserved and that water
quality standards are maintained for
present and future generations.
• A goal is to develop a Watershed
Protection Plan (WPP)
CLEAN, CLEAR, AND FLOWING
Project Components (Phase I)
• Compile, analyze, and characterize
surface water resources
• Delineate the contributing and recharge
zones in the Trinity Aquifer for the source
waters of Cypress Creek (Jacob’s Well)
• Develop Decision Support System (DSS)
• Stakeholder Input Process
• Education/Outreach
• Partnership Building
CCP Activities
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Cypress Creek Week- July 2008
Cypress Fact Sheet
Quarterly newsletters
Project website – www.cypresscreekproject.org
Community calendar
Legal/regulatory assessment
Watershed Stewards Workshop
Data compilation & draft characterization
Source water delineation
Diurnal bacteria/water quality sampling at Blue Hole –
June 2009
• Rainfall monitoring – June 2009 to present
• Stormflow monitoring – starting Fall 2009
Organization
Water quantity
Habitat,
Parks,
Agriculture
Water quality
DSS/Technical
Economics
Stakeholder
Steering
Committee
Education,
Outreach
ECONOMICS
COMMITTEE
CHARACTERIZATION
Using the Decision Support System (DSS)
The DSS will help decision-makers and
stakeholders understand how land use
changes may impact water quality and
quantity conditions
Project Components (Phase II
I
• Develop Watershed Protection Plan
y
y
y
y
Causes & sources of NPS pollution
Management measures needed
Financial/technical resources needed
Estimate loading reductions
• Education/Outreach
• Partnership Building
• Refine Decision Support System (DSS)
• Continue Stakeholder Input Process
Adapting to change…
How to adapt to maintain
A CLEAN, CLEAR, AND
FLOWING stream
Main stakeholder meeting this Tuesday,
March 30, 5:30 – 8:00 in Wimberley
Regular subcommittee meetings
www.cypresscreekproject.org
Project Partners
Texas Stream
Team
Jason Pinchback
Texas Stream Team, Program Manager
Cypress Creek Project, Team Leader
JP30@txstate.edu
(512) 245-9148
www.txstreamteam.rivers.txstate.edu/
www.cypresscreekproject.org