Monitoring Data
Monitoring Data Information.pdf - This series of slides summarizes water monitoring data from 1999 to 2002 from the Phase I Diagnostic Study and also for 2004 and 2005 when monitoring resumed. Water samples are analyzed for fecal coliform bacteria, E. coli (beginning in 2005), total nitrogen, total phosphorus, and, on occasion, turbidity and total suspended solids. In 2004, probes were installed at the permanent monitoring station at the Historic Forestville bridge to measure dissolved oxygen, temperature, pH, conductivity, and turbidity. These measurements are recorded every 15 minutes and stored in a Campbell Scientific datalogger. In 2002, pesticide monitoring was begun at the Historic Forestville bridge and has continued to the present.
Go to the MPCA’s Environmental Data Access (EDA) web site to view all the available monitoring data for the South Branch Root River project and any others which have data submitted to the MN Pollution Control Agency. Data that can be viewed for the South Branch at the EDA site include:
- Watershed project data
- MPCA Citizen Stream Monitoring Program data
- Fillmore SWCD stream monitoring data
- Biological data from fish and macroinvertebrate surveys
Links to other sites of interest:
MPCA Impaired Waters web site
