LAKE WALLENPAUPACK WATERSHED MANAGEMENT DISTRICT
F. X. BROWNE, INC. PROGRESS REPORT FOR JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2005
TMDL - F. X. Browne, Inc. reviewed the draft TMDL study and provided comments to Tetra Tech for their consideration.
Project Management and Documentation - F. X. Browne, Inc. continued providing project management and documentation services. F. X. Browne, Inc. conducted the following tasks:
PA1012-52 - FY 1999 EPA GRANT
Update Management Plan - F. X. Browne, Inc. continued work on updating of the Lake Wallenpaupack Watershed Management Plan.
Create an Ecosystem - F. X. Browne, Inc. continued work on the Create-a-Wetland, Create-a-Lake, and Create-a-Stream sections. During January 2005, F. X. Browne, Inc. completed a draft of the second grade Create-a-Lake PowerPoint presentation and presented it as a “trial run” to a second grade class in Lake Clear, NY. We wrote a detailed memo describing the class reaction to the presentation.
F. X. Browne, Inc. also began gathering information for the other eight Create-an-Ecosystem presentations, and we began working on the script and presentation for the first grade Create-a-Stream presentation.
PA1012-55 - LWWMD GROWING GREENER PROJECT
During January, we continued with basic maintenance, including battery charging, rain gage clean-out, etc. We installed temporary water intake lines in the stream channel at both Mill Brook and Purdy Creek stations where the originally installed lines appeared to be frozen and unable to pass water for sample collection. Baseflow samples were also collected on January 3, 2005 at all stations and were immediately analyzed for all prescribed water quality parameters.
During February, we restarted and reprogrammed all stations which had shut down due to extremely cold weather which occurred during late-January. Baseflow samples were also collected at all stations on February 2, 2005 and were immediately analyzed for all prescribed water quality parameters.
Data from all stations were downloaded weekly (at a minimum). Upon download, the data were entered into their respective databases created by the Flowlink 4.15 software. All data were analyzed immediately upon download to ensure that the stations were working properly.
During the month of January, F. X. Browne, Inc. performed the following tasks:
1. F. X. Browne, Inc. provided overall project management services for all of the active BMP design projects,
2. Received and reviewed the December Board Meeting Minutes,
3. Prepared a project status report for the January Board Meeting, and
4. Discussed Landowner Agreements and bidding the projects with Karen Mandeville.
Billing Group 005 – Emil Swingle Farm
1. Wrote billing review work description for December,
2. Called Mr. Swingle regarding the barnyard gates,
3. Received the E&S Plan approval letter from Wayne Conservation District and sent the letter to Karen Mandeville,
4. Prepared contract documents, bidding documents, technical specifications and engineer’s construction cost estimate,
5. Revised the Landowner Agreement Exhibits for Karen’s use,
6. Checked the bid package and the cost estimate, and
7. Added additional information on gates to the plans; sent the engineer’s construction cost estimate and the revised Landowner Agreement Exhibits to Karen via email.
1. Wrote billing review work description for December,
2. Received the approval letter from Wayne Conservation District and sent the letter to Karen Mandeville,
3. Reviewed, edited, and printed technical specifications, contract documents and bidding requirement documents to compile complete bidding package,
4. Updated engineer’s construction cost estimate,
5. Checked the bid package and cost estimate; revised the Landowner Agreement Exhibits for Karen’s use, and
6. Sent the engineer’s construction cost estimate and the revised Landowner Agreement Exhibits to Karen via email.
1. Wrote description of work performed in December 2004,
2. Checked the plans,
3. Revised the Landowner Agreement Exhibits for Karen’s use; checked and revised the bid package, and
4. Sent the engineer’s construction cost estimate and the revised Landowner Agreement Exhibits to Karen via email
Billing Group 009 – Bill Whermann Farm
1. Wrote description of work performed in November 2004,
2. Reviewed stormwater permitting and design requirements,
3. Designed wetland ground elevation contours and created three dimensional modeling in AutoCAD,
4. Created wetland cross section, inlet, and outlet details for construction plans,
5. Used Hydraflow to model the wetland discharge and water level with varying outlet configurations to determine optimal setup, and
6. Contacted the land owner to discuss feasibility and workability of the final design concept.
Billing Group 011 – Jim Keating Farm
1. Wrote description of work completed in December, and
2. Reviewed the roof cost quotes we received from vendors.
During January 2005, F. X. Browne, Inc. analyzed data from 2004 Lake Wallenpaupack monitoring program, produced trend summary graphs, and began writing the 2004 Lake Wallenpaupack monitoring program report. In February, we completed a draft copy of the 2004 Update report that is currently being reviewed by Dr. Browne.
During the month of January 2005, F. X. Browne, Inc. compiled progress reports for all LWWMD projects and uploaded it to the web site. Additionally, we sent out hard copies of the progress report, as necessary.
F. X. Browne, Inc. coordinated the January and February 2005 sampling events for Lake Wallenpaupack. On January 3, 2005 and February 2, 2005, we collected surface, middle, and bottom water samples for chemical analysis at Station #3. In addition, we collected photic zone composite samples for chlorophyll a and phytoplankton analyses. We also collected temperature and dissolved oxygen profile data at 1 meter intervals from the surface to the bottom. The water column was completely mixed, as evidenced by the thermal and dissolved oxygen profiles. A weak reverse thermal stratification was observed, as expected, under wintertime ice cover. We then transported all samples to our laboratory in Marshalls Creek and analyzed them for total phosphorus, dissolved reactive phosphorus, total Kjeldahl nitrogen, nitrate/nitrite nitrogen, ammonia nitrogen, total suspended solids, alkalinity (surface samples only), and pH.
A summary of the water quality data for January and February 2005 is provided in Appendix A.
Appendix A
Water Quality Data