LAKE WALLENPAUPACK WATERSHED MANAGEMENT DISTRICT
F. X. BROWNE, INC. PROGRESS REPORT FOR APRIL-MAY 2004
Project Management and Documentation - F. X. Browne, Inc. continued providing project management and documentation services. We conducted the following tasks:
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Watershed Management Plan Update – F. X. Browne, Inc. met with the Watershed Management Plan Committee to discuss the outline for the Plan and to discuss the content of the Plan.
Project Management and Documentation - F. X. Browne, Inc. continued providing project management and documentation services. We conducted the following tasks:
1. Prepared the April-May progress report for the project,
2. Emailed and mailed the progress report to all Board Members,
3. Changed progress report to pdf format and uploaded to the LWWMD website, and
4. Provided overall project management services, including scheduling of task work, review of charges, and preparation of detailed invoice descriptions.
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During April and May 2004, F. X. Browne, Inc. continued with basic maintenance, including battery charging, rain gage clean-out, etc. During May, three of the samplers lost power during the severe lightening storms; however, these stations are up and running again.
Data from all stations were downloaded weekly (at a minimum, with more frequent downloads occurring during the coldest weather in an effort not to lose data). Upon download, the data was 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. We have begun to develop rating curves, and will begin to program the samplers to collect stormwater samples within the next two weeks. We collected dry weather samples at all stations in April and analyzed them for the parameters listed in the Work Plan. We have been working with Pete Snyder and he will be collecting the dry weather samples in the future. Karen can then deliver the samples to our laboratory.
Billing Group 001 – Project Management - F. X. Browne, Inc. provided overall project management services for all of the active BMP design projects.
Billing Group 002 - Krautter Farm – No work was completed for this task. Brian Meyers will be conducting a final site visit in the next few days to ensure that all project construction activities have been conducted in accordance with the plans and specifications.
Billing Group 005– Swingle Farm - F. X. Browne, Inc. reviewed and edited the contract documents per EPA comments concerning CFR
Billing Group 006 – Pawlowski Farm – F. X. Browne, Inc. reviewed comments on the Erosion and Sediment Pollution Control Plan from the Wayne Conservation District, called and spoke with Wayne Conservation District concerning some of the plan revisions required, reviewed comments on the Erosion and Sediment Pollution Control Plan from the NRCS, called and spoke with multiple people at NRCS to clarify some of the plan revisions recommended, read applicable standards from the NRCS Handbook, eFOTG, and the National Engineering Handbook, spoke with Ken Harvey of NRCS concerning stormwater system design revisions and more specific design information, reviewed design process information from Ken Harvey, conducted internal meeting to discuss design revisions per NRCS and Wayne Conservation District, made revisions to the plans per the Wayne Conservation District as well as performing additional calculations and compiling a resume, called and spoke with John Pawloski concerning required design changes, and reviewed and edited the contract documents per EPA comments concerning CFR.
Billing Group 008 and 009 - Will Keating Farm and Bill Whermann Farm –F. X. Browne, Inc. reviewed and edited the contract documents per EPA comments concerning CFR, reviewed the design work and calculations done prior to stoppage of work, and met to discuss plan and design revisions.
Billing Group 012 – Mangan Cove Shoreline Stabilization Project – F. X. Browne, Inc. revised contract documents for this project to reflect EPA comments and sent revised files to Karen Mandeville so she could send the information to EPA. Per EPA request, we reviewed all contract documents to highlight changes made, create pdf files, compile pdf files and email to LWWMD for submission to EPA.
Billing Group 013 – Bob Lesniak Farm BMP Project - F. X. Browne, Inc. prepared the bidding documents for this project and sent them to Karen Mandeville. We discussed the fencing called for in this project with Ken Harvey and had Karen Mandeville call Bob Lesniak to have him provide the fencing that will be installed in the concrete pads. We revised the bidding documents to clearly define the scope of work. This project was put out to bid, and we should have bids by the next meeting.
During the month of April 2004, F. X. Browne, Inc. prepared for and attended the April 2004 LWWMD Board Meeting and discussed various project related topics with Karen Mandeville by telephone. Additionally, we assisted Karen Mandeville with sending out historical dissolved oxygen and temperature data for an email request.
F. X. Browne, Inc. coordinated the April and May 2004 sampling event for Lake Wallenpaupack. On April 21, 2004 and May 5, 2004 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. 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, fecal coliform bacteria, fecal streptococci bacteria, alkalinity (surface samples only), and pH.
A summary of the April and May 2004 water quality data is provided in Appendix A.
Appendix A
Water Quality Data