Amendment # 3 to the Trinity
River Authority Clean Rivers
Program FY 2014/2015 QAPP:
Appendix H
Prepared by the Trinity River Authority
in Cooperation with the Texas
Commission on Environmental Quality
(TCEQ)
Effective: Immediately upon approval by all parties
Questions concerning this QAPP should be directed to:
Angela Kilpatrick
Trinity River Authority
Clean Rivers Program Coordinator
5300 South Collins
Arlington, TX 76018
(817) 493‐5179
[email protected]
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Justification
This document details changes made Appendix H to the basin-wide Quality Assurance Project Plan in
order to update a temporary station ID (TR331/21521) with the permanent station ID 21286 that will
be used for the FY 2014 aquatic life monitoring and to correct the end date of sampling.
Detail of Changes
Section/Figure/Table
Section SS-B1 – Table
B1.1 & Sample Design
Rationale and Site
Selection Criteria
Page
21 &
22
Section SS-B1 – Figure 23
SS-B1.1
Change
Justification
Change TR331/21521 to 21286. Site is within range of an existing
station.
Correct the end date of
This date is the end of the Index
sampling for FY 2014 from
Period.
9/30/2014 to 10/15/2014.
Change TR331/21521 to 21286. Site is within range of an existing
station.
Details of the changes listed above are shown on the following page.
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will then be converted by the TRA to the Event/Result file format specified in the TCEQ DMRG. The
Biological Monitoring Reporting Packet (Exhibit A) will be submitted by TRA to TCEQ in the required
BLOB format as described in the Surface Water Quality Monitoring Data Management Reference
Guide.
SS-B1 Sampling Process Design
The data collection design is summarized in Tables SS-B1.1 and SS-B1.2 (Sampling Sites and
Monitoring Frequencies) and Figures SS-B1.1 and SS-B1.2 (Sample Site Maps).
Table B1.1 – Sample Design and Schedule, FY 2014
10/15/14*
Field
TR/TR BS 3/15/14
24 hr
AqHab
Benthics
Nekton
Metal Water
Org Water
Metal Sed
Org Sed
Conventionals
Amb Tox Water
Amb Tox Sed
Bacteria
Flow
Fish Tissue
End Date
Start Date
21286
Mon Type
0805A
RED OAK CREEK
100 METERS
DOWNSTREAM
OF THE TRA
RED OAK CREEK
WWTP
DISCHARGE
BELOW THE
MIXING ZONE
SE/CE
Station
Description
Station ID
4
Segment
Region
Frequency (samples per year)
2 2 2 2
2
2
*Although 10/15/14 is outside of the traditional fiscal year end date of 8/31/14, this is considered
part of the FY2014 Biological Index Period.
Table B1.2 – Sample Design and Schedule, FY 2015
4
0805
West Fork Trinity
River 1.25 km
upstream of East
1st Street off of
the Fort Worth
Branch Trinity
Trails System in
Gateway Park in
Fort Worth
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TR330/
21520
TR/
TR
BS
3/15/15
8/31/15
2 2 2 2
Flow
Fish Tissue
Field
Bacteria
Amb Tox Water
Amb Tox Sed
Org Sed
Conventionals
Org Water
Metal Sed
Nekton
Metal Water
AqHab
Benthics
24 hr
End Date
Start Date
Mon Type
SE/CE
Station
Description
Station ID
Segment
Region
Frequency (samples per year)
2
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See Data Dictionary in Section SS-B10 for definitions of codes in Table B1.1.
Sample Design Rationale and Site Selection Criteria
Station 21286 is located at Red Oak Creek 100 m downstream of the Red Oak Creek Regional
Wastewater System outfall below the mixing zone. The site was selected because it is representative
of Red Oak Creek, a tributary of the Trinity River, below the mixing zone of the TRA Red Oak Creek
Regional Wastewater System; a 6 MGD plant. The selected reach in this stream contains a variety of
microhabitats to sample, such as riffles, runs and pools. It is anticipated that ALM results at this site
will support other TRA water quality projects. In addition, this drainage area is rural and the stream
has been noted to be intermittent above the discharge during extended periods of dry weather.
Therefore, during these periods, the effluent from the plant is the basis of the biological habitat
downstream. This monitoring will provide background information for this stream and may help to
determine if further biological monitoring needs to be conducted.
Station TR330/21520 is located at West Fork Trinity River 1.25 km upstream of East 1st Street off of
the Fort Worth Branch Trinity Trails System in Gateway Park in Fort Worth. The site was selected
because it is representative of the West Fork Trinity River downstream of the channelized portion in
Fort Worth. In addition, this reach of the river has routinely been monitored for water quality by the
City of Fort Worth, Tarrant Regional Water District and Trinity River Authority. Therefore, this
location is of great interest to TRA and its partners. Biological monitoring in this reach is intended to
increase background information about the site. Segment 0806 was found to be impaired for fish
consumption by the TCEQ’s 2012 Integrated Report. Although an analysis of fish tissue will not be
conducted as part of this study, nekton sampling may show if fish communities are being adversely
affected by Dioxins and PCBs which are the source of the fish consumption impairment. Flows in this
reach are typically wadeable during Index and Critical periods as it is upstream of large dischargers.
The selected reach in this stream contains a variety of microhabitats to sample, such as riffles, runs
and pools.
Sampling Site Maps
Maps of stations monitored by the Trinity River Authority are provided on the following pages. The
maps were generated by the Trinity River Authority. This product is for informational purposes and
may not have been prepared for or be suitable for legal, engineering, or surveying purposes. It does
not represent an on-the-ground survey and represents only the approximate relative location of
property boundaries. For more information concerning this map, contact Angela Kilpatrick at 817493-5179.
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Distribution
QAPP Amendments and Revisions to Appendices will be distributed to all personnel on the
distribution list maintained by the Trinity River Authority.
These changes will be incorporated into the QAPP document and TCEQ and the Trinity River Authority
will acknowledge and accept these changes by signing this amendment.
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Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Water Quality Planning Division
Allison Fischer
Date
Project Quality Assurance Specialist
Clean Rivers Program
Patricia Wise, Work Leader
Clean Rivers Program
Date
Sarah Eagle
Project Manager
Clean Rivers Program
Date
Monitoring Division
Daniel R. Burke
Date
Lead CRP Quality Assurance Specialist
Laboratory and Quality Assurance Section
Trinity River Authority
Webster Mangham
TRA Senior Project Manager
Date
Angela Kilpatrick
Date
TRA Project Manager and Quality Assurance Officer
Hong Wu
TRA Data Manager
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