Carson River Watershed Project Plan – 2004

Carson River Report Card


Fact Sheet

Assorted Information
• Carson River Aquatic Life Status Report (CWSD, 2007 - 64 Pages, 3.2MB)
• Carson River Chronology (Nevada Division of Water Resources - 1996)
• History of Carson River Water Quality Standards (NDEP — December 2004)
• Summary of Historic Environmental Conditions - Carson River Drainage: a compilation of newspaper references and other sources dating back to 1844 - 1.6MB (Bob McQuivey, Retired, NDOW - 2005)

Nutrients and Dissolved Oxygen Assessment
• A Review of Nutrient Concentrations and Associated Water Quality Standards for the Carson River (NDEP, 2007) [41 Pages]
• Dissolved Oxygen Dynamics in the Carson River: Results from field programs during the summers of 2003 and 2004 (DRI - 2006)
• Carson River Special Dissolved Oxygen and Temperature Monitoring Project - 2005 (NDEP, 2006)
• Water Quality Assessment of the Las Vegas Valley Area and the Carson and Truckee River - Nutrients, Pesticides and Suspended Sediment (USGS - 1997)
• Carson River Special DO and Temperature Monitoring Report – 2001 (NDEP - 2002)
• Trends in Nitrate and Dissolved-Solids Concentrations in Ground Water, Carson Valley, Douglas County, Nevada, 1985-2001 (USGS – 2003)
• Sources of Phosphorus to the Carson River Upstream from Lahontan Reservoir, Nevada and California, Water Years 2001-02 (USGS - 2004)
• 2004 Nutrient Levels in Carson Valley Groundwater Based upon Discharge Monitoring Reports [6.5MB] (NDEP, 2006)

Temperature Assessment
• A Review of Temperature Conditions and Associated Water Quality Standards for the Carson River — NDEP, 2008. (42 Pages, 11MB)
• Summary of Stream Temperature Metrics for the Carson River, NDEP - 2007 (Adobe PDF 18 Pages, 1.9MB)
• Modeling the Effect of Riparian Shading on Water Temperature for Portions of the Carson River (Garner & McGwire - 2007 - 147 Pages, 2.5MB )
• Airborne Thermal Infrared Remote Sensing (Watershed Sciences, Inc. - 2006)

Total Suspended Solids and TSS Assessment
• A Review of Suspended and Bedded Sediments and Associated Water Quality Standards for the Carson River (2008)

• Characterization of Turbidity and Total Suspended Solids in the Upper Carson River (DRI, 2008)

Lahontan Reservoir Assessment
• December 2007 — Trends in Nutrient Loads to Lahontan Reservoir (A supporting document for the Carson River Report Card -- 30 Pages 960KB)

Physical Condition Assessment
• Physical and Geomorphological Measurements for Selected River Segments in the Carson and Truckee Basins (USGS - 1997)
• Upper Carson River Watershed Stream Corridor Condition Assessment( Prepared for Alpine County, June 2004)
• Carson River Relative Bed Stability Investigation (NDEP 2006) (5MB )

Biological Condition Assessment
• Physical Data and Biological Data for Algae, Aquatic Invertebrates, and Fish from Selected Reaches on the Carson and Truckee Rivers (USGS - 2002)

Trace Metals Assessment
• High Levels of Mercury Contamination in Multiple Media of the Carson River Drainage Basin of Nevada: Implications for Risk Assessment (Gustin et al., 1994)
• Trace Element Enrichment in Streambed Sediment and Crayfish, Carson and Truckee Rivers (USGS - December 2003)
• Leviathan Mine Natural Resource Damage Assessment Plan (Leviathan Mine Council Natural Resource Trustees - December 2003)
• Carson River Mercury Site - NDEP, Bureau of Corrective Actions Website

Report Card Findings and Recommendations
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Review of Municipal or Domestic Supply Use

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Load Duration Curve TMDLs

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