Table 1.  Monitoring program in the Wichita River Basin, Texas, 1996–97

W
-
Weekly    Y
 - 
Yearly
Q
-
Quarterly   9/YR
-
Nine times per year
M
-
Monthly   C
-
Continuous (monitors streamflow, temperature, and specific conductance every hour; pH and dissolved oxygen monthly)

 

Standard physical properties or constituents
-
streamflow, temperature, specific conductance, pH, and dissolved oxygen
Inorganic constituents
-
calcium, magnesium, sodium, alkalinity, sulfate, chloride, and dissolved solids
Trace elements
-
arsenic, cadmium, chromium, copper, iron, lead, and selenium
Rapid bioassessment
-
synoptic survey of fish or fish and benthic macroinvertebrates to assess biological impairment of a water body
Productivity
-
dissolved oxygen recorded once in the morning and once in the evening to determine diurnal variations in dissolved oxygen concentrations
Bacteriological constituents
-
fecal coliform and Escherichia coliform

[TNRCC, Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission; USGS , U.S. Geological Survey; --, not applicable]


Sam-
pling
site
no.
(fig. 1)
Station description  
Station ID  
Stand-
ard
Inor-
ganic
Trace
ele-
ments
Rapid
bioassessment
Pro-
duc-
tivity
Bac-
terio-
logi-
cal


TNRCC  
USGS

Fish  

Macro-
inverte-
brates
 


  1

Holliday Creek at Harding St.

10095

--

W

Q

--

--

--

--

9/YR

  2

Holliday Creek at Sisk Rd. (Farm Road 2650)

15122

--

W

Q

--

--

--

--

9/YR

  3

Buffalo Creek at Farm Road 1814

10097

--

W

Q

--

Y

--

--

9/YR

  4

Beaver Creek at U.S. Hwy. 283

15121

--

W

Q

--

--

--

--

9/YR

  5

Wichita River at River Rd.

10149

--

--

Q

--

Y

Y

Y

9/YR

  6

North Wichita River at Farm Road 267

15177

--

--

--

--

Y

Y

--

--

  7

South Wichita River at Waggoner Ranch Rd.

15178

--

--

--

--

Y

Y

--

--

  8

North Wichita River near Paducah

15119

07311600

C

M

M

--

--

--

--

  9

Middle Fork Wichita River near Guthrie

14900

07311630

C

M

M

--

--

--

--

10

North Wichita River near Truscott

--

07311700

C

M

M

--

--

--

--

11

South Wichita River at low flow dam near Guthrie

13636

07311782

C

M

M

--

--

--

--

12

South Wichita River below low flow dam near Guthrie

--

07311783

C

M

M

--

--

--

--

13

South Wichita River at Ross Ranch near Benjamin

--

07311790

M

M

M

--

--

--

--

14

South Wichita River at State Hwy. 283 near Benjamin

10185

07311800

C

M

M

--

--

--

--

15

Wichita River near Seymour

--

07311900

C

M

M

--

--

--

--

16

Wichita River near Mabelle at U.S. Hwy. 183/283

10158

07312100

C

M

M

Y

--

--

--

17

Wichita River at State Hwy. 25 near Kamay

10155

07312130

C

Q

--

Y

Y

Y

9/YR

18

Beaver Creek near Electra

15120

07312200

C

Q

--

Y

--

--

9/YR

19

Wichita River at Wichita Falls (Loop 11)

10151

07312500

C

Q

--

--

--

--

9/YR

20

Wichita River at Charlie  

10145 07312700 C   Q

--

Y   Y Y 9/YR  

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