May 9, 2019 Membership Meeting
Agenda Welcome and Introductions • Approve: Staff to finalize contract negotiations with Midwest Biodiversity • Institute for 2019 Bioassessment Approve: Staff to finalize contract negotiations with Microbac Laboratory for • 2019 sample analysis Presentation – Effects of Improved Water Quality on Fish Assemblages and • Sport Fishery of the Des Plaines River and Implications of Proposed Invasive Fish Barrier at Brandon Lock – By Steve Pescitelli, Region 2 Stream Specialist Chloride Time-Limited Water Quality Standard update • Overview of 2019 Spring Outreach Campaign materials • Will County Groundwater Study Update • Membership Update •
Current Members • Village of Channahon • Village of Lockport • City of Crest Hill • MWRDGC • Village of Elwood • Village of Manhattan • Exxon Mobil • Village of New Lenox • Village of Frankfort • New Lenox Township • Cook County Forest Preserve • Village of Romeoville District • Village of Western Springs • Village of Hinsdale • Village of Westmont • Illinois American Water • Will County • City of Joliet
2018-2022 Monitoring Budget – Planning Purposes Only 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Total Budget $200,000 $200,000 $200,000 $200,000 $200,000 $1,000,000 income Working $260,000 $260,000 $240,000 $240,000 $1,000,000 budget Chemistry $68,263 $78,000 $73,000 $74,000 $293,263 MBI $189,000 $195,000 $162,250 $162,250 $714,500 Total $257,263 $264,500 $242,250 $226,250 $1,007763
Bioassessment 2019 22 mainstem & 11 tributary stations 1. Assist in Quality Assurance Project Plan development 2. Collect Fish and Macroinvertebrates 3. Complete Qualitative Habitat Evaluation (QHEI) 4. Collect water and sediment samples to be analyzed by lab 5. Collect dissolved oxygen and benthic chlorophyll a 6. Compile and analyze all collected and available data 7. Write report for 2018 & 2019 assessment 8. Need approval to negotiate contract up to $195,000 for MBI
Bioassessment 2019 Expanded Dissolved Oxygen Monitoring 1. Sampling can occur when we have warm/hot conditions with no rain in previous 48 hours and have relatively low flow conditions 2. 4-5 day deployment of DO meters at 7-14 sites based on weather 3. Benthic chlorophyll a samples will be collected 4. 2 rounds of expanded nutrient sampling will occur while DO probes are deployed 5. Samples will be analyzed by First Environmental Labs in Naperville due to shortened hold times for samples 6. This will be completed with a combination of MBI and TCF staff
Expanded Nutrient Parameters • Total Dissolved Carbon • 5 Day BOD • Ammonia • 5 Day CBOD • N-NO2 • Total Suspended Solids • N-NO3 • Total Dissolved Solids • TKN • Chloride • Total Phosphorus • Conductivity • Total Dissolved Phosphorus • Total Organic Carbon • Chlorophyll a
Bioassessment 2019 Fecal Coliform Sampling 1. Fecal Coliform monitoring requires 5 samples in a 30 day period 2. We will sample Fecal Coliform in each reach listed on the 303(d) list for Fecal Coliform 3. Sampling will begin in late May/early June 4. ETP Labs in Willowbrook will be used due to short hold times 5. Sampling will be completed by TCF staff
Bioassessment 2019 Chemistry Analysis • 2018 & 2019 chemistry collections will be completed by Midwest Biodiversity staff with a boat and from bridges where available • MBI staff will coordinate with Microbac staff to pick-up samples • Microbac will perform analysis for regular chemistry collections • First Environmental Labs will analyze expanded nutrient parameters • ETP Labs will analyze Fecal Coliform • Approval needed for staff to negotiate contracts with all three labs up to a total of $78,000
2019 Sampling • Main stem Des Plaines River • 22 stations • Silver Creek & Crystal Creek • 3 stations • Willow Creek Watershed • 7 stations • Schiller Woods Tributary • 1 station All stations will have fish, macroinvertebrate, habitat and water chemistry collected. Selected sites will have sediment collected.
Chloride Time-Limited Water Quality Standard Approximately 50 Petitioners in CAWS and Lower DesPlaines Potential Members Current Members • Citgo Holding, Inc. • Village of Channahon • City of Country Club Hills • City of Crest Hill • Flint Hill Resources • Village of Elwood • Village of LaGrange • IMTT Illinois LLC • Village of Frankfort • Ingredion Inc. • Village of Orland Park • City of Joliet • Midwest Marine • Village of Tinley Park • City of Lockport Terminals • Village of Richton Park • Village of Mokena • Ozinga Ready Mix • Village of Riverside • Village of New Lenox • Stepan Co • Village of Romeoville • City of Chicago • Illinois DOT • MDRD • Cook County DOT • Exxon Mobil
Next Steps • Illinois EPA submitted recommendations to the Illinois Pollution Control Board • Public Comment period ended on April 16 th • Public hearings have not been set yet • Send to USEPA Region 5 for approval • Clock starts ticking for tasks
Seasonal Outreach Spring
Native Trees for Your Environment: Learn about our native tree species and the benefits they • carry when incorporated into the landscape. Factors to Spring consider when choosing a tree, examples to consider and where to buy your native trees are covered. Outreach Native Plants 101: Campaign • What is a native plant and how do they differ from invasive species? Learn how natives are beneficial to the landscape, which are best to incorporate to your landscape at home, and where to buy native plants locally. Adding Natives to the Landscape: • Learn how to plan a native garden, prepare your garden bed or tree planting, and maintain the addition of native plants and trees in your landscape. The benefits of incorporating natives to home landscapes are also highlighted.
Spring Outreach Campaign
Spring Outreach Campaign
Spring Outreach Campaign
Spring Outreach Campaign
Spring Outreach Campaign
Spring Outreach Campaign
Spring • Questions or assistance: Outreach Campaign • Monica Rockstroh, Watershed Education • & Outreach Manager • mrockstroh@theconservationfoundation.org
MS4 Good Housekeeping Workshop • Save the Date! • Wednesday, November 6 th , 2019 • Facilitator: Lori Gates, Senior Project Manager, Christopher Burke Engineering, Indianapolis, IN • Topics include: • Lessons learned from audits • Secondary containment • BMPs • Interactive “you’re the inspector” activities • Useful poster handouts and videos
Southwest Water Planning Group • Groundwater study to be completed by the Illinois State Water Survey to assist with regional water supply planning • Contract will go through LDWG • LDWG has sent separate invoices out to participants
Lower DesPlaines Watershed Group Contacts: • Allison Swisher, City of Joliet aswisher@jolietcity.org 815-724-4222 • Jennifer Hammer & Monica Rockstroh, The Conservation Foundation jhammer@theconservationfoundation.org mrochstroh@theconservationfoundation.org 630-428-4500 x114, x123 • www.lowerdesplaineswatershed.org
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