Photo by Joel Stocker Courtesy of Avalonia Land Conservancy
Today’s Agenda • Welcome • April 10, 2019 Meeting Notes Review • Project Update • Bacteria Sampling Update • Stream Walks, Workshop and Volunteers • Stream Clean-up and Walk • Next Meeting: October 16, 2019, Time/Location TBD
Introductions Judy Rondeau Assistant Director Eastern Connecticut Conservation District 139 Wolf Den Road Brooklyn, CT 06234 860-774-9600 ext. 13 judy.rondeau@comcast.net www.conserveCT.org/eastern
Funding The Anguilla Brook Bacteria Trackdown and Watershed-based Plan project is funded in part by the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection through a grant from the US Environmental Protection Agency Clean Water Act Section 319 Nonpoint Source Program.
April Meeting Notes
Project Review: Conduct water quality investigation: ✓ Stream sampling for fecal bacteria content ✓ Stream corridor assessments ➢ Watershed assessment ➢ Land cover/land use assessment ❖ Develop Watershed Management Plan http://thumbpress.com
Project Timeline: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Prepare Prepare QAPPS Recruit Conduct Conduct bacteria 2019 monitoring bacteria bacteria sampling plan Conduct stream walks Process field data Finalize monitoring monitoring sample Stream plan volunteers training walk Recruit Draft watershed plan training Begin 1 st stream Qtly Stake- Qtly Stake- draft holder mtg walk Qtly Stake- holder mtg Qtly Stake- watershed (1) holder mtg volunteers (2) holder mtg plan (4) (3) Qtly Stake- Qtly Stake- Qtly Stake- 2020 holder mtg holder mtg holder mtg (5) (6) (7) Roll out Grant ends Draft final watershed plan Draft final watershed plan watershed 9/30/2020 Review Review draft Review plan draft watershed draft watershed plan watershed plan plan
Bacteria Sampling Update
Bacteria Monitoring Results: Max Single Geomean* (to Site ID Stream Name Location Sample* date) (to date) Off Trolley Crossing – at outlet of AB-01 Anguilla Brook Wequetequock Pond. Downstream- 160 cfu/100 ml 67 cfu/100 ml most site; upstream of salt-water limit At RT 1 – same as UConn PATH AB-02 Anguilla Brook 180 cfu/100 ml 126 cfu/100 ml sampling site Phase 2 At Anguilla Brook Road – midway in AB-03 Anguilla Brook watershed; downstream of residential, 160 cfu/100 ml 136 cfu/100 ml agriculture and recreational uses AT RT 184 – upstream-most site; AB-04 Anguilla Brook 2,190 cfu/100 ml 414 cfu/100 ml downstream of agricultural uses US of confluence with Oxocossett Brook above salt-water limit; downstream of Phase 1 DB-01 Donahue Brook 4,350 cfu/100 ml 643 cfu/100 ml agricultural uses; tributary to Wequetequock Cove DB-02 Donahue Brook At Barnes Road – upstream-most site 180 cfu/100 ml 124 cfu/100 ml Upstream of the confluence with WB-01 Wheeler Brook 260 cfu/100 ml 112 cfu/100 ml Anguilla Brook At Taugwonk Road – upstream of the WB-02 Wheeler Brook confluence with Stony Brook; 260 cfu/100 ml 188 cfu/100 ml downstream of agricultural uses At RT 184 – upstream-most site; WB-03 Wheeler Brook 590 cfu/100 ml 292 cfu/100 ml downstream of residential use Upstream of confluence with Wheeler UN-01 Unnamed stream 260 cfu/100 ml 81 cfu/100 ml Brook; downstream of agricultural uses UN-02 Unnamed stream At Stony Brook Rd – upstream-most site 263 cfu/100 ml 105 cfu/100 ml Single sample limit for recreation - 576 cfu/100 ml * Provisional data Geometric mean – less than 126 cfu/100ml
Potential Sources?? WB03 DB01 AB04
Stream Walks • 11.5 miles of streams • August - October • Document conditions that may contribute to water quality • Workshop in late July (27 th )/early August (3 rd ) • Workshop location?
Stream Clean-up and Outreach Event • Date - Sat August 10 th or Sunday August 11th • Clean-up location? • Outreach/staging location?
Possible Staging Areas ??? The Meadows Flemings
Next xt Meeting: October 16, 2019 1 pm/Stonington PD
Tha Thank y nk you! ou!!
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