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Water Quality Assessments
Impaired Waters List

Turkey River IA 01-TRK-152

from bridge crossing at Elgin (S13 T94N R7 Fayette Co.) to confluence with Little Turkey R near Eldorado (S18 T95N R8W Fayette Co.).

Assessment Cycle
2000
Result Period
1996 - 1998
Designations
Assessment Methodology
Assessment Type
Monitored
Integrated Report
Category 0
Legacy ADBCode
IA 01-TRK-0210_4
Overall Use Support
Fully
Aquatic Life Use Support
Not assessed
Fish Consumption
Fully
Documentation
Assessment Comments

Fish tissue (RAFT) monitoring conducted in 1999.

Basis for Assessment

SUMMARY:  The Class B(WW) aquatic life uses remain "not assessed."  The fish consumption uses are assessed as "fully supported."  EXPLANATION:  The Class B(WW) uses remain "not assessed" due to the lack of chemical or biological monitoring data for this river reach.   Fish consumption uses are assessed as "fully supporting" based on results of EPA/DNR fish tissue (RAFT) monitoring in 1999 near Clermont.   Levels of nearly all contaminants in the composite samples of fillets from common carp and smallmouth bass were below the analytical limit of detection (only 4 of 23 contaminants were detected).   Levels of the few contaminants detected were much less than ½ of the respective FDA action levels or DNR levels of concern.

Monitoring and Methods
Assessment Key Dates
9/1/1999 Biological Monitoring
Methods
260 Fish tissue analysis
Monitoring Levels
Biological 0
Habitat 0
Physical Chemistry 0
Toxic 0
Pathogen Indicators 0
Other Health Indicators 0
Other Aquatic Life Indicators 0
# of Bio Sites 0
BioIntegrity N/A