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Water Quality Assessments

Impaired Waters List

Floyd River IA 06-FLO-1552

mouth to West Branch Floyd R. in S2 T91N R46W Plymouth Co.

Assessment Cycle
1996
Result Period
1992 - 1994
Designations
Assessment Type
Monitored
Integrated Report
Category 0
Legacy ADBCode
IA 06-FLO-0010_0
Overall Use Support
Partial
Aquatic Life Use Support
Partial
Fish Consumption
Not assessed
Documentation
Assessment Comments

Assessment is based on results of IDNR ambient monthly water quality monitoring near James and September 1990 IDNR stream use assessment conducted in Plymouth county.

Basis for Assessment

There were no violations of Class B(WW) water quality criteria to protect Class B(WW) uses in the 24 monthly samples collected for the DNR fixed station monitoring network.   Used assessment of support of the Class B(WW) aquatic life uses developed for the 1994 report (=PS).

Monitoring and Methods
Assessment Key Dates
Methods
230 Fixed station physical/chemical (conventional plus toxic pollutants)
330 Fish surveys
375 Visual observation-- may not quantify some parameters-- single season-- by prof.
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