Wapsipinicon River IA 01-WPS-340

Assessment Comments

Assessment is based on results of fish tissue monitoring in 1998. See attached document for details.See attached document for details.

Basis for Assessment

[Note:  For the 2002 report, the previous waterbody segment IA 01-WPS-0020-1, which extended 108 miles from the confluence with Buffalo Creek at Anamosa to Snyder Access in Bremer County, was split into seven subsegments:  (1) Buffalo Creek at Anamosa to Walton Creek  in Linn County (IA 01-WPS-0020-1), (2) Walton Creek to Pine Creek in Buchanan Co.  (IA 01-WPS-0020-2), (3) Pine Creek to Harter Creek in Buchanan Co.  (IA 01-WPS-0020-3), (4) Harter Creek to L.  Wapsipinicon River in Buchanan Co.  (IA 01-WPS-0020-4), (5) L.  Wapsipinicon River to Crane Creek in Black Hawk Co.  (IA 01-WPS-0020-5), (6) Crane Creek to East Fork Wapsipinicon River in Bremer Co.  (IA 01-WPS-0020-6), and (7) East Fork Wapsipinicon River to Snyder Access in Bremer Co.  (IA 01-WPA-0020-7).   See assessment information for segment IA 01-WPS-0020-1 (Buffalo Creek to Walton Creek, Linn Co.) for previous Section 305(b) assessments for this river reach.]

SUMMARY:  The Class A (primary contact recreation) uses and the Class B(WW) aquatic life uses are "not assessed."  Fish consumption uses are assessed as "fully supported."  EXPLANATION:  The Class A and Class B(WW) uses are "not assessed" due to the lack of water quality information for this segment upon which to base an assessment.   The fish consumption uses remain "fully supported" based on the assessment developed for the 2000 report (see above).