Big Woods Lake IA 02-CED-466

Black Hawk County S1 T89N R14W N edge of Cedar Falls.

This is a Legacy Assessment. Assessments prior to 2016 were developed under the previous USPEA guidelines, and have a different format.

Assessment Cycle

2008

Result Period

2004 - 2006

Designations

General Use

Assessment Methodology

2008 Methodology Document

Assessment Type

Not Assessed

Integrated Report

Category 3a

Trophic

Unknown

Trend

Unknown

Legacy ADBCode

IA 02-CED-00487-L_0

Overall Use Support

Not assessed

Aquatic Life Use Support

Not assessed

Documentation

Assessment Comments

Insufficient water quality information available to assess use support.

Basis for Assessment

SUMMARY: The Class B(LW) (aquatic life) uses are "not assessed" due to a lack of water quality monitoring at this lake.   The fish consumption uses are "not assessed" due to a lack of recent fish contaminant monitoring at this lake.

EXPLANATION:  The Class B(LW) (aquatic life) uses are "not assessed" due to a lack of water quality monitoring at this lake.   Big Woods Lake is not monitored through the Iowa State University Lake monitoring program or the ambient lake monitoring program done by the University of Iowa Hygienic Laboratory.

The fish consumption uses are considered "not assessed" due to the lack of information upon which to base an assessment.   The previous assessments of the fish consumption uses at this lake were based on results of sampling conducted through the U.S.EPA/IDNR (RAFT) fish tissue monitoring program in 1996.   These results indicated "full support" of the fish consumption uses.   However, because these data are now considered too old (greater than ten years) to accurately characterize current water quality conditions, these uses are now considered "not assessed."