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Water Quality Assessments

Impaired Waters List

Cedar River IA 02-CED-477

from upper end of Nashua Impoundment (Chickasaw/Floyd county line (W line S7 T94N R14W Chickasaw Co.)) to Dam No. 2 at Charles City in NW 1/4 NE 1/4 S12 T95N R16W Floyd Co.

Assessment Cycle
1992
Result Period
1988 - 1990
Designations
Assessment Type
Monitored
Integrated Report
Category 0
Legacy ADBCode
IA 02-CED-0110_1
Overall Use Support
Fully
Aquatic Life Use Support
Fully
Fish Consumption
Fully
Documentation
Assessment Comments

Assessment is based on results of the following monitoring downstream from Charles City (1) IDNR monthly ambient monitoring and (2) fish tissue (RAFT) monitoring.

Basis for Assessment

No violations of Class B WQC, and all fish contaminants were < 1/2 FDA action levels; thus assessed as FS.

Monitoring and Methods
Assessment Key Dates
Methods
230 Fixed station physical/chemical (conventional plus toxic pollutants)
260 Fish tissue analysis
Monitoring Levels
Biological 0
Habitat 0
Physical Chemistry 3
Toxic 0
Pathogen Indicators 0
Other Health Indicators 0
Other Aquatic Life Indicators 0
# of Bio Sites 0
BioIntegrity N/A