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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
1994
Result Period
1990 - 1992
Designations
Assessment Type
Monitored
Integrated Report
Category 0
Legacy ADBCode
IA 02-CED-0110_1
Overall Use Support
Threatened
Aquatic Life Use Support
Threatened
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; no new fish contaminant data.   Due to known threats of agricultural NPS, assessed as FST.

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