Dry Run IA 02-CED-554

mouth (S18 T89N R13W Black Hawk Co.) to confluence with unnamed tributary in S23 T89N R14W BlackHawk Co

Open Data Collection Period Modal

For purposes of developing stream/river water quality assessments for integrated reporting, three years of water quality data are typically used for both conventional pollutant parameters (e.g., indicator bacteria) and the less frequently monitored toxic parameters (e.g., toxic metals). Since the 2004 IR cycle, DNR has used a three-year data gathering period for streams, rivers, and beaches. For most assessments, the use of three years of data increases the number of samples upon which the decision on use support is based and helps address the problem of weather-related year-to-year fluctuations in water quality.

Due to the lower sampling frequency in Iowa’s ambient lake, biological, fish kill, and fish tissue monitoring programs, five years of data are used for developing IR assessments and for identifying Section 303(d) listings.

Data Type	Data Timeframe
Beach Sampling Data	CY 2020 - 2022
Stream/River Water Quality Data	CY 2020 - 2022
Lake Water Quality Data	CY 2018 - 2022
Biological Sampling Data	CY 2018 - 2022*
Fish Kill Data	CY 2018 - 2022
Fish Tissue Sampling Data	CY 2018 - 2022
Continuous Dissolved Oxygen Sampling Data	CY 2018 - 2022
*Biological sites sampled in both 2017 and 2021 were also assessed.

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Cycle: 2024
Release Status: Final
Overall IR: 5 - Water is impaired or threatened and a TMDL is needed.
Trend: Unknown
Created: 11/1/2023 8:12:45 AM
Updated: 12/15/2023 6:21:46 AM

Use Support

Class A1

Recreation - Primary contact

Not Supported

Bacteria: Indicator Bacteria- E. coli

Support Level

Not Supported

Impairment Code

5a - Pollutant-caused impairment. TMDL needed.

Cause Magnitude

Moderate

Status

Continuing

Source

Unknown: Source Unknown

Source Confidence

N/A

Cycle Added

2008

Impairment Rationale

Geometric mean criterion exceeded

Data Source

Special project/study

TMDL Priority

Tier III

Class BWW2

Aquatic Life - Warm Water Type 2

Not Supported

Biological: low fish & invert IBIs- cause unknown

Support Level

Not Supported

Impairment Code

5b-v - Biological - verified

Cause Magnitude

Slight

Status

Continuing

Source

Unknown: Source Unknown

Source Confidence

Low

Cycle Added

2004

Impairment Rationale

Low Biotic Index

Data Source

Biological monitoring: Iowa DNR WQMA

TMDL Priority

Tier IV

Impairment Delistings

No delistings for this assessment cycle.

Documentation

Assessment Summary

The Class A1 use was assessed as "not supported” due to levels of indicator bacteria (E. coli) that exceeded state water quality criteria. The Class BWW2 use was assessed as "not supported" based on biological sampling data.

Assessment Explanation

Data Sources:

Data Source	Data Source ID	Data Type	Data Age	Site ID	Site Name	Site Description
CRWQ	23	WQ	CY 2020-2022	99990068	Dry Run Creek
Iowa DNR	6	BIO	See Below	215	Dry Run Creek	DS of Waterloo RD – DRC1
Iowa DNR	6	BIO	See Below	455	Dry Run Creek	US of University AVE near UNI Campus – DRC4

Class A1 - Indicator Bacteria:

Site ID

Data Source ID

# Samples per Year (2020/ 2021/2022)

2020 Geometric Mean

2021 Geometric Mean

2022 Geometric Mean

Violates Annual Geometric Mean?

# 2020 SSM violations / SSM Violations needed for impairment

# 2021 SSM violations / SSM Violations needed for impairment

# 2022 SSM violations / SSM Violations needed for impairment

Violates Annual SSM Significantly >10% Rule?

Assessment Type

Support Level

99990068

5/5/5

409

235

184

YES

3 / NA

2 / NA

YES

Eval

Not

Class A1 – pH:

Site ID	Data Source ID	# Samples / # Years	Minimum Value	Maximum Value	Mean Value	# Violations	Violations needed for impairment	Violates Significantly >10% Rule?	Assessment Type	Support Level
99990068	23	14 / 3	7.74	8.34	8.09	0	4	NO	Mon	Full

Class BWW2 - Binomial Parameters:

Site ID	Data Source ID	Parameter Name	# Samples / # Years	Minimum Value	Maximum Value	Mean Value	# Violations	# Acute / Chronic Violations	Violations needed for impairment	Violates Significantly >10% Rule?	Assessment Type	Support Level
99990068	23	Chloride	15 / 3	37.5	81.7	46.1	NA	0 / 0	4	NO	Mon	Full
99990068	23	Dissolved Oxygen	15 / 3	4.2	14.9	9.6	1	NA / NA	4	NO	Mon	Full
99990068	23	pH	14 / 3	7.74	8.34	8.09	0	NA / NA	4	NO	Mon	Full
99990068	23	Sulfate	15 / 3	23.3	29.7	27.2	0	NA / NA	4	NO	Mon	Full
99990068	23	Temperature	15 / 3	7.6	23.2	17.6	0	NA / NA	4	NO	Mon	Full

Class BWW2 - Biological Sampling:

Benthic Macroinvertebrates:

BioNet Site ID	Date	Drainage Area (mi2)	Ecoregion	Major Drainage	BM Sample Gear	BMIBI score	BMIBI Class	47c BMIBI BIT	BMIBI Pass/Fail
215	8/24/21	23.7	47c	MS	Hess	48	Fair	70	Fail
455	8/24/21	9.4	47c	MS	Hess	52	Fair	70	Fail
455	8/16/18	9.4	47c	MS	Hess	53	Fair	70	Fail

Fish:

BioNet Site ID	Date	Drainage Area (mi2)	Ecoregion	Major Drainage	Riffle Stream?	FIBI score	FIBI Class	47c FIBI BIT	FIBI Pass/Fail
215	8/24/21	23.7	47c	MS/WW	No	60	Good	44	Pass
455	8/24/21	9.4	47c	MS/WW	Yes	60	Good	65	Fail
215	8/16/18	23.7	47c	MS/WW	No	77	Excellent	44	Pass
455	8/16/18	9.4	47c	MS/WW	Yes	24	Poor	65	Fail

Overall:

Community	Assessment Type	Assessment Result	Support Level	IR Category	Reason
Benthic Macroinvertebrates	Monitored	Fail (0/3)	Not
Fish	Monitored	Fail (2/4)	Not		Assessment was monitored because it was completed
Overall	Monitored	Fail	Not	5bv	using samples collected in a recent five-year period.

Monitoring and Methods

Assessment Key Dates

8/24/2021

Biological Monitoring

6/2/2020

Monitoring Start

8/23/2022

Monitoring End

8/16/2018

Biological Monitoring

Methods

200

Physical/Chemical Monitoring

315

Regional reference site approach

320

Benthic macroinvertebrate surveys

330

Fish surveys

420

Indicator bacteria monitoring