Iowa River IA 02-IOW-622

from south corporate limit of Wapello (S35 T74N R3W Louisa Co.) to Long Cr (S1 T74N R4W Louisa 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 2018 - 2020
Stream/River Water Quality Data	CY 2018 - 2020
Lake Water Quality Data	CY 2016 - 2020
Biological Sampling Data	CY 2016 - 2020*
Fish Kill Data	CY 2016 - 2020
Fish Tissue Sampling Data	CY 2016 - 2020
Continuous Dissolved Oxygen Sampling Data	CY 2016 - 2020
*Biological sites sampled in both 2015 and 2019 were also assessed.

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Cycle: 2022
Release Status: Final
Overall IR: 4 - Water is impaired or threatened and a TMDL has been completed or is not needed.
Trend: Unknown
Created: 12/22/2021 2:17:24 PM
Updated: 1/28/2022 1:25:38 PM

Use Support

Class A1

Recreation - Primary contact

Not Supported

Bacteria: Indicator Bacteria- E. coli

Support Level

Not Supported

Impairment Code

4a - Pollutant-caused impairment. TMDL has been completed.

Cause Magnitude

Slight

Status

Continuing

Source

Unknown: Source Unknown

Source Confidence

N/A

Cycle Added

2012

Impairment Rationale

Geometric mean criterion exceeded

Data Source

Ambient monitoring: USGS

Class BWW1

Aquatic Life - Warm Water Type 1

WINOFI

Biological: low aquatic macroinvertebrate IBI

Support Level

Further Investigation Needed

Impairment Code

3b-u - Use potentially biologically impaired based on uncalibrated IBI metrics.

Cause Magnitude

Slight

Status

Continuing

Source

Unknown: Source Unknown

Source Confidence

Low

Cycle Added

2010

Impairment Rationale

Low Biotic Index

Data Source

Beach monitoring: Iowa DNR WQMA

Class HH

Human Health -

Fully Supported

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 that exceeded state water quality criteria. The Class BWW1 use was assessed as "WINOFI" based on biological sampling data. The Class HH (fish consumption) use was assessed as "fully supported" based on fish tissue sampling data. Note: A TMDL covering the bacteria impairments for all segments, with the segment code prefix "IA 02-IOW" in the Iowa River Basin, was approved by EPA in 2018. Due to the completion of the TMDL, the IR category for the Class A1 use was changed from 5a (impaired; TMDL needed) to 4a (impaired; TMDL approved).

Assessment Explanation

Data Sources:

Data Source	Data Source ID	Data Type	Data Age	Site ID	Site Name	Site Description
Iowa DNR	6	WQ	CY 2018-2020	10580003	Iowa River near Wapello
USGS	11	WQ	CY 2018-2020	5465500	Iowa River at Wapello, IA
Iowa DNR	6	BIO	See Below	337	Iowa River	Wapello – REMAP #45
Iowa DNR	6	BIO	See Below	939	Iowa River	Wapello
Iowa DNR	6	FT	See Below	169	Iowa River	E of Wapello

Class A1 - Indicator Bacteria:

Site ID

Data Source ID

# Samples per Year (2018/ 2019/2020)

2018 Geometric Mean

2019 Geometric Mean

2020 Geometric Mean

Violates Annual Geometric Mean?

# 2018 SSM violations / SSM Violations needed for impairment

# 2019 SSM violations / SSM Violations needed for impairment

# 2020 SSM violations / SSM Violations needed for impairment

Violates Annual SSM Significantly >10% Rule?

Assessment Type

Support Level

10580003

8/8/8

150

YES

2 / 3

3 / 3

0 / 3

YES

Monitored

Not

Class A – 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
10580003	6	36 / 3	6.3	8.9	8.1	1	7	NO	Monitored	Full
5465500	11	41 / 3	6.9	9	8.2	0	8	NO	Monitored	Full

Class BWW1 - Conventional 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
10580003	6	Ammonia	36 / 3	0.02	0.65	0.11	NA	0 / 0	7	NO	Monitored	Full
5465500	11	Ammonia	18 / 3	0.005	0.9	0.1	NA	0 / 0	4	NO	Monitored	Full
10580003	6	Chloride	36 / 3	13	53	25	NA	0 / 0	7	NO	Monitored	Full
5465500	11	Chloride	42 / 3	9.2	39.7	23.8	NA	0 / 0	8	NO	Monitored	Full
10580003	6	Dissolved Oxygen	36 / 3	7.1	13.7	10.6	0	NA / NA	7	NO	Monitored	Full
5465500	11	Dissolved Oxygen	41 / 3	6.2	14.8	10.5	0	NA / NA	8	NO	Monitored	Full
10580003	6	pH	36 / 3	6.3	8.9	8.1	1	NA / NA	7	NO	Monitored	Full
5465500	11	pH	41 / 3	6.9	9	8.2	0	NA / NA	8	NO	Monitored	Full
10580003	6	Sulfate	36 / 3	13	59	25	0	NA / NA	7	NO	Monitored	Full
5465500	11	Sulfate	42 / 3	6	42.5	24.8	0	NA / NA	8	NO	Monitored	Full
10580003	6	Temperature	36 / 3	0.1	28.6	12.7	0	NA / NA	7	NO	Monitored	Full
5465500	11	Temperature	18 / 3	0	27.5	14.5	0	NA / NA	4	NO	Monitored	Full

Class BWW1 - Toxic Parameters:

Site ID	Data Source ID	Parameter Name	# Samples / # Years	Maximum Value	Mean Value	Median Value	# Acute / Chronic Violations	>1 Acute / Chronic Violation	Assessment Type	Support Level
10580003	6	Aluminum	14 / 3	12	1.863	0.64	0 / 0	NO	Monitored	Full
10580003	6	Arsenic	13 / 3	3	1.67	1.5	0 / 0	NO	Monitored	Full
5465500	11	Arsenic	42 / 3	2.6	1.5	1.6	0 / 0	NO	Monitored	Full
10580003	6	Cadmium	13 / 3	0.13	0.04	0.02	0 / 0	NO	Monitored	Full
10580003	6	Chromium	13 / 3	2	0.77	0.66	0 / 0	NO	Monitored	Full
10580003	6	Lead	13 / 3	4.5	0.5	0.2	0 / 0	NO	Monitored	Full
10580003	6	Nickel	13 / 3	5.6	2.9	2.8	0 / 0	NO	Monitored	Full
10580003	6	Silver	13 / 3	0.025	0.025	0.025	0 / 0	NO	Monitored	Full
10580003	6	Zinc	13 / 3	14	3.16	2.5	0 / 0	NO	Monitored	Full

Class BWW1 - Biological Sampling:

Benthic Macroinvertebrates:

Site ID	Date	Drainage Area (mi2)	Ecoregion	Major Drainage	BM Sample Gear	BMIBI score	BMIBI Class	72d BMIBI BIT	BMIBI Pass/ Fail
337	9/16/19	12490	72d	MS	Floating Art Sub	22	Poor	51	Fail
939	10/10/17	12499	72d	MS	Floating Art Sub	37	Fair	51	Fail

Fish:

Site ID	Date	Drainage Area (mi2)	Ecoregion	Major Drainage	Riffle Stream?	FIBI score	FIBI Class	72d FIBI BIT	FIBI Pass/ Fail
337	9/16/19	12490	72d	MS	NA	43	Fair	36	Pass

Overall:

Community	Assessment Type	Assessment Result	Support Level	IR Category	Reason
Benthic Macroinvertebrates	Evaluated	Fail (0/2)	Not
Fish	Evaluated	Pass (1/1)	Full		Assessment was evaluated because the drainage areas of the sample sites
Overall	Evaluated	Fail	WINOFI	3bu	were greater than the calibrated range.

Class HH - Fish Tissue Sampling:

Site ID	Biopart	Year	Species	# in sample / # of samples	Avg Length (cm)	(Avg) Hg (ppm)	Chlordane (ppm)	Sum PCBs (ppm)
169	whole	2014	common carp	3	59.4	0.11	0.12	<0.24
Support Level	Full

Monitoring and Methods

Assessment Key Dates

9/8/2014

Fish Tissue Monitoring

1/2/2018

Fixed Monitoring Start Date

12/9/2020

Fixed Monitoring End Date

10/10/2017

Biological Monitoring

9/16/2019

Biological Monitoring

3/9/2018

TMDL Completed

2/21/2018

Non-fixed Monitoring Start Date

12/17/2020

Non-fixed Monitoring End Date

Methods

220

Non-fixed station physical/chemical monitoring (conventional pollutant only)

230

Fixed station physical/chemical (conventional plus toxic pollutants)

260

Fish tissue analysis

315

Regional reference site approach

320

Benthic macroinvertebrate surveys

330

Fish surveys

380

Quantitative physical habitat assessment

420

Indicator bacteria monitoring