South Skunk River IA 03-SSK-932
from outfall of Ames wastewater treatment plant (SW 1/4 S32 T83N R23W Story Co.) to confluence with Squaw Creek at Ames in S12 T83N R24W Story Co.
This is a Legacy Assessment. Prior to 2004, assessments were developed under a methodology that pre-dated the Integrated Report guidelines.
Assessment Cycle
1992
Result Period
1988 - 1990
Designations
Assessment Type
Monitored
Integrated Report
Category 0
Legacy ADBCode
IA 03-SSK-0020_2
Overall Use Support
Threatened
Aquatic Life Use Support
Threatened
Documentation
Assessment Comments
Basis for Assessment
Used old fixed monitoring station at E57 and the new station near Cambridge to show that violations of ammonia criteria ended in mid-1989 when the new Ames WWTP went on-line. Reach was assessed as FST (but NPS impacts were not assessed).