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Water Quality Assessments
Impaired Waters List

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.

Assessment Cycle
1998
Result Period
1994 - 1996
Designations
Assessment Type
Evaluated
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

Continue to use the assessment of support of the Class B(LR) uses (=FST) developed for previous Section 305(b) reports.   The data upon which these assessments were based are now over 5 years old.   Additional monitoring is needed to update the assessment and to determine the status of the aquatic communities and habitats of this reach of the South Skunk River.

Monitoring and Methods
Assessment Key Dates
Methods
150 Monitoring data more than 5 years old
Monitoring Levels
Biological 0
Habitat 0
Physical Chemistry 0
Toxic 0
Pathogen Indicators 0
Other Health Indicators 0
Other Aquatic Life Indicators 0
# of Bio Sites 0
BioIntegrity N/A