North Coast RWQCBWetland Restoration
Case Study: Upper Klamath Basin
Water Quality Coordinating Committee
October 3, 2014
Sacramento, CA
Matt St. John, Executive OfficerJohn Corbett, Board Chairman
Upper Klamath Basin Wetland Restoration
Upper Klamath Basin accounts ~20% of flow but ~70% of nutrient loading to Klamath River
~75% of wetlands converted to irrigated agriculture
Wetland restoration is key to TMDL implementation strategy
Klamath Water Quality Improvement
Projects Workshop: Conceptual Feasibility Analysis
REHABILITATED WETLANDS ALONG UPPER KLAMATH LAKE, AGENCY LAKE, LAKE EWAUNA, KENO IMPOUNDMENT
SEDIMENT P SEQUESTRATION USING ALUM MICRO-FLOC W/AERATION/OXYGENATION
DSTWs IN WOOD AND SPRAGUE RIVER VALLEYS
TARGETED DREDGING IN UKL & AGENCY LAKE COMBINED W/IN-BASIN SEDIMENT RE-USE
Diffuse Source Wetland Treatment Systems
discretionary funding FY 2015/ 2015 matched by CA State Coastal Conservancy
• SWRCB $200,000 discretionary funding FY 2015/ 2015 matched by CA State Coastal Conservancy
• Klamath Basin Rangeland Trust and Stillwater Sciences• Project Completion Date: Late 2018
