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The Heidelberg Tributary Loading Program
Ken Krieger and Laura Johnson
Workgroup for Water Resources Monitoring
Columbus, Ohio – 4 March 2015
Who We Are
• Heidelberg University
• The National Center for Water Quality Research• Heidelberg Tributary Loading Program
• Cooperative Private Well Testing Program (agencies in 17 states)
• Research grants from federal and state agencies, foundations
• Water quality analysis for universities, private corporations
• Participation in Heidelberg’s B.S. curriculum in Environmental Science
• Informal education and outreach
• The NCWQR Staff –6 Ph.D. scientists, 4 techs, 1 business manager
• Collaborations with agency staffs, anduniversity, government, and corporate researchers
Heidelberg Tributary Loading Program
• 16 stations
• Paired with USGS
gages
• Officially started
in 1974
• Collaborating
with Old Woman
Creek NERR to
reactivate 2
stations
• Samples collected 3x a day
• All 3 samples analyzed during high flow
Nutrients Pesticides
Coldwater Creek near
Grand Lake St. Marys
Sandusky River
near Fremont
Continuous flow
from stream
Analytical Capabilities of the NCWQR
• Nutrients• Colorimetric analysis:
Seal AA3 autoanalyzers• Dionex Ion chromatographs
• Metals – Varian ICP/MS “Redtop”• Total Suspended Solids
• Pesticides & Other Organics
• Bruker EVOQ LC-MS/MS
• Varian 450 GC/Varian 220 MS
• ELISA immunoassay
Analytical Capabilities of the NCWQR
• Algal Toxins – ELISA immunoassay
• Algal Pigments
• Varian 9010 LC (chorophyll a )
• Aminco fluorometer(phycocyanin)
How the NCWQR and the Heidelberg Tributary Loading Program are Funded
• All NCWQR funding is from external sources (soft money).
• Many sources are short-term.
• Some sources are non-renewable.
• Heidelberg Univ. allows NCWQR to retain part of indirect costs.
JA Jan Apr – Jan Apr – Jan Apr – Jan Apr –
- J - Mar Jun - Mar Jun - Mar Jun - Mar Jun
Blanchard 2008
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Cuyahoga 1983
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Portage 2011*
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Raisin 1982
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Rock 1983
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Beaver 2013 ODNR
Chickasaw 2008
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Coldwater 2012
Great Miami 1996
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Muskingum 1996
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Scioto 1996
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OWDA
* Station was re-activated in year shown.
State of Ohio Line Item
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Muskingum WCD
Miami Conservancy District
OWDA
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NE Ohio Regional Sewer Dist. NEORSD
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State of Ohio Line Item State of Ohio Line Item State of Ohio Line Item
Heidelberg Tributary Loading Program: Funding Status (as of 3 March 2015)
City of Columbus City Columbus
ODNR
ODNRODNR
ODNR
ODNR
OWDA OWDA OWDA
St. Ohio Line Item
MCD Miami Conservancy District Miami Conservancy District
NCWQR
Michigan DEQ
NE Ohio Regional Sewer Dist.
State of Ohio Line Item
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Calendar 2012 2013 Calendar Year
Jul –
Sep
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NCWQR
2015 Ohio FYOct -
Dec
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No station
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Jul –
Sep
Oct -
DecOct - Dec
Jul –
Sep
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Ohio River Drainage
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No cooperator
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NCWQR City of Columbus
SanduskyL
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Great Lakes Protection Fund St. Ohio Line Item
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Lake Erie Drainage
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Tiffin 2008
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Michigan DEQ
The Fertilizer Institute The Fertilizer Institute
NSFNSF
The AndersonsThe Andersons
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Water Year 2 12 2013 WY 2014 WY
Ohio & HU FY 22 2013 Ohio FY 2014 Ohio FYA
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Michigan DEQ
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Tributary
Station
Start
date
2015 Calendar Year
2015 WY
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2016 CY -->
2016 WY -->
2016 Ohio FYJul –
Sep
Oct -
Dec
22
2
2
2 2014 Calendar Year
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The Fertilizer Institute The Fertilizer Institute
NSF
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1975
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Bright Yellow - funding pending but not committed
Red - no funding pending or committed
State Line
Item
41%
OWDA
7%
ODNR
10%
Michigan DEQ
3%
NSF
3%
Pesticide Mfrs
11%GLPF
3%
Miami
Conserv.
District
5%
The
Andersons
Charitable Fdn
2%
The Fertilizer
Institute
1%
City of
Columbus,
Ohio
3%
NE Ohio
Regional
Sewer District
3%
Bingham
Foundation
4%
Internally
Funded
4%
Contributors to the HTLP in FY 2014Total Expenditures = $609,891
HTLP Funding in FY 2014State Line Item (Maumee, Portage & Sandusky
Basins) (7 stations)$ 250,000
The Andersons, Inc. (Maumee at Waterville) $ 15,000
The Fertilizer Institute (Maumee at Waterville) $ 5,000
NSF (Maumee at Waterville) $ 21,000
GLPF (Sandusky near Fremont, part of year) $ 17,960
OWDA (Chickasaw) $ 39,500
ODNR (Coldwater, Beaver) $ 62,686
Miami Conservancy District (Great Miami) $ 31,388
NE Ohio Regional Sewer District (Cuyahoga) $ 17,000
City of Columbus (Scioto) $ 20,000
Internal Funding (Muskingum)* $ 23,689
Michigan DEQ (Raisin) $ 16,528
William Bingham Foundation (general) $ 25,000
Pesticide Mfrs (pesticide monitoring) $ 65,141
$ 609,891 Note: Several contributors covered only part of FY 2014
*Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District will contribute $16,000 for CY 2015
Examples of our data analysis
Trends in Lake Erie Total Phosphorus
Suspended Sediments
• Sediments suspended in the water have decreased!
• Patterns are more apparent when corrected for weather variability
1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010
TS
S F
WM
C (
mg/
L)
0
100
200
300
400
500
TS
S lo
ad (
1000
met
ric to
ns)
1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010
TS
S F
WM
C (
mg/
L)
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
r2=0.11, p=0.04
r2=0.24, p=0.003Maumee
Sandusky
Dissolved phosphorus concentrations have been
increasing from agricultural watersheds0.00
0.02
0.04
0.06
0.08
0.10
0.12
0.14
Dis
solv
ed R
eact
ive
Pho
spho
rus
FW
MC
(m
g/L)
0.00
0.02
0.04
0.06
0.08
0.10
0.12
0.14
1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 20100.00
0.02
0.04
0.06
0.08
0.10
0.12
0.14
Maumee
Sandusky
Cuyahoga
River % Agr. % Urb. % For.
Maumee 73 11 7
Sandusky 78 8 9
Cuyahoga 9 40 34
Oct Dec Feb Apr Jun 0
10
20
30
40
50
0.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
3.0
Oct Dec Feb Apr Jun C
hickasaw C
reek discharge (m3/s)
0
10
20
30
40
50
Con
cent
ratio
n (m
g/L)
0.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
2014 Water year
Oct Dec Feb Apr Jun 0
10
20
30
40
50
0
10
20
30
40
A) Total P
B) Dissolved Reactive P
C) Nitrate-N
Grand Lake St Marys2014 water year
• The lake is processing dissolved P and nitrate
DischargeChickasawColdwaterBeaver
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Questions?
2014 Loads and Concentrations
• Most rivers changed less than 30% compared to the 5 year average
• Tiffin River SS loads and concentrations were substantially lower, even though discharge was slightly higher and all other constituents increased
• Chloride concentrations last year were higher in all rivers
Ann
ual D
isch
arge
(mill
ion
m3 )
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
Ann
ual T
P lo
ad (m
etric
tons
)
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
20
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
Cold
201
3
Ann
ual D
RP
load
(met
ric to
ns)
0
2
4
6
8
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
Cold
201
3
Ann
ual n
itrat
e lo
ad (m
etric
tons
)
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
Trends in GLSM annual loads
• Most loading tends to occur in the spring
Annual loadSpring load
Chickasaw Chickasaw
Discharge TP
DRP Nitrate*spring is
defined as
March – June
Photo from the NRCS
Data are all for the Tiffin River,
from Laura Johnson
3 March 2015