BASIN SUMMARY REPORT
FOR THE
CANADIAN RIVER BASIN
Prepared by the
RED RIVER AUTHORITY OF TEXAS
And
ALAN PLUMMER ASSOCIATES, INC.
In Cooperation with the
Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission
Under Authorization of
The Texas Clean Rivers Act
Table of Contents
CHAPTER 2.0 PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT
CHAPTER 5.0 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
APPENDICES
APPENDIX A Canadian Basin Advisory Committee
APPENDIX B Parameters Screened in 1999 Basin Summary Report
APPENDIX C Population Projections
APPENDIX E Rapid Bioassessment
ES-1 Parameters of Concern or Which Warrant Further Study
3.1 Monitoring Stations Providing Data for Screening Analysis
3.2 Statistical Summary of Parameters Exceeding Screening Criteria
3.3 Parameters of Concern or Which Warrant Further Study
4.2 Monitoring Stations, Reach I
4.3 Rapid Bioassessment Studies, Reach I
4.4 Results of Screening Analysis and Further Evaluations, Reach I
4.5 Monitoring Stations, Reach II
4.6 Results of Screening Analysis and Further Evaluations, Reach II
4.7 Monitoring Stations, Reach III
4.8 Results of Screening Analysis and Further Evaluations, Reach III
4.9 Results of Screening Analysis and Further Evaluations, Reach IV
4.10 Results of Screening Analysis and Further Evaluations, Reach V
5.1 Preliminary Basin Action Plan
ES-2 Parameters of Concern or Which Warrant Further Study
3.3 Water Quality Monitoring Stations
3.3.1 Water Quality Monitoring Stations, Lake Meredith Segment
3.4 Parameters of Concern or Which Warrant Further Study
4.1 Basin Reach I, Canadian River Basin
4.2 TDS, Chloride, SO4, NH3-N, and Chlorophyll-a, Station 10034, Canadian River
4.3 TDS, Chloride, NH3-N, and Chlorophyll-a, Station 10035, Canadian River
4.4 Flow Conditions, USGS Station, 07228000, Canadian River
4.5 Basin Reach II, Canadian River Basin
4.6 TDS, Chloride, and Dissolved Phosphorous, Station 10036, Lake Meredith
4.7 DO and Temperature, Station 15270, Big Blue Creek
4.8 Chloride, SO4, and Fecal Coliform, Station 10054, Canadian River
4.9 Total Phosphorus, DO, pH, and Chlorophyll-a, Station 10054, Canadian River
4.10 Fecal Coliform, Station 10056, Canadian River
4.11 NH3-N, NO3 + NO2, Chlorophyll-a, DO, pH, and Fecal Coliform, Station 10018, East Amarillo Creek
4.12 Flow Conditions, USGS Station 0722750, Canadian River
4.13 Basin Reach III, Canadian River Basin
4.14 Chloride, SO4, TDS, and Fecal Coliform, Station 10060, Rita Blanca Lake
4.15 NH3-N, Total Phosphorus, DO, pH, and Chlorophyll-a, Station 10060, Rita Blanca Lake
4.16 Basin Reach IV, Canadian River Basin
4.17 NH3-N, Total Phosphorus, and Chlorophyll-a, Station 10005, Palo Duro Reservoir
4.18 Basin Reach V, Canadian River Basin
4.19 TDS, Station 10058, Wolf Creek
CAFO confined animal
feeding operation
Cd cadmium
cfs cubic feet per second
Cl chloride
Cr chromium
crit criteria
CRP Clean Rivers Program
CWA Clean Water Act
DO dissolved oxygen
EPA U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
F Fahrenheit
FM Farm-to-Market
FY Fiscal Year
HUA hydrologic unit area
IBI Index of Biotic Integrity
Jan January
Jul July
MAL Minimum Analytical Limit
max maximum
Mg/L milligrams per liter
min minimum
msl mean sea level
N number of measurements
N/A not applicable
NH3-N ammonia-nitrogen
Ni nickel
NO3 + NO2 nitrate-plus-nitrite
P(d) Dissolved phosphorus
pH a measure of acidity or alkalinity
PSTs Petroleum Storage Tanks
RBA Rapid Bioassessment
RRA Red River Authority of Texas
RWA Receiving Water Assessment
SH State Highway
SO4 sulfate
SWQM Surface Water Quality Monitoring
TDS total dissolved solids
TMDL Total Maximum Daily Load
TNRCC Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission
TP total phosphorus
Ug/L micrograms per liter
USGS U.S. Geological Survey
WWTP wastewater treatment plant
