Water Quality Monitoring on Mud Creek

The ANRA Environmental Staff has already begun monitoring and testing water quality in the Mud Creek Subwatershed in anticipation of the reservoir construction. It is important to know in advance if there are sources of pollution so steps can be taken to correct them prior to reservoir completion.

The testing is being funded by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality under the Clean Rivers Program which is operated by ANRA in this basin. The program has set up five additional stations to look for a variety of pollutants. In 2008, the Texas Water Development Board awarded a grant in the amount of $97,434.00 to fund additional water quality sampling in the Mud Creek watershed. The purpose of the testing was aimed at determining water quality in preparation for designing water treatment systems for the production of potable water for the participants of Lake Columbia.

Monitoring Sites

Monitoring Station ID	Location
10532	Mud Creek at US 84 SW of Reklaw
10536*	Mud Creek at FM 2064
10538*	West Mud Creek at FM 3052
14477	Mud Creek at US 79
16586*	Mud Creek at SH 110
17103*	Mud Creek at SH 135
AN001*	Kickapoo Creek at SH 110
10539*	West Mud Creek at FM 344

*Monitoring at this site has been completed, and is halted.

Field Parameters Monitored Monthly

In-stream Flow	pH	Transparency
Water Temperature	Dissolved Oxygen	Present Weather
Air Temperature	Conductivity	Days Since Last Rainfall
Flow Severity

 

Laboratory Analyses Performed Monthly

Routine Nutrient Parameters	Bacteriology	Additional Parameters
Ammonia-Nitrogen Nitrate-Nitrogen Nitrite-Nitrogen Total Phosphorus Ortho-Phosphorus Sulfate Chloride Total Suspended Solids Total Dissolved Solids Chlorophyll-a Pheophytin	Total Coliform E. coli	Carbonate Bicarbonate Sodium Fluoride Alkalinity as CaCO3 Hardness, Total Hardness, Calcium Hardness, Magnesium Calcium Magnesium Total Solids Biochemical Oxygen Demand Chemical Oxygen Demand Total Kjeldhal Nitrogen Turbidity Color Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons

 

Laboratory Analyses Performed Quarterly

Metals	Organics	Additional Parameters
Arsenic Barium Cadmium Chromium Lead Mercury Selenium Silver Antimony Beryllium Thallium Aluminum Copper Iron Manganese Zinc	Herbicides Pesticides	Total Organic Carbon Cyanide Phenols Bromide

Laboratory Analyses Performed Semi-Annually

Organics

Volatile Organics Semi-Volatile Organics Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs)

 

Final Report

Source Water Assessment in the Mud Creek Watershed (1.12 MB)