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Nutrient Workgroup - USEPA Region 7 Regional Technical Assistance Group
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US EPA's Regional Technical Assistance Group (RTAG) for EPA Region 7:- Consists of CPCB and state, tribal, and university agencies.
- To establish nutrient criteria for lakes, streams, and wetlands of the US EPA Region 7.
- The EPA's Clean Water Action Plan 1998 goal is to protect aquatic life from nutrient overenrichment.
- See National Strategy for the Development of Regional Nutrient Criteria (US EPA 1998).
- Development Phase: The USEPA will provide assistance to State and Tribes to develop nutrient criteria to be expressed as numerical ranges.
- Implementation Phase: States and Tribes will include the developed criteria as part of their water quality standards within three years after developing the criteria.
Lakes
The RTAG has completed its work on lakes and is now writing a document describing these efforts. During the lake meetings, the RTAG developed a list of reference lakes located in USEPA Region 7.
Map of lakes in USEPA Region 7 RTAG database, with Omernik Level III ecoregions. |
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- Slide presentation of RTAG work (pdf)
- Stream database (MSAccess)
- CPCB Nutrient/Reference Streams Project Page
- Reference wetland sampling throughout USEPA Region 7.
- Reference wetlands along the Missouri River.
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Name
(Click name for e-mail)Affiliation
(Click name to go to organization's website)Baker, Debbie CPCB Bender, John Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality Carney, Ed Kansas Department of Health and Environment Dodds, Walter Kansas State University Downing , John Iowa State University Holz , John University of Nebraska, Lincoln Huggins, Don CPCB Jacobs , Ann USEPA Region 7 Olson, John Iowa Department of Natural Resources Osborn, Mark Missouri Department of Natural Resource Welker, Gary RTAG Coordinator - USEPA Region 7
Streams
Map of stream sites in USEPA Region 7 database, ecoregion legend is above.
Wetlands
US EPA Region 7 Nutrient Criteria Workgroup Members
