North and Central Watersheds Characterization Phase II

Steering Committee Workshop

Funding: Clean Water Act’s Section

319 Nonpoint Source Pollution Program

Funding provided by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality through a Clean Water Act § 319(h) grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

This funding is to address non point source (urban runoff, stormwater runoff) pollution problems.

Purpose of this meeting:

Deliverable: Stakeholder Meeting

Requirement for Project Tasks in Quarter 6

Outline/Agenda Items:

Background

Objective

Scope of Work

Work Structure

Data Types Applications

Project Status:

  • Aqua Troll Deployment
  • Monthly Site Visits
  • Sampling Campaign 1

Timeline

Background:

Phase I: Watershed Characterization

2019-2021- UTRGV Thesis and  Publication 2021, 

Phase II: Water Quality Data Collection

2022-Present- RATES Principal Investigator

Project Status:

Deliverables completed this Quarter 6 (24YQ2) (December 2023- February 2024)

Aqua TROLL Deployment:

Installation Process: February 12, 2024- February 13, 2024

February 12, 2024

Aqua TROLL 3 installed at station: 13036

February 13, 2024

Aqua TROLL 2 installed at station: 22003

February 14, 2024

Aqua TROLL 1 installed at station: 22404

Monthly Site Visits:

At the three stations February 20, 2024

Sampling Campaign:

1st sampling campaign: February 21, 2024

Water Quality Grab Samples

Flow Measurements

Project Timeline

Questions

22003 and 22404 RTHS Stations

RTHS Platform to view data results

Christopher Fuller, Ph.D., Chief of Operations

Email: cfuller@office.ratesresearch.org

Linda Navarro, Project Manager

Email:lnavarro@office.ratesresearch.org

Ivan Santos, Research Engineer

Email: isantos@office.ratesresearch.org

RTHS Platform to view data results