Georgia surface water and groundwater quality monitoring and assessment strategy

GEORGIA SURFACE WATER AND GROUNDWATER QUALITY MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT STRATEGY

Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia

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Georgia Department of Natural Resources Environmental Protection Division Watershed Protection Branch 2 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive Suite 1152, East Tower Atlanta, GA 30334
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PREFACE
The Georgia Environmental Protection Division (GAEPD) of the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) developed this document entitled "Georgia Surface Water and Groundwater Quality Monitoring and Assessment Strategy". As a part of the State's Water Quality Management Program, this report focuses on the GAEPD's water quality monitoring efforts to address key elements identified by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) monitoring strategy guidance entitled "Elements of a State Monitoring and Assessment Program, March 2003". This report updates the State's water quality monitoring strategy as required by the USEPA's regulations addressing water management plans of the Clean Water Act, Section 106(e)(1).
Georgia Department of Natural Resources Environmental Protection Division Watershed Protection Branch 2 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive Suite 1152, East Tower Atlanta, GA 30334
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
TABLE OF CONTENTS .............................................................................................. 1
INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................................... 3
1. MONITORING PROGRAM STRATEGY OVERVIEW .................................... 5 Assessment of Water Quality ............................................................................... 7 History of Georgia's Water Quality Monitoring Programs ................................ 7 Data Management, Assessment and Reporting ................................................... 8 Future Issues and Challenges .............................................................................. 9 Strategy Implementation Challenges ................................................................. 10
2. MONITORING OBJECTIVES............................................................................. 11
3. MONITORING DESIGN....................................................................................... 13 State-wide Trend Monitoring.. ........................................................................... 13 Assessment/TMDL Monitoring.. ........................................................................ 13 Intensive Surveys Monitoring. ........................................................................... 14 Lake/Reservoir Monitoring ................................................................................ 14 Biological Monitoring........................................................................................ 15 Fish Tissue Monitoring . .................................................................................... 15 Toxic Substance Monitoring .............................................................................. 16 Aquatic Toxicity Monitoring . ............................................................................ 17 Facility Compliance Monitoring ....................................................................... 17 Coastal Monitoring.. .......................................................................................... 17 Coastal Beach Monitoring ................................................................................ 18 Shellfish Monitoring .......................................................................................... 18 Estuary Nutrient Monitoring.............................................................................. 19 DNR State Park Beach Monitoring.................................................................... 19 Groundwater Well Monitoring. ......................................................................... 19
4. CORE AND SUPPLEMENTAL WATER QUALITY INDICATORS ............. 20
5. QUALITY ASSURANCE ...................................................................................... 21 Laboratory ......................................................................................................... 21 Quality Assurance .............................................................................................. 21
6. DATA MANAGEMENT ........................................................................................ 22
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7. DATA ANALYSIS/ASSESSMENT ...................................................................... 23 Water Use Classifications and Water Quality Standards.................................. 23
8. REPORTING .......................................................................................................... 25 9. PROGRAMMATIC EVALUATION.................................................................... 26 10. GENERAL SUPPORT AND INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING................... 27
Resources ........................................................................................................... 27 Future Studies and Actions ................................................................................ 28
LIST OF TABLES
TABLE 1. GEORGIA WATER RESOURCES ATLAS..........................................5 TABLE 2. WATER QUALITY INDICATORS.....................................................22
APPENDICES
APPENDIX A: SURFACE WATER QUALITY MONITORING STATIONS AND GROUNDWATER WELLS
1. Statewide Trend Monitoring Network (Core) Rivers/Streams, Lakes/Reservoirs. 2. Calendar Year 2015 Monitoring Stations Rivers/Streams, Lakes/Reservoirs. 3. Mercury in Fish Trend Monitoring Stations. 4. Coastal Beach Monitoring Stations. 5. DNR State Parks Lake Beach Monitoring Stations. 6. Calendar Year 2015 Groundwater Monitoring Wells APPENDIX B: WATER USE CLASSIFICATIONS AND WATER QUALITY STANDARDS
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INTRODUCTION
The purpose of the Georgia Surface Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment Strategy (Strategy) is to outline the State's ambient water quality monitoring program, which addresses the 10 Elements recommended by the USEPA for a State Water Monitoring and Assessment Program. Currently, the Georgia water quality monitoring and assessment program includes a number of different aspects including: baseline or trend monitoring; planning monitoring or intensive surveys; effectiveness monitoring; probabilistic stream monitoring; lake monitoring; coastal monitoring; estuary monitoring; coastal and freshwater beach monitoring; toxic substance monitoring; fish tissue monitoring; periphyton, macroinvertebrate and fish community assessment; habitat assessment; and facilities monitoring. These monitoring tools provide Georgia with a comprehensive, long-term monitoring program that serves the water quality management needs and addresses all water body types designated as State waters, including rivers, streams, lakes, reservoirs, estuaries, wetlands, groundwater, and coastal areas.
Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment Strategy Vision, Mission Statement and Goals
Vision: To gather information essential to develop indicators and standards to protect human health and the environment in Georgia.
Mission Statement: To implement a monitoring program strategy that includes assessment of water quality conditions within Georgia, leads to the development of corrective actions to restore impacts identified through monitoring initiatives taken, and effectively communicate this information to both internal and external customers.
Goals: Measure the physical, chemical, and biological conditions of waters in all river basins within Georgia and identify causes responsible for water quality impairments. Assess the impact from human and other activities within the watersheds and the effects these activities are having on the overall ecosystem. Identify and recommend corrective action measures to restore waters to meet designated uses. Report water quality assessments in support of the management program to customers and stakeholders.
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Challenges in fully implementing the Strategy include obtaining sufficient personnel to accomplish the monitoring and assessment goals of the program; refining our database system as needed in order to enhance its storage, retrieval, and analysis capabilities; and coordinating and managing internal and external information and data gathering and assessment. Key environmental issues and challenges facing the State currently and in future years include: (1) controlling toxic substances in water; (2) ensuring a sustainable and safe supply of potable water; (3) managing nutrient discharges; (4) reducing nonpoint source pollution; and, (5) increasing public involvement in water quality improvement projects.
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1. MONITORING PROGRAM STRATEGY OVERVIEW

Surface water and groundwater resources are extremely important to the life, health, and economy of Georgia. According to USEPA estimates based on the U.S. Geological Survey 1:100,000 Digital Line Graph, the State has 44,056 miles of perennial streams, 23,906 miles of intermittent streams, and 603 miles of ditches and canals for a total of 70,150 stream miles. The State also has 4.8 million acres of wetlands (9% tidally affected), 425,582 acres of public lakes and reservoirs, 854 square miles of estuaries, and 100 miles of coastline. Water resources estimates for Georgia are summarized in Table 1.

TABLE 1. GEORGIA WATER RESOURCES ATLAS

9,687,653

State Population State Surface Area Number of Major River Basins Number of Perennial River Miles Number of Intermittent River Miles Number of Ditches and Canals Total River Miles Number of Lakes Over 500 Acres Acres of Lakes Over 500 Acres Number of Lakes Under 500 Acres Acres of Lakes Under 500 Acres Total Number of Lakes & Reservoirs, Ponds Total Acreage of Lakes, Reservoirs, Ponds Square Miles of Estuaries Miles of Coastline Acres of Freshwater Wetlands Acres of Tidal Wetlands

58,910 square miles 14 44,056 miles 23,906 miles 603 miles 70,150 miles 48 265,365 acres 11,765 160,017 acres 11,813 425,382 acres 854 square miles 100 4,500,000 acres 384,000 acres

Georgia has 14 major river basins within the State. These are the Altamaha, Chattahoochee, Coosa, Flint, Ochlockonee, Ocmulgee, Oconee, Ogeechee, St. Marys, Satilla, Savannah, Suwannee, Tallapoosa, and Tennessee River Basins. The rivers in Georgia provide the water needed by aquatic organisms, animals, and humans to sustain life. These waters also provide significant recreational opportunities, are used for industrial purposes, drive turbines to provide electricity, and assimilate wastes.
There are nine major aquifer systems in Georgia including the Cretaceous, Providence, Clayton, Clairborne, Jacksonian, Floridan, Miocene, and the Piedmont/Blue Ridge and Valley and Ridge unconfined aquifer systems. Groundwater makes up 22 percent (based on 2005 estimates) of the public water supply, 100 percent of rural drinking water sources, 65 percent of the irrigation use, and 48 percent of the industrial and mining use. Total groundwater withdrawals in 2005 were approximately 1.18 billion gallons per day. For practical purposes, outside the larger cities
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of the Piedmont, groundwater is the dominant source of drinking water. Additional information on groundwater monitoring and management can be found in the Georgia Groundwater Management Plan.
Managing these resources requires up-to-date data and information to develop long-range planning strategies to safeguard water quality and quantity for future needs. The Watershed Protection Branch of the GAEPD, in cooperation with many local, State, and Federal agencies, coordinates programs to address most aspects of water pollution control. These include: water quality modeling to develop wasteload allocations (WLAs) and total maximum daily loads (TMDLs); TMDL implementation planning; comprehensive water management planning; water quality standards development; local watershed assessment and watershed protection planning; nonpoint source management; erosion and sedimentation control; storm water National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit and enforcement program administration for municipal and industrial point sources; industrial pretreatment permitting; land application of treated wastewater permitting; and, regulation of concentrated animal feedlot operations (CAFOs).
Water quality monitoring and assessment is the foundation for the measurement of success for the various water protection programs. The Monitoring and Assessment Strategy encompasses development of: (1) monitoring objectives; (2) assessment tools for attainment of water quality standards; (3) evaluation measures for state-wide water quality; (4) procedures for establishing, reviewing, and revising water quality standards; (5) measures to support water management programs; (6) Quality Assurance protocols and procedures; and, (7) programmatic data management and reporting procedures.
Georgia's comprehensive monitoring program and strategy is designed to serve the State's water quality management needs and to address all State waters including rivers, streams, lakes, reservoirs, estuaries, wetlands, groundwater, and coastal areas. The monitoring program includes baseline or trend monitoring; planning monitoring or intensive surveys; effectiveness monitoring; probabilistic stream monitoring; lake monitoring; coastal monitoring; estuary monitoring; coastal and freshwater beach monitoring; toxic substance monitoring; fish tissue monitoring; periphyton, macroinvertebrate and fish community assessment; habitat assessment; and facilities monitoring. The monitoring program is long-term in nature.
Monitoring program changes and enhancements occur throughout the year, as needed, to address specific acute issues. Larger programmatic changes are considered annually, along with available resources, and are implemented, as appropriate, in conjunction with the annual change in focus. These annual changes provide milestones or progress markers that are discussed in the State/EPA Performance Partnership Agreements (PPA). The annual planning process in preparing the PPA provides an opportunity for annual review of implementation priorities in line with available resources to address the priorities. In addition, the overall strategy for monitoring and assessment is reviewed and updated every three to five years.
This strategy along with the biennial report, "Water Quality in Georgia" (CWA 305(b) Report), and annual State/EPA Performance Partnership Agreements provide a process for communication of monitoring priorities to other State and Federal organizations and the public. The strategy herein addresses goals, objectives, design, indicators, quality assurance, data
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management, data analysis, reporting, program evaluation, and general support and infrastructure needs.
Assessment of Water Quality
Assessment of water quality requires a baseline for comparison. Water quality data is collected and assessed against Georgia's water quality standards, which contain water use classifications, numeric criteria for chemical constituents, and anti-degradation policies for water quality. Georgia's waters are currently categorized as one of the following water use classifications: drinking water, recreation, fishing, coastal fishing, wild river, or scenic river. Specific water quality standards are assigned to support each water use classification. The quality of Georgia's waters is judged by the extent to which the waters support the uses (comply with standards set for the water use classification or designations) for which they have been designated.
History of Georgia's Water Quality Monitoring Programs
In the 1960s, one of the first major efforts in Georgia to combat water pollution was the initiation of monitoring programs to document water quality conditions, assess compliance with water quality standards, and collect data for use in enforcement actions. In the 1970s, the monitoring programs focused on municipal and industrial point source issues and studies to determine the treatment levels required to meet water quality standards. In the 1980s, the GAEPD intensified toxic substance monitoring across the State. The expanded toxic substance program included facility effluent, stream, sediment, and fish sampling at sites downstream of selected industrial and municipal discharges. Georgia also initiated biomonitoring or aquatic toxicity testing. All major industrial and municipal discharges were tested. Where toxic substances were identified in a treated discharge or impacts documented in a stream, the GAEPD incorporated specific limitations in the NPDES discharge permit.
The 1990s saw the initiation of a number of comprehensive lake studies, which culminated in the establishment of standards for a number of lakes across Georgia. In addition, fish tissue monitoring was significantly expanded. The first risk-based fish consumption guidance (Georgia Freshwater and Saltwater Sport Fishing Regulations and Guidelines for Eating Fish For Georgia Waters) was published in 1995. In the mid-1990s, Georgia implemented a rotating basin approach to water quality monitoring with respect to chemical water quality monitoring. Georgia also intensified biological monitoring in the late 1990s with assessments of fish and macroinvertebrate communities on an ecoregion basis. Georgia completed one full river basin rotation cycle in 2000 with targeted monitoring in each of the five major river basin groups. Georgia expanded its monitoring efforts with the development of the coastal beach monitoring program implemented by DNR's Coastal Resources Division (CRD) in coordination with County Health Departments of each Georgia coastal county. CRD sampling teams began collection of samples from Georgia beaches for bacterial analysis.
In 2004, the Georgia General Assembly passed the Comprehensive State-wide Water Management Planning Act, which called for the preparation of a comprehensive state-wide water plan and provided fundamental goals and guiding principles. This resulting Georgia Comprehensive State-wide Water Management Plan (State Water Plan) was adopted by the General Assembly in 2008. Part of this plan included expansion of monitoring and information
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gathering including the acquisition of additional stream gages, personnel, and equipment for water quality monitoring. In November 2011, ten Regional Water Plans were officially adopted by GAEPD. These Regional Water Plans outlined management practices to meet future water needs, including calls for additional environmental monitoring. GAEPD significantly expanded water monitoring efforts to support regional water planning efforts, including hiring 7 new monitoring staff and establishing field offices in Atlanta, Brunswick, Tifton, and Cartersville.
Data Management, Assessment, and Reporting
Data collected by GAEPD and its cooperators are stored in a centralized database known as the Georgia EnvirOnmental Monitoring and Assessment System (GOMAS). GOMAS is a webaccessible repository of water chemistry and biological data collected by GAEPD's Watershed Protection Branch, as well as outside entities under contract and/or agreement with GAEPD. GOMAS currently houses the following information: surface and ground water chemical data collected by GAEPD's Ambient Monitoring, Facilities Monitoring, and Wetlands Units; biological data collected by GAEPD's Ambient Monitoring and Wetlands Units; surface water chemical data collected by USGS, Columbus Water Works, and various counties and municipalities as specified via contract or terms contained within watershed protection plans; visual assessment and other descriptive metadata (such as land use information) that contextualize conditions during GAEPD monitoring activities; and information pertaining to waters on the 305(b) and 303 (d) lists. In addition, GOMAS contains an interactive map that allows users to quickly find active and historic monitoring locations using a multitude of search criteria. The Water Resources Database (WRDB), GAEPD's principal water quality data repository prior to the establishment of GOMAS, will continue to provide data access to the general public through GAEPD's website at http://www1.gadnr.org/dnr/wrdb/homePage.do. Trend monitoring, river basin, and special project monitoring data are uploaded into the USEPA STORET (STOrage and RETrieval) database. The USEPA STORET database provides an alternative electronic Internet portal to GAEPD data. Some GAEPD data and data from outside sources are maintained in paper files, and are available for public review at any time.
A number of monitoring programs provide data for assessing attainment of water quality standards in rivers, streams, lakes, estuaries, coastal waters, and beaches in Georgia. Existing and readily available data and information are reviewed every two years and the Georgia 305(b)/303(d) list of waters is updated and publicly noticed for comment. In addition to data collected by GAEPD and its cooperators, data from universities, other local, State and Federal agencies, and the public are solicited for use in the assessment of Georgia waters. These data are subject to quality control requirements detailed in the Georgia Rules and Regulations for Water Quality Control. Data and information that does not meet quality control requirements are used as screening information and may be used during the process of selecting sites for GAEPD or cooperator monitoring.
Georgia produces reports and lists in accordance with CWA requirements in a timely and complete manner. The CWA [(Section 305(b)] requires States to assess and characterize the condition and trends of monitored waters within the State. The CWA [(Section 303(d)] requires States to identify impaired waters for which TMDLs are needed. The Section 305(b) Report and the Section 303(d) list are due in even numbered years. Georgia has integrated the two reporting requirements since the late 1980s. The most current integrated 305(b)/303(d) list of
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waters and report (also known as the "Water Quality in Georgia" is available on the GAEPD website.
Future Issues and Challenges
The key issues and challenges to be addressed now and in future years include (1) the control of toxic substances; (2) a sustainable and safe supply of potable water; (3) the management of nutrient discharges; (4) the reduction of nonpoint source pollution; and (5) the need to increase public involvement in water quality improvement projects.
The reduction of toxic substances in rivers, lakes, sediment and fish tissue is extremely important in protecting both human health and aquatic life. The sources are widespread. The most effective method to reduce the releases of toxic substances into rivers is pollution prevention that consists primarily of eliminating or reducing the use of toxic materials or at least reducing the exposure of toxic materials to drinking water, wastewater, and storm water. It is very expensive and difficult to reduce low concentrations of toxic substances in wastewaters by treatment technologies. And, it is virtually impossible to treat large quantities of storm water and reduce toxic substances. Therefore, toxic substances must be controlled at the source.
The dramatic increase in growth and population within Georgia is making considerable demands on Georgia's groundwater and surface water resources. The problems and issues are further complicated by the fact that surface water resources are limited in south Georgia and groundwater resources are limited in north Georgia. In some locations, resources are approaching their sustainable limits. Water management planning based on Georgia's Comprehensive State-Wide Water Plan will provide for management of water resources in a sustainable manner to support the State's economy, to protect public health and natural systems, and to enhance the quality of life for all citizens.
Nutrient over-enrichment is defined as the accumulation of nutrients from human activities and natural sources that impairs the beneficial uses of a waterbody. Historically, Georgia has addressed nutrient issues on a site-specific basis in response to documented water quality impairment. The implementation of the supplemental lake water quality standards for the six major publicly owned lakes has led to nutrient control strategies in their respective watersheds. Georgia has also been proactive in managing nutrients discharged from permitted surface water discharges to potentially nutrient sensitive waters. GAEPD will ultimately develop and adopt numeric nutrient criteria for the waters of the State. Monitoring to provide the scientific basis for the development of these standards and quantifying biological response to nutrient overenrichment is an on-going focus.
Nonpoint source pollution affects Georgia's streams and consists of sediment, litter, bacteria, pesticides, fertilizers, metals, oils, surfactants, and a variety of other pollutants discharged into rivers and lakes by storm water. As with toxic substance control, nonstructural techniques such as pollution prevention and best management practices must be significantly expanded. These include both watershed protection through planning, zoning, buffer zones, and appropriate building densities, as well as increased use of green infrastructure, storm water retention ponds, street cleaning, and limitations on pesticide and fertilizer usage.
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The GAEPD will continue to work aggressively to emphasize public involvement, not only in decision-making, but also in direct programs of stream improvement. Georgia has active public outreach programs in place within the Watershed Protection Branch. Staff within the Branch's NonPoint Source Program promotes Adopt-A-Stream Programs with extensive training to volunteer groups and Project WET (Water Education for Teachers) bringing water conservation and pollution prevention education to the classrooms. Strategy Implementation Challenges Challenges in implementing the Strategy are tied directly to funding. Georgia's monitoring programs are designed and operated to allow full implementation within the current GAEPD budget. The budget cycle for Georgia is one year. The budget may change from year to year and programs are increased or reduced, as appropriate. To accomplish the monitoring and assessment goals of the program, obtaining sufficient personnel is a critical issue. Without sufficient personnel and resources, the program will be limited on the scope of evaluation and assessment that can be accomplished. In addition, to manage the data collected and to statistically analyze data for trends, an expanded database management system is essential. Coordination and management of internal and external information and data gathering and assessment also requires a staffing commitment by the Agency to accomplish the goals and objectives of the project. When additional resources become available, GAEPD expands the monitoring programs to include additions to the scope of work, adding additional sites for monitoring and/or implementing different types of monitoring to complement existing programs. At that time, equipment and other resource needs are evaluated and additions to the data management capabilities are considered.
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2. MONITORING OBJECTIVES
The State's monitoring program integrates physical, chemical, and biological monitoring to provide information for water quality management needs and addresses all State waters and water body types. For the State to be efficient and effective in generating data that serve its management decision needs and to be consistent with the objectives of the Clean Water Act, Georgia has identified the following monitoring objectives:
Establishing, reviewing, and revising water quality standards in accordance with Section 303(c) of the Clean Water Act.
Determining water quality standards attainment in accordance with Section 305(b) of the Clean Water Act.
Identifying impaired waters in accordance with Section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act.
Identifying causes and sources of water quality impairments in accordance with Sections 303(d) and 305(b) of the Clean Water Act.
Supporting the implementation of water management programs in accordance with Sections 303, 314 and 319 of the Clean Water Act.
Supporting the evaluation of program effectiveness in accordance with Sections 303, 305, 402, 314 and 319 of the Clean Water Act.
GAEPD uses baseline, planning, and effectiveness monitoring to meet the objectives of the Strategy. To fulfill these monitoring objectives, GAEPD utilizes multiple monitoring programs including: state-wide trend monitoring, probabilistic monitoring, TMDL monitoring, intensive surveys monitoring, lake monitoring, coastal monitoring, biological monitoring, fish tissue monitoring, toxic substance monitoring, facility compliance sampling, and groundwater monitoring.
A brief description of the monitoring programs is provided below.
Baseline: Probabilistic, targeted ambient, and long-term trend sampling of state-wide waterbodies at fixed stations. The data from these stations provide an historic record of water quality. Monitoring at these locations may be repeated annually. Monitoring statewide allows for comparison of similar sites within basins during different hydrologic and climatological conditions (i.e. drought, normal, and high rain years).
Planning: short-term, intensive surveys designed to gather data necessary for the development, calibration and/or refinement of water quality models, TMDLs, and wasteload allocations.
Effectiveness: focused sampling of a select group of sites located state-wide to measure the status of water quality. This targeted sampling is for waterbodies currently on the 303(d) list. Data is used to determine whether waterbodies meet their designated use once a TMDL have been completed and/or implemented. In addition, sampling may
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be conducted on a waterbody with prior monitoring data to determine whether it still meets its designated use or continues to be considered impaired (as applicable). These monitoring programs are applied to all waters of the State in a manner that yields scientifically defensible results, and meets the needs of the decision makers in GAEPD. Many of our monitoring efforts are long-term in nature and are expected to be used in the future to the extent that resources are available.
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3. MONITORING DESIGN
Georgia has developed multiple monitoring designs for selecting sampling sites and gathering data that will best serve the monitoring objectives. Each of the monitoring types described below are a component of the monitoring programs discussed in section 2.
State-wide Trend Monitoring. Trend monitoring supports the following program objectives: collection of trend or baseline data, documentation of existing conditions, assessment of the environmental effectiveness of voluntary and required pollution control programs, determination of improvements resulting from upgraded water pollution control plants, documentation of water use impairment, documentation of the effectiveness of nonpoint source program and projects, development of TMDLs, support of water quality standards development, and support of water quality management programs.
The state-wide trend monitoring is long term monitoring of streams at strategic locations throughout Georgia. Trend monitoring is conducted by GAEPD associates and through cooperative agreements with Federal, State, and local agencies, which collect samples from groups of stations at specific, fixed locations throughout the year. Although there have been a number of changes over the years, much of the trend monitoring is still accomplished through cooperative agreements. The lists of the sampling stations that make up the State's Trend monitoring network are presented in Appendix A.
In addition to monthly stream sampling, GAEPD and its contractors manage several continuous monitoring stations throughout the State in support of baseline and planning monitoring efforts. The list of continuous monitoring sites currently in operation is presented in Appendix A.
In recent years, GAEPD has incorporated a biological component to its trend monitoring program. Macroinvertebrates and periphyton are collected annually at specified locations to assess biological responses to various environmental changes over time.
Assessment/TMDL Monitoring. The assessment monitoring program supports many of the program objectives including documenting existing conditions, supporting water quality standards development, documenting water use impairment, developing TMDLs, studying the impacts of specific discharges, determining improvements resulting from upgraded water pollution control plants, assessing environmental effectiveness of voluntary and required pollution control programs, supporting water quality management programs, and documenting the effectiveness of nonpoint source program and projects.
Each year new or repeat monitoring stations are selected state-wide based on needs and priorities. State-wide selection allows for the collection of data during different climatic conditions in each basin. Selection of these sites tends to be targeted. Locations in minimally impacted areas, urban areas, agricultural and forested areas, along with stations downstream of wastewater treatment plant discharges are included each year as a part of the monitoring network to provide data and information on new locations and to extend the coverage of the monitoring program.
Targeted sampling stations are often located on 303(d) listed segments where TMDLs and TMDL implementation plans have been prepared to determine if improvements in water quality
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have occurred. Often this monitoring is contracted through grants with the Regional Development Centers or through cooperative endeavors by local municipal governments assisted by University projects. Data obtained from TMDL monitoring efforts is used to assess water quality conditions in 303(d) listed waters and to measure the success of local restoration efforts.
Intensive Surveys Monitoring. The intensive survey work supports many of the program objectives including documenting existing conditions, establishing wasteload allocations for new and existing facilities, studying impacts of specific discharges, supporting enforcement actions, determining improvements resulting from upgraded water pollution control plants, and developing TMDLs,.
Intensive surveys complement fixed station monitoring, as these studies focus intensive areal monitoring on a particular issue or problem over a shorter period of time. These surveys can be used to monitor and assess all waters of the State including rivers, streams, lakes, reservoirs, estuaries coastal areas, wetlands, and groundwater. Several types of intensive surveys are conducted, including model calibration surveys and impact studies. Models are used for wasteload allocations and/or TMDL development and as tools for use in making regulatory decisions. Impact studies are conducted where information on the cause and effect relationships between pollutant sources and receiving waters is needed.
Intensive surveys may include time of travel dye studies, flow measurements, bathymetry, longterm BOD studies, sediment oxygen demand measurements, photosynthesis respiration studies, water quality field measurements, continuous monitoring, and chemical analysis of water samples. In many cases, biological information is collected along with chemical data for use in assessing environmental impacts. Intensive survey locations are selected based on the needs and priorities of the GAEPD.
Probabilistic Monitoring. This type of monitoring design is used for making a statistically valid inference about the condition of various water types. The sampling sites are randomly selected and a sufficient number of data points are collected to make a statistically based assessment of water quality within a region with similar land use and population characteristics.
Lake/Reservoir Monitoring. Lake monitoring work supports many of the program objectives including: protecting the public health, collecting trend data, documenting existing conditions, documenting water use impairment, supporting water quality management programs, and assessing environmental and public health effectiveness of voluntary and required pollution control programs.
Beginning in 1990, publicly owned lakes (in excess of 1000 acres) were sampled to collect sufficient data to develop water quality standards for pH, bacteria, chlorophyll a, total nitrogen, total phosphorus loading, and epilimnion dissolved oxygen. Nutrient limits were also established for major tributary streams to the lakes. Six major lakes have established water quality standards - Lake Lanier, Lake Walter F. George, West Point Lake, Lake Jackson, Lake Allatoona, and Carters Lake. Monitoring continues to be conducted to assess compliance with the standards. In addition, tributary sampling is also conducted monthly for the standards lakes at locations specified in Georgia's Rules and Regulations for Water Quality Control (Chapter 391-3-6-.03(17). Field measurements are taken, including flow, along with dissolved oxygen,
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temperature, pH and conductivity and water quality samples analyzed for chlorophyll a, nutrients, fecal coliform bacteria and other standard chemical parameters.
Currently, GAEPD monitors all 28 publicly owned lakes greater than 500 acres annually from April through October. The data collected on these lakes includes: secchi disk transparency, photic zone, chlorophyll a, total phosphorus, nitrogen compounds, and turbidity. Depth profiles for temperature, dissolved oxygen, pH, and specific conductance are also measured at each monitoring location. If additional resources become available, the lake and reservoir monitoring network may be expanded to include assessment of smaller publicly owned lakes and reservoirs in the State.
Biological Monitoring. Biological monitoring supports the following program objectives: collecting baseline data, documenting existing conditions, supporting water quality standards development, documenting water use impairment, developing TMDLs, studying impacts of specific discharges, supporting water quality management programs, and documenting the effectiveness of nonpoint source program and projects.
Biological communities are sensitive to a wide array of direct stresses, including the effects of sedimentation, habitat loss, riparian zone disruption, flow modification and chemical pollution. An Index of Biotic Integrity (IBI) is used to assess fish and macroinvertebrate community health in individual ecoregions in Georgia. This index provides a direct and quantitative assessment of the biotic integrity of an aquatic community based on an overall evaluation of its fish and/or macroinvertebrate community in wadeable streams. In some cases, macroinvertebrates are a more sensitive species of organism and reflect changes in stream quality before an impact of the fish community occurs.
In the 1990s, DNR's Wildlife Resources Division (WRD) developed a fish community assessment that identified waters for the State's 305(b)/303(d) listing, which ranked streams from very good to very poor as indicators of stream health. The GAEPD has worked extensively for the last several years to develop a similar ranking assessment utilizing macroinvertebrates as an indicator organism. This ranking will provide a broader picture of what is happening within Georgia's waters and the resulting effects of pollution.
GAEPD conducts periphyton community sampling during spring/summer in wadeable rivers and streams and zooplankton community sampling during the growing season in lakes and reservoirs. These data collected are primarily used in determining a biological response to nutrients and developing numeric nutrient criteria.
Approximately 100 stations are sampled once per year for fish, approximately 30 stations are sampled once per year for macroinvertebrate, approximately 50 stations are sampled once per year for periphyton (diatoms), and approximately 50 stations are sampled monthly during the growing season for zooplankton. In addition, targeted monitoring sites are also evaluated to assess waters undergoing restoration project improvements, and to correlate water chemistry with biological responses at trend monitored locations.
Fish Tissue Monitoring. Fish tissue monitoring supports many of the program objectives including protecting the public health, collecting baseline and trend data, documenting water use
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impairment, supporting development of TMDLs, assessing spatial impact from potential contaminant sources, and supporting water quality management programs.
Each year fish tissue samples are collected from Georgia lakes, rivers, and estuaries. Sampling sites and fish species and size are selected based fishing pressure and/or where more information is required for a particular species. The sampling is conducted by either the DNR's WRD or CRD, depending on whether the site is freshwater (WRD), or estuarine/marine waters (CRD). Site-specific sampling in Georgia lakes and rivers occurs every spring and fall and sitespecific sampling in estuaries occurs between the spring and fall. Samples are catalogued and transported to GAEPD or UGA laboratories. The list of the general contaminants analyzed for in the fish tissue is provided in Appendix A. Results are reported to the GAEPD the following late summer or early fall. The data are assessed in the fall and winter and the consumption guidance is updated each spring. The data assessments are incorporated annually into the Guidelines for Eating Fish for Georgia Waters and Georgia's Freshwater and Saltwater Sport Fishing Regulations, which is available of the GAEPD website http://epd.georgia.gov/fishconsumption-guidelines. The first risk-based consumption guidance for fish was published in 1995.
As part of the Georgia Clean Air Mercury Rule (CAMR) development, it was recognized that a more rigorous monitoring program of mercury in fish tissue would be required to support trend analysis and the efficacy of future reductions in air mercury emissions. The Mercury in Fish Trend project was designed and implemented in 2006 consisting of 22 fish mercury trend stations that are monitored annually. Fish from each location consist of a single species of similar age. Nineteen stations are freshwater and three are estuarine. The 22 fish mercury trend stations are listed in Appendix A.
Toxic Substance Monitoring. The original objective of the toxic substance monitoring program was to identify potential problem areas across the State. This resulted in NPDES permit modifications, including monitoring requirements and facility upgrades, to remove toxic substances and insure compliance with water quality standards. The current objective of the toxic monitoring program is collected data to support 305(b)/303(d) listing assessments, TMDL development, and evaluation of point and nonpoint sources.
GAEPD started monitoring toxic substances in 1973. In the 1980s and 1990s, the GAEPD intensified toxic substance monitoring efforts. The expanded program included monitoring facility effluent discharges; monitoring rivers and streams; monitoring sediment samples, and monitoring fish samples at specific sites downstream of industrial and municipal discharges. Currently, each year a select number of stream sites are sampled for heavy metals and legacy pesticides. Metal samples are collected quarterly and pesticide samples are collected twice a year.
Additional information is gathered through the NPDES permitting program where requirements are in place for periodic collection and analysis of effluent samples for toxic substances, including the State's list of priority pollutants contained in the Rules and Regulations for Water Quality Control, Chapter 391-3-6.
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Aquatic Toxicity Monitoring. The aquatic toxicity monitoring supports protection of aquatic life, determination of specific discharge impacts, documentation of improvements resulting from upgraded water pollution control plants, support for enforcement actions, and verification of water pollution control plant compliance.
In the 1980s and 1990s, Georgia incorporated biomonitoring or aquatic toxicity testing in NPDES permits and initiated a comprehensive aquatic toxicity testing program. Over the course of the decade from 1985 to 1995 the GAEPD conducted (acute or chronic) aquatic toxicity tests on effluents from major municipal and industrial wastewater treatment facilities and minor facilities with a reasonable potential for having toxic substances. This work identified potential problem areas across the State and resulted in NPDES permit modifications to include monitoring requirements and facility upgrades to remove toxic substances. In January 1995, the GAEPD issued approved NPDES Reasonable Potential Procedures that further delineated required conditions for conducting whole effluent toxicity (WET) biomonitoring for municipal and industrial discharges. As a result of funding and redirection issues, GAEPD laboratory testing was phased out in 1997. Currently, biomonitoring requirements are addressed in all municipal and industrial NPDES permits and WET testing is incorporated into permits where needed.
Facility Compliance Monitoring. Compliance sampling and inspections enhance several program objectives including existing condition documentation, discharge impact studies, facility upgrade improvement quantification, and water quality management program support.
GAEPD performs Compliance Sampling Inspections (CSIs) and Technical Evaluations of municipal, industrial, and private wastewater treatment facilities permitted under the NPDES. CSIs are also performed at State-permitted industrial wastewater pretreatment facilities ("industrial users") and wastewater Land Application Systems. During CSIs, 24-hour effluent composite samples are collected and split with the facility's laboratory as part of the selfmonitoring program validation process. Permittee sampling and flow monitoring procedures are also evaluated for compliance with the NPDES permit.
GAEPD technical monitoring staff performs between 60 and 150 CSIs annually, depending on staff levels. Inspections are targeted based on input from Compliance personnel and the District Offices. Compliance/Enforcement staff and District Office associates also perform ICIS and PPA reportable inspections including Compliance Evaluation Inspections, Operation & Maintenance Inspections, Laboratory Audits, and Facility Reconnaissance. Findings of all types of inspections are used to assess facility treatment efficiency, NPDES permit compliance, self-monitoring effectiveness, and are available for use in enforcement actions, if necessary.
Coastal Monitoring. Coastal monitoring supports the following program objectives: protecting public health, collecting baseline and trend data, supporting water quality standards development, establishing wasteload allocations for new and existing facilities, studying of impacts of specific discharges, determining improvements resulting from upgraded water pollution control plants, supporting enforcement actions, documenting existing conditions, documenting water use impairment, developing TMDLs, assessing environmental and public health effectiveness of voluntary and required pollution control programs, documenting the effectiveness of nonpoint source program and projects, and supporting water quality management programs.
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Georgia DNR's CRD participated in the National Coastal Assessment (NCA) Program. The NCA Program applied a probability-based study design on regional scales to address many coastal resource related issues. The sampling design focused on characterizing broad spatial differences in selected indicators. To ensure that sample locations were selected in an unbiased manner, a hexagonal grid was used to define sampling areas. Georgia's 50 annual sites were randomly selected from both a large and small hexagonal grid overlay covering all of the major sound and river systems and their associated tidal watersheds. A total of 250 randomly selected sites were sampled over five years (2000-2005) with a 15% overlap in sites each year, resulting in 210 unique sites and 40 trend sites. Data generated from this project and other similar coastal monitoring projects are provided to the GAEPD for data assessment and use in the 305(b)/303(d) integrated listing process.
Coastal Beach Monitoring. The CRD developed the Beach Monitoring Program to protect swimmer health. Since 1999, CRD has conducted census monitoring of Georgia's popular swimming beaches on Tybee, St. Simons, Jekyll, and Sea Island for enterococci. The Federal CWA was amended in 2000 to include the Beaches Environmental Assessment and Coastal Health (BEACH) Act (PL 106-284) that included significant new swimmer protection provisions. Under the BEACH Act the USEPA promulgated water quality enterococcus bacteria criteria as the standard indicator for marine swimming beaches. The Act required States to develop procedures for notifying the swimming public when high levels of bacteria are found.
In March 2004, CRD entered into a new phase of beach monitoring and public notification based on EPA's recommended levels of enterococcus for marine recreational waters. CRD has worked in partnership with local governments, the Jekyll Island Authority, and the Public Health Districts to develop procedures to notify the public about elevated bacteria levels. Public advisory signage has been installed at beach access points on Jekyll, St. Simons, and Tybee Islands. The Health Districts have prepared templates for press releases to issue health advisories in the event of elevated bacteria levels. CRD has placed beach information on the DNR website (http://www.coastalgadnr.org/node/2130) and has partnered with Earth 911 to show current beach conditions on their web site. The CRD Coastal Beach Monitoring Program is ongoing and a list of beaches with Advisory Zones is provided in Appendix A.
Shellfish Monitoring. For more than 20 years, the CRD has monitored the water quality of Georgia's coastal waters for the safe recreational and commercial harvesting of shellfish (oysters and clams). The Shellfish Sanitation Program is funded by the State of Georgia and consists of water quality monitoring, permitting shellfish harvesters, leasing State shellfish areas, sanitary surveys, and report writing. The CRD administers this program under the guidance of the United States Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) National Shellfish Sanitation Program (NSSP) standards. The NSSP Manual of Operations (Part 1, Section C-3.a) requires that States show that shellfish harvest areas are "not subject to contamination from human and/or animal fecal matter in amounts that in the judgment of the SSCA (State Shellfish Control Authority) may present an actual or potential hazard to public health."
The Georgia DNR and the Georgia Department of Agriculture together form the SCCA. Standards of the NSSP require the State to regularly collect water samples from each approved harvest area and perform bacterial analysis to ensure that the area is below the established fecal coliform threshold of 14 MPN/100 mL. Currently, the CRD monitors 67 stations for fecal
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coliform bacteria with site selection focusing on monitoring around harvest areas. Chatham, Liberty, McIntosh, Glynn, and Camden counties all have waterbodies designed as potential shellfish harvest areas and stations that are monitored. These stations are monitored once a month at random tidal stages.
Estuary Nutrient Monitoring. The purpose of the nutrient monitoring effort is to establish scientifically sound data for nutrient loads in Georgia's coastal rivers, estuaries, and sound systems. These baseline data are a tool for resource managers to use in making sound management decisions based on both historical and current water quality conditions.
Estuary nutrient monitoring is funded by the State of Georgia. The data collected is used to assess the nutrient loads in the State's sounds and estuaries. Nutrient monitoring began on March 1, 2000, and is a long term monitoring program designed to establish trends for nitratenitrogen, nitrite-nitrogen, ammonia nitrogen, total dissolved phosphorus, ortho-phosphate, and silicate. Sample collection for nutrients occurs monthly at 89 stations selected by CRD. Tidal river nutrient monitoring is conducted monthly year-round on the Ogeechee, Altamaha, and St. Marys Rivers by GAEPD. Water samples collected from each site are analyzed by the UGA laboratory.
DNR State Park Beach Monitoring. The DNR State Park Beach Monitoring supports the following program objectives: protecting the public health, documenting water use impairment, assessing environmental and public health effectiveness of voluntary and required pollution control programs, and supporting water quality management programs.
The DNR Parks, Recreation and Historic Sites Division (PRHSD) operate public beaches on small lakes and reservoirs at several State parks in Georgia. State park beach monitoring of bacteria was conducted on a periodic park-by-park basis prior to 1996. Beginning in 1996, beach monitoring has been conducted at census State park freshwater inland beaches by DNR personnel. A table of the DNR State Parks Lake Beach monitoring sites is provided in Appendix A.
Groundwater Well Monitoring. In January 2011, GAEPD's Regulatory Support Program reinstated a state-wide ambient groundwater monitoring network similar in design to that which existed within the Georgia Geologic Survey prior to 1998. The network consists of wells and springs located throughout the State such that broad characterizations may be drawn regarding the general water quality of all major aquifers found within Georgia. Water samples are analyzed for dissolved oxygen, pH, specific conductance, presence of radiation, VOCs, chloride, fluoride, sulfate, total phosphorus, nitrate/nitrite, and metals. Pesticide analyses are conducted on certain samples (mainly from the Coastal Plain), when and if possible. Monitoring personnel will collect quarterly samples at 22 stations and single annual samples at 122 well locations. The list of the ground water wells monitored is provided in Appendix A.
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4. CORE AND SUPPLEMENTAL WATER QUALITY INDICATORS
As described in the individual monitoring program designs above, a variety of indicators are used to assess compliance with water quality standards and support of individual use classifications. A common set of water quality criteria including pathogen indicators (fecal coliform, enterococci, E. coli), dissolved oxygen, pH, temperature, and toxic substances apply to all water uses in Georgia including recreation, drinking water, fishing and aquatic life, wild river, scenic river, and coastal fishing. In assessing lake water quality, additional indicators such as nutrients, secchi depth, and chlorophyll a are included. Core and supplemental indicators are shown in Table 2.

TABLE 2. WATER QUALITY INDICATORS

INDICATOR TYPE Core
Supplemental

AQUATIC LIFE
Dissolved oxygen pH Temperature Turbidity Suspended solids Lake trophic status Macroinvertebrate community Fish community Periphyton/Phytoplankton Macrophyton Habitat Flow
Toxic pollutants (e.g., priority pollutants, pesticides, metals) Toxicity tests Tissue chemical assays Nutrients Chlorophyll a Sediment chemistry Organism condition factor Non-native species Land-use/% impervious cover Pollutant loadings Fish kills

RECREATION Pathogen Indicators Transparency Algal blooms, chlorophyll a Macrophyte density Land-use/% impervious cover
Aesthetics Objectionable scums, sheens,
debris, deposits Sediment quality Color Turbidity pH Flow/water level

The supplemental indicators may be used when there is a reasonable expectation that a specific pollutant may be present in a watershed, when core indicators indicate impairment, or to support a special study such as screening for pollutants of concern. The process for identifying supplemental indicators to monitor is based on which type of designated use has not been met and then selecting the appropriate indicators to measure. Basic water chemistry including turbidity may be used as an initial screening tool prior to running more expensive analytical procedures.

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5. QUALITY ASSURANCE
Laboratory
All samples collected by the GAEPD and its Cooperators, as part of the Surface Water Quality Monitoring Program, are sent to laboratories operating under formalized Quality Assurance Programs (QAP) that are reviewed by the GAEPD prior to sample submission. All laboratory tests are conducted in accordance with USEPA approved methods. These laboratories follow standard laboratory Quality Control procedures and participate in both internal and external blind proficiency sample programs. Accepted results reported are within the 95% confidence interval. Each laboratory is required to have a comprehensive QAP document on file with the GAEPD. Sample integrity, from time of collection to time of laboratory receipt, is maintained through use of Chain of Custody documentation. Sample integrity is maintained within the laboratories through the use of extensive sample tracking and documentation procedures. All laboratory analyses are performed and reported in compliance with the comprehensive quality assurance plans of each laboratory.
Final sample results from each laboratory are maintained in validated database systems. These results are reported to the GAEPD via hardcopy paper reports and electronic data transfer files. This data is ultimately combined and stored in an internal GAEPD database and/or the USEPA STORET system. A review and feedback system between the GAEPD and the laboratories is maintained to ensure that data quality is maintained.
Quality Assurance
Georgia monitoring work is conducted in accordance with approved methods and documented in the Watershed Protection Branch Quality Assurance Manual. The manual provides the details of the quality assurance procedures employed by the GAEPD. The standard quality assurance procedures used by the GAEPD were developed to ensure and document the validity of measurements and analysis, and the representativeness of samples collected. Enforcement activities by the GAEPD require full documentation on particulars of data collection and the equipment used to collect it. All GAEPD field personnel who collect samples or field data are trained to implement the procedures.
USEPA requirements pertaining to specifics of sample collection for States receiving grant funds are specified in federal regulations under the authority of the CWA and the NPDES permitting program. The most widely applicable guidance at this level is Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations (40 CFR). The procedures and techniques given in 40 CFR are periodically updated. In accordance with these regulations, state-wide water quality monitoring data collections are covered by an USEPA approved Quality Management Plan (QMP) and a Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP). These plans along with standard operating procedures (SOPs) are maintained in GAEPD files. Updates to the SOPs, QMP, and QAPP will be submitted to the USEPA by the GAEPD when any changes in the documents occur (for example, monitoring site list revised, use of new sampling equipment, changes in sampling parameters or analytical methods used, etc.).
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6. DATA MANAGEMENT
Georgia uses an electronic accessible data system or paper data system for water quality, fish tissue, toxicity, habitat, biological, and facility monitoring data. Data are entered into a data system in a timely manner and the data are available to the public at any time upon request. Data collected by the GAEPD and its cooperators are stored within the GOMAS, an internal web-accessible database. Lakes, fish tissue, and biological data, as well as data from outside sources that are maintained within GOMAS, are available to the public upon request. Trend and state-wide water quality data is also stored in WRDB and available to the general public through GAEPD's website at http://www1.gadnr.org/dnr/wrdb/home. Additionally, these water quality data are uploaded to the USEPA's STORET database. The USEPA STORET database provides an electronic Internet portal to GAEPD data. STORET provides Georgia the opportunity to assess waters beyond state boundaries, as appropriate. All data are collected and stored using appropriate metadata and State/Federal geo-locational standards. The GAEPD worked with the USEPA to make data assessment reports compatible with the USEPA Assessment Database System (ADB). Georgia's 2008 305(b)/303(d) list of waters was the first submittal of assessment listing information to USEPA in the USEPA's ADB format. Georgia's 2010, 2012 and 2014 305(b)/303(d) lists were submitted in the USEPA ADB format. In 2015, USEPA began the process of redesigning ATTAINS. Once this redesign is complete, GAEPD, will make the determination whether we will enter out assessment data directly into ATTAINS or whether we will modigy our State assessment database (GOMAS) to meet the new design and flow information from it to ATTAINS though a node.
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7. DATA ANALYSIS/ASSESSMENT
Water Use Classifications and Water Quality Standards
Georgia has a methodology for assessing attainment of water quality standards based on analyses of various types of data (chemical, physical, biological, land use) from various sources for all water body types in the State. Assessment of water quality requires a baseline for comparison. A state-wide baseline is provided by Georgia's water quality standards, which contain water use classifications, numeric criteria for chemical concentrations, narrative requirements for general water quality and an antidegradation policy. The Georgia DNR is responsible for setting and enforcing water quality standards.
The purposes and intent of the State in establishing water quality standards are to provide enhancement of water quality and prevention of pollutions; protect the public health and welfare in accordance with the public interest for drinking water supplies, conservation of fish, wildlife and other beneficial aquatic life, recreational, and other reasonable and necessary uses; and maintain and improve the biological integrity of the waters of the State. Georgia's waters are currently classified as one of the following water use classifications: drinking water, recreation, fishing, coastal fishing, wild river, or scenic river.
Specific water quality criteria are assigned to support each water use classification. The quality of Georgia's waters is judged by the extent to which the waters support the uses (comply with criteria set for the water use classification or designations) for which they have been designated. Appendix B. provides a summary of water use classifications and specific water quality criteria for each water use. Georgia also has general narrative water quality standards that apply to all waters. These narrative standards are also summarized in Appendix B.
In 1989, the Board of Natural Resources adopted 31 numeric standards for protection of aquatic life and 90 numeric standards for the protection of human health. In addition, during the early to mid-1990's, the DNR Board also adopted standards for six major lakes and tributaries. All general criteria for waters are outlined in Georgia's Rules and Regulations for Water Quality Control (Chapter 391-3-6-.03(5).
Different sections of the CWA require States to assess water quality [Section 305(b)], to list waters with water quality standards violations for which no actions have been initiated and therefore a TMDL is needed [Section 303(d)], and to document waters with nonpoint source problems (Section 319). All existing and readily available data is compiled and analyzed. In addition to data collected by GAEPD and its cooperators, data from universities, other local, State and Federal agencies, and the public are solicited for use in the assessment of Georgia waters. These data are subject to quality control requirements detailed in the Georgia Rules and Regulations for Water Quality Control. Data and information that does not meet quality control requirements are used as screening information and may be used during the selection process regarding sites GAEPD or our cooperator will monitor.
The GAEPD assesses water quality data to determine if water quality standards are met and if the water body supports its designated use. In the past, data was assessed as supporting, partially supporting, or not supporting its designated use(s) depending on the frequency with
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which standards were met. Beginning with the 2008 305(b)/303(d) Integrated List of Waters, waterbodies were placed in one of five tiers indicating whether it is supporting its designated use or not, if more information is needed to make a determination, and if a TMDL is required. This tiered approach provides a mechanism to track all waters of the State and the range of assessments made to determine if the waterbody meets its water quality standards. Georgia's 305(b)/303(d) Listing Methodology is a dynamic document that is updated with each listing cycle to reflect current guidance by the USEPA and to incorporate new information made available during the listing cycle. The assessment information is maintained in an electronic webaccessible database. Other information is integrated with available data and a report prepared for the USEPA and the public every two years. These integrated reports are Georgia's 305(b)/303(d) list of waters and "Water Quality in Georgia Report." The list and report are updated and publicly noticed for comment prior to submittal to the USEPA for final approval. This is done to engage and secure public input on the listing, TMDL prioritization, and reporting process, and to allow time for any additional information to be included in the biennial assessment reports. All of Georgia's current and past 305(b)/303(d) lists of waters included streams and rivers, lakes, and estuaries for which data have been assessed and indications were designated uses for those waters were or were not fully supported. Beginning in 2008 with the tiered assessment approach, the lists, organized by river basin, now includes information on the location, data source, designated water use classification, criterion violated, potential cause, and estimates of stream miles/lake acres/estuarine square miles affected. The latest versions of Georgia's 305(b)/303(d) list and report are available for public review on the GAEPD web page at http://epd.georgia.gov/georgia305b303d-list-documents. A Geographic Information System (GIS) coverage is maintained that depicts the waters on the list.
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8. REPORTING
Georgia produces reports and lists in accordance with CWA requirements in a timely and complete manner. The CWA [Section 305(b)] requires states to assess and characterize the condition and trends of monitored waters within the State. The CWA [Section 303(d)] requires States to identify impaired waters for which TMDLs are needed. The Section 305(b) Report and the Section 303(d) list are due in even numbered years. Georgia integrates the two reporting requirements of Sections 305(b) and 303(d) of the CWA. Final reports are submitted to the USEPA by April 1st of every even numbered year for the State to remain eligible for Section 106 grant funding assistance for the water quality monitoring program. Annual updates of water quality data and information are provided to the USEPA during odd numbered years to provide a status of water quality monitoring efforts between 305(b)/303(d) listing cycles. Georgia also prepares a GIS coverage to illustrate the location of the waters on the integrated list. The GIS coverage, lists, and reports are placed on the GAEPD website for easy access for the public. In addition, information required under Section 314 and 319 are covered in the Georgia 305(b) Report (also known as the "Water Quality in Georgia" report). The CRD provides information on monitoring and notification programs for coastal recreation waters in accordance with CWA Section 406 (BEACHES Act). Georgia also provides a CWA Section 106 monitoring update (in odd numbered years) through the uploading of monitoring data to the national STORET data warehouse.
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9. PROGRAMMATIC EVALUATION
The Georgia Monitoring and Assessment Strategy as described in this document represents a comprehensive approach to address the goals and objectives of the water quality monitoring program. The monitoring program is long-term in nature. Monitoring program evaluations occur throughout the year with enhancements implemented as needed to address specific acute issues. The Program Managers in the Watershed Protection Branch meet throughout the year and monitoring issues and needs are regularly discussed. Often needs arise, such as monitoring to support enforcement actions, impact studies, TMDL modeling, and/or monitoring in response to citizen input, that require changes to the monitoring programs. Minor program changes can be implemented quickly and efficiently in response to localized needs, at any time during the year. Larger programmatic changes are considered annually, along with available budgets, and implemented, as appropriate. The Watershed Planning and Monitoring Program (WPMP) monitoring staff works with the other Programs within the Watershed Protection Branch to determine the sites that should be monitored. Integration of monitoring activities between the Assessment Coordinator, TMDL Modeling and Development Unit, Wastewater Regulatory Program, NonPoint Source Program, and the Ambient Monitoring Units allows GAEPD to effectively and systematically prioritize waters for assessment, restoration, and protection. Any major annual changes provide milestones or progress markers that are negotiated and documented in the State/EPA PPA. The annual planning process in preparing the PPA provides an opportunity for annual review of implementation priorities, in line with available resources to address the priorities. This also provides for a periodic review of each aspect of the monitoring program to determine how well the program serves its water quality data and decision needs. In addition, this Monitoring and Assessment Strategy will be reviewed and updated every three to five years.
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10. GENERAL SUPPORT AND INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING
The Georgia monitoring program depends primarily on funds from the State budget with some funding from Federal sources. Georgia works closely with the USEPA and the USGS on a number of monitoring projects to maximize monitoring efficiencies. The USEPA provides some grant funding for monitoring projects in Georgia and the USGS provides some limited cooperative project matching funds for monitoring projects in Georgia. As a part of the ongoing planning process, monitoring needs are discussed with the USEPA during the negotiation process for the State/EPA PPA that includes CWA Section 106 funds. The USEPA also provides direct support for monitoring projects in Georgia through its Science and Ecosystem Support Division in Athens, Georgia. Each year, Georgia and other States in the Region provide the USEPA with a list of technical assistance needs for the following year. The USEPA reviews and prioritizes the State requests and supports the States, as resources allow.
Training is an important element of ongoing monitoring programs in Georgia. The GAEPD takes advantage of USEPA sponsored training in all aspects of monitoring including: field techniques, laboratory analysis, and data management and analysis. In addition, GAEPD conducts an annual internal training for all monitoring personnel, so as to ensure that sampling standards and practices are accurate and consistent to our established protocols.
Georgia will continue to review and assess monitoring programs and seek additional resources to enhance them, as needed.
Resources
The Watershed Protection Branch has identified the WPMP as the lead program for implementing and maintaining the State's Surface Water and Ground Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment Strategy. This involves coordination with outside agencies and monitoring groups to assist in the collection of data needed to fulfill the management goals of the program. Staffing resources, within the WPMP to fulfill the responsibilities of data gathering, assessment, report preparations, and TMDL development, include seventeen (17) field staff positions within the WPMP for collection of physical, chemical data and biological data from rivers, streams, lakes, estuaries, and groundwater; three (3) field staff positions within the WPMP for conducting compliance evaluation inspections and sampling of permitted facility effluents; one (1) water quality standards coordinator; one (1) data management and QA/QC position; one (1) 305(b)/303(d) data assessment, report preparation and Sampling Quality Assurance Plan review position; and four (4) TMDL modeling and development positions. Additional resources are provided through contracted monitoring assistance from the USGS, Phinizy Center for Water Sciences, and Columbus Water Works.
The monitoring programs in Georgia are supported by a full service GAEPD laboratory located in Norcross, Georgia. In addition, some laboratory work is contracted with EPA, the University of Georgia (UGA), and/or USGS. In some cases, in conjunction with technical assistance requests, the USEPA provides laboratory support at its facilities in Athens, Georgia. Biological work on macroinvertebrate identification is conducted at the Watershed Protection Branch laboratory facilities in Atlanta, Georgia, and fish identification work is conducted by the WRD in Social Circle, Georgia. Contractors also assist with these identification efforts.
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In addition to staffing and analytical services, the contractual services provided by the USGS and Columbus Water Works for water quality sample collection and by UGA for water quality analyses amounts to over $1,500,000 per year. An assessment of current funding and staffing resources as opposed to the level of effort to achieve the goals of the State's monitoring strategy indicates the funding and staffing resources are minimal to what is needed to meet the goals and objectives of the strategy.
Additional monitoring programs or enhancement/expansion of already implemented programs requires additional resources in manpower and laboratory analytical services. Some of the new or enhanced monitoring projects to fully implement the State's Monitoring and Assessment Strategy include:
Development and implementation of a wetlands monitoring and assessment program and development of an appropriate monitoring methodology.
Development and implementation of a probabilistic monitoring program for streams to increase the number of assessed waters over a 10-year monitoring period.
Development and implementation of a probabilistic monitoring program for lakes to increase the number of assessed waters over a 10-year monitoring period.
Future Studies and Actions
The State's Monitoring and Assessment Strategy is a dynamic document and should be flexible to incorporate shifting priorities in monitoring goals and objectives. Some suggested future studies and actions are listed below as part of the Strategy review process. These suggestions will enhance or improve on the data quality, quantity and assessment strategies already in place requiring a relatively neutral budget change.
Increase coordination and collaboration with other programs within the GAEPD and GADNR.
Expand working with citizen volunteer monitoring groups to provide technical assistance and training to ensure improved quality of data to build on the State's assessed water database.
There are benefits to be gained by using external data and promoting stewardship warranting the investment of resources on the part of GAEPD. Integrating other data is a process that requires enhanced program coordination (i.e. communication about sampling plans and goals, planning useful/equivalent measures, modeling/assessment procedures, QA and data sharing).
While State agencies are collecting water quality information to address specific needs, water quality monitoring efforts are being conducted by other agencies, universities, local governments, organizations and/or citizen volunteer groups. Although some of these efforts are implemented to address goals similar to the State agency, these efforts may also have a nonmanagement focus, for example, addressing research, education and supporting other
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programs. Data and information provided by these outside programs can serve to fill needed gaps within the State's monitoring program. Future success in making sound professional judgments about the quality of Georgia's waters depends on the proper direction and training to staff, providing the tools and skills to accomplish the tasks and the technical resources to support the assessment process.
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APPENDIX A
SURFACE WATER MONITORING STATIONS AND GROUNDWATER WELLS
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1. STATEWIDE TREND MONITORING NETWORK (CORE): Rivers/Streams, Lakes/Reservoirs

Rivers and stream stations are sampled monthly for field and chemical parameters every year. Four fecal coliform bacterial samples are collected each calendar quarter to calculate four geometric means.

Lakes and reservoir stations are sampled monthly during the "growing season" from April through October.

Station Number 0102060101 0106050209 0109020701 0109060602 0202030701 0301060102 0302090102
0403030501

Location
Chattooga River at US Hwy. 76 near Clayton, GA Savannah River at 0.5 mile downstream from Spirit Creek Savannah River at Seaboard Coast Line Railway, north of Clyo, GA Savannah River at US Hwy. 17 (Houlihan Bridge) Ogeechee River at Georgia Hwy. 24 near Oliver, GA Oconee River at Barnett Shoals Road near Athens, GA Oconee River at Interstate Hwy. 16 near Dublin, GA
South River at Island Shoals Road near Snapping Shoals, GA

0403060301 Yellow River at Georgia Hwy. 212 near Stewart, GA

0403080201 Alcovy River at Newton Factory Bridge Road near Stewart, GA

0403090301
0503160201 0504030101 0504080601 0606040104 0701070405 0901010508 0903080302 1003010102 1105010601 1106010701 1108010102 1108040101 1108070302 1201030401 1201040404 1201050101 1201060401 1201080302 1201090205

Tussahaw Creek at Fincherville Road near Jackson, GA
Ocmulgee River at New Macon Water Intake Ocmulgee River at Hawkinsville, GA Ocmulgee River at US Hwy. 341 at Lumber City, GA Altamaha River 6.0 miles downstream from Doctortown, GA Satilla River at Georgia Hwy.15 and Hwy.121 Suwannee River at US Hwy. 441 near Fargo, GA Withlacoochee River at Clyattsville-Nankin Road near Clyattsville, GA Ochlockonee River at Hadley Ferry Road near Calvary, GA Flint River at SR 92 near Griffin, GA Flint River at SR 26 near Montezuma Flint River at SR 234 near Albany, GA Flint River at SR 37 at Newton, GA Flint River at US Hwy. 27-B near Bainbridge, GA Chattahoochee River at Belton Bridge Road near Lula, GA Lake Sidney Lanier - Little River Embayment, b/w M1WC & 3LR Dicks Creek at Forest Service Road 144-1 near Neels Gap, GA Chestatee River at SR 400 near Dahlonega, GA Flat Creek at McEver Road near Gainesville, GA Chattahoochee River at McGinnis Ferry Road

River Basin Parameters1

Savannah Savannah Savannah Savannah Ogeechee Oconee Oconee
Upper Ocmulgee
Upper Ocmulgee
Upper Ocmulgee
Upper Ocmulgee Ocmulgee Ocmulgee Ocmulgee Altamaha
Satilla St. Marys Suwannee Ochlockonee
Flint Flint Flint Flint Flint Chattahoochee Chattahoochee Chattahoochee Chattahoochee Chattahoochee Chattahoochee

Standard Standard Standard Standard Standard Standard Standard
Standard
Standard
Standard
Standard
Standard Standard Standard Standard Standard Standard Standard Standard Standard Standard Standard Standard Standard Standard Standard Standard Standard Standard Standard

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Station Number 1202050501 1202060101 1202070301 1202110104
1202130502
1203010104 1203060101 1203060601 1203060602 1204080101 1308020601 1308090601 1401020703 1401050106 1402030502 1402040103 1403060401 1404060301 1404070401 1404080802 1404080904 1404150101 1405010601 1405050401 1501080101

Location
New River at SR 100 near Corinth, GA Chattahoochee River at US Hwy. 27 near Franklin, GA Yellow Jacket Creek at Hammet Road near Hogansville, GA Lake Harding - Dam Forebay (aka Chatt. River US Bartletts Ferry Dam) Lake Oliver - Chattahochee River at Columbus Water Intake nr Columbus, GA Chattahoochee River downstream from Columbus Water Treatment Facility Chattahoochee River downstream Oswichee Creek Chattahoochee River at Hichitee Creek (River Mile 127.6) Chattahoochee River at Spur 39 near Omaha, GA (Seaboard Railroad) Chattahoochee River at SR 91 near Steam Mill, GA Tallapoosa River at Georgia Hwy. 8 near Tallapoosa, GA Little Tallapoosa River at Georgia Hwy. 100 near Bowden, GA Conasauga River at US Hwy. 76 near Dalton, GA Conasauga River at Tilton Bridge near Tilton, GA Mountaintown Creek at SR 282 (US Hwy. 76) near Ellijay, GA Coosawattee River at Georgia Hwy. 5 near Ellijay, GA Oostanaula River at Rome Water Intake near Rome, GA Etowah River at SR 5 spur near Canton, GA Shoal Creek at SR 108 (Fincher Road) near Waleska, GA Noonday Creek at Georgia Hwy. 92 near Woodstock, GA Little River at Georgia Hwy. 5 near Woodstock, GA Etowah River at Hardin Bridge (FAS 829) near Euharlee, GA Coosa River - GA/Alabama State Line Monitor near Cave Springs Chattooga River at Holland-Chattoogaville Road (FAS1363) near Lyerly, GA West Chickamauga Creek - GA Highway 146 near Ringgold, GA

River Basin Parameters1

Chattahoochee Chattahoochee Chattahoochee Chattahoochee

Standard Standard Standard Standard

Chattahoochee Standard

Chattahoochee Chattahoochee Chattahoochee Chattahoochee Chattahoochee
Tallapoosa Tallapoosa
Coosa Coosa Coosa Coosa Coosa Coosa Coosa Coosa Coosa Coosa Coosa Coosa Tennessee

Standard Standard Standard Standard Standard Standard Standard Standard Standard Standard Standard Standard Standard Standard Standard Standard Standard Standard Standard Standard

Standard field and chemical parameters include: gage height / tape down or discharge measurement, air temperature, water temperature, dissolved oxygen, pH, specific conductance, turbidity, 5-day BOD, alkalinity, hardness, suspended solids, ammonia, nitrate-nitrite, Kjeldahl nitrogen, total phosphorus, total organic carbon, and fecal coliform. Lakes field, chemical and biological parameters include: water depth, secchi disk transparency, photic zone depth, air temperature, depth profiles for dissolved oxygen, temperature, pH, and specific conductance, and chemical analyses for turbidity, specific conductance, 5-day BOD, pH, alkalinity, hardness, suspended solids, ammonia, nitrate-nitrite, Kjeldahl nitrogen, total phosphorus, total organic carbon, and chlorophyll a.

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2. CALENDAR YEAR 2015 MONITORING STATIONS: Rivers/Streams, Lakes/Reservoirs
Rivers and streams stations are sampled monthly for field and chemical parameters for one calendar year every five years. Four fecal coliform bacterial samples are collected each calendar quarter during the focused monitoring year.
Lakes, reservoirs, and estuaries are sampled once a month during the growing season (April-October).

Routine2 Fecal coliform E. coli Enterococci Metal s Pesticides OrthoPhosphorus Diatoms3 Macroinvertebrates3 Anions
Total Dissolved Solids
Gage Chlorophyll

Georgia Station Number

Sampling Site

River Basin

Sampling

Waterbody

Organization1 Type/Project

Latitude Longitude

RV_03_572

Allen Creek at Wayne Poultry Road near Pendergrass, GA

Oconee

Atlanta WP

Nutrients; HIGHOconee

34.17358 -83.674

X

X

RV_03_517

Apalachee River at State Road 24 near Apalachee, Ga.

Oconee

Atlanta WP

Nutrients; MEDOconee

33.71889 -83.434444 X X

X

RV_14_5132

Bannister Creek at Nichols Rd. near Cumming, GA

Coosa

Atlanta WP

EPA BIO M

34.309

-84.221

X

X

RV_03_782

Barber Creek at Daniels Bridge Road near Athens, GA

Oconee

Atlanta WP

2010 Revisit (metals) 33.89935 -83.443383 X X

X

RV_02_5123

Big Creek at Big Creek Rd. near Edgehill, GA

Ogeechee

Atlanta WP

Probabilistic

33.165

-82.668

X

RV_12_4280

Big Creek at Roswell Water Intake near Roswell, GA

Chattahoochee Atlanta WP

AWW

34.01785 -84.352492 X X

RV_04_884

Big Flat Creek at U.S. Highway 78 near Loganville, Ga.

Upper Ocmulgee

Atlanta WP

NH3-1; City of Logansville-WPCP

33.82972 -83.859167 X X

RV_03_554

Big Indian Creek at Georgia Highway 83 near Madison, GA

Oconee

Atlanta WP

FC (Category 3-pH)

33.52556 -83.524444 X

X

RV_12_4282

Blue Creek at County Line Rd (AKA Sims Rd) near Hoganville, GA

Chattahoochee Atlanta WP

FC (Category 3-pH)

33.18320 -84.8626

X X

RV_01_241

Bull Creek at CR123 Indian Hill Rd, nr Norwood, GA

Savannah

Atlanta WP

Reference

33.58468 -82.652351 X

X

RV_05_2117

Cabin Creek at Jordan Hill Road (County Road 508) near Griffin, GA

Lower Ocmulgee

Atlanta WP

NH3-2; Griffin-Cabin Creek WPCP

33.272

-84.237

X X

RV_03_499

Carr Creek at Bailey Street near Athens, GA

Oconee

Atlanta WP

Nutrients; HIGHOconee

33.945

-83.354444 X X

X

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X X X X X X

X X X X X

X

X

X X

X X

X X

X X X

X

X

X X X X X

Routine2 Fecal coliform E. coli Enterococci Metal s Pesticides OrthoPhosphorus Diatoms3 Macroinvertebrates3 Anions
Total Dissolved Solids
Gage Chlorophyll

Georgia Station Number

Sampling Site

River Basin

Sampling

Waterbody

Organization1 Type/Project

Latitude Longitude

RV_12_3974 RV_01_244 RV_12_3891 RV_12_3859 RV_12_3945 RV_12_3934 RV_12_3960 RV_12_3870 RV_12_3841 LK_01_40 LK_01_71 LK_01_39 LK_01_38 RV_01_5119 RV_01_248 RV_03_790 RV_01_19

Centralhatchee Creek at U.S. Highway 27 near Franklin, GA Charlies Creek at Charlies Creek Rd East of Hiawassee, GA Chattahoochee River - Atlanta Water Intake Chattahoochee River - DeKalb County Water Intake Chattahoochee River - Georgia Highway 92 Chattahoochee River at Bankhead Highway Chattahoochee River at Capps Ferry Road near Rico, GA Chattahoochee River at Cobb County Water Intake near Roswell, GA Chattahoochee River at McGinnis Ferry Road
Clarks Hill Lake - Dam Forebay
Clarks Hill Lake - Little River At Highway 47 Clarks Hill Lake- Savannah River At Dordon Crk. Clarks Hill Lake- Savannah River At U.S. Highway 378 Coldwater Creek at Shiloh Church Rd. near Hartwell, GA Coleman River at Coleman River Rd nr Clayton, GA Copeland Creek nr Edwards Rd nr White Plains, GA Crawford Creek at County Road 118 near Lavonia, GA

Chattahoochee Savannah Chattahoochee Chattahoochee Chattahoochee Chattahoochee Chattahoochee Chattahoochee Chattahoochee Savannah Savannah Savannah Savannah Savannah Savannah Oconee Savannah

Atlanta WP Atlanta WP Atlanta WP Atlanta WP Atlanta WP Atlanta WP Atlanta WP Atlanta WP Atlanta WP Atlanta WP Atlanta WP Atlanta WP Atlanta WP Atlanta WP Atlanta WP Atlanta WP Atlanta WP

FC (Category 3-pH)

33.31111 -85.104444 X X

SEMN

34.95895 -83.57158 X

X

AWW

33.8278 -84.455

X X X

X

AWW

33.9731 -84.2631

X X X

X

AWW

33.6567

-84.673611 X X

X

AWW

33.79528 -84.507778 X X

X

AWW

33.5778

-84.808611 X X

AWW

33.9443 -84.405

X X X

AWW Lake Monitoring Lake Monitoring

34.05056 33.66269 33.69272

-84.097701 -82.198528 -82.338805

X X X X X X X X X

Lake Monitoring

33.76586 -82.271778 X X X

Lake Monitoring

33.85786 -82.399583 X X X

Probabilistic

34.247

-82.937

X

SEMN

34.95203 -83.516599 X

X

Reference

33.43474 -83.041953 X

X

Nutrients; LOWSavannah; EPA BIO M

34.48032

-83.122422 X

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X X X X X X
X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X

Routine2 Fecal coliform E. coli Enterococci Metal s Pesticides OrthoPhosphorus Diatoms3 Macroinvertebrates3 Anions
Total Dissolved Solids
Gage Chlorophyll

Georgia Station Number

Sampling Site

River Basin

Sampling

Waterbody

Organization1 Type/Project

Latitude Longitude

RV_03_791 RV_01_250 RV_04_5127 RV_01_253 RV_12_5131 RV_01_17 RV_01_14 RV_05_5126 RV_11_3789 RV_11_3444 RV_01_255 RV_12_5130 LK_12_4078 RV_03_792 LK_05_2078 LK_05_2076 RV_12_4123

Crooked Creek at Oconee Springs Road near Eatonton ,GA Davidson Creek nr North Panther Crk Rd South of Tallulah Falls, GA Dry Bone Creek at Chapman Rd. near Macon, GA Dry Fork Creek at Centerville Rd, nr Lexington, GA East Trammel Branch at Bradbury Rd. near Luthersville, GA Eastanolle Creek at Tower Road nr Avalon, GA Eastanollee Creek At Rose Lane In Toccoa, GA Falling Creek at John Tillman Rd near Hillsboro, GA Flint River @ Sprewell Bluff Sprewell Bluff State Park Flint River at U.S. Highway 19 near Culloden, Ga. Florence Creek near Ce Norman Rd, SW of Lincolnton, GA Fort Creek at GA Hwy 116 near Pine Mountain Valley, GA
Goat Rock Lake - Dam Forebay
Greenbriar Creek at Johnny Carson Road near Bostwick ,GA
High Falls Lake - Dam Forebay
High Falls Lake - Midlake
Hillabahatchee Creek at CR 210 near Frolona, GA

Oconee
Savannah Upper Ocmulgee Savannah
Chattahoochee
Savannah
Savannah Lower Ocmulgee Flint
Flint
Savannah
Chattahoochee Chattahoochee Oconee Ocmulgee Ocmulgee Chattahoochee

Atlanta WP Atlanta WP Atlanta WP Atlanta WP Atlanta WP Atlanta WP Atlanta WP Atlanta WP Atlanta WP Atlanta WP Atlanta WP Atlanta WP Atlanta WP Atlanta WP Atlanta WP Atlanta WP Atlanta WP

Nutrients; HIGHOconee Reference
Probabilistic
Reference
Probabilistic Nutrients; HIGHSavannah Nutrients; HIGHSavannah Probabilistic
Trend
Probabilistic
Reference
WRP; JCG Foods
Lake Monitoring Nutrients; LOWOconee Lake Monitoring Lake Monitoring
Trend

33.32248 34.66491 32.904 33.84107 33.224 34.52598 34.54361 33.196 32.85599 32.7214 33.75356 32.794 32.6112 33.69996 33.1799 33.1973 33.31122

-83.274951 X

-83.36978 X

-83.545

X

-82.950281 X

-84.763

X X

-83.18545 X

-83.302778 X

-83.691

X

-84.476812 X X

-84.2325

X X

-82.548276 X

-84.802 -85.0794 -83.357729 -84.0209 -84.031 -85.187675

X X X X X X X X X X X X X X

X

X X X X X

X

X X X

X

X

X X X

X X X X X X

X X X X X

X

X X X

X

X

X X

X

X

X X X X X

X X

X X X X X

X

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Routine2 Fecal coliform E. coli Enterococci Metal s Pesticides OrthoPhosphorus Diatoms3 Macroinvertebrates3 Anions
Total Dissolved Solids
Gage Chlorophyll

Georgia Station Number

Sampling Site

River Basin

Sampling

Waterbody

Organization1 Type/Project

Latitude Longitude

RV_03_5125 RV_03_794 RV_03_515 RV_01_257 LK_12_4074 LK_12_4072 LK_01_22 LK_01_11 LK_04_897 LK_04_893 LK_05_2132 LK_05_2131 LK_03_545 LK_03_538 LK_03_520 LK_12_4080 LK_01_29 LK_01_27

Horse Branch at US 129 near Madison, GA Indian Creek at Tapp Wood Rd near Hoschton, GA Jacks Creek at Bearden Road near Monroe, GA Kemp Creek at Holliday Park Rd nr Washington, GA Lake Harding - Dam Forebay (aka Chatt. River US Bartletts Ferry Dam)
Lake Harding - Midlake, Main Body
Lake Hartwell - Dam Forebay
Lake Hartwell @ Interstate 85
Lake Jackson - Dam Forebay
Lake Jackson at confluence of Alcovy River and Yellow/South River Branch
Lake Juliette - Dam Forebay
Lake Juliette - Midlake
Lake Oconee - Richland Creek Arm
Lake Oconee 300 Meters Upstream Wallace Dam (Dam Forebay) Lake Oconee At Highway 44, Oconee River Arm
Lake Oliver - Dam Forebay
Lake Richard B. Russell - Dam Forebay
Lake Russell Between Markers 42 and 44 (Mid Lake)

Oconee Oconee Oconee Savannah Chattahoochee Chattahoochee Savannah Savannah Ocmulgee Ocmulgee Ocmulgee Ocmulgee Oconee Oconee Oconee Chattahoochee Savannah Savannah

Atlanta WP Atlanta WP Atlanta WP Atlanta WP Atlanta WP Atlanta WP Atlanta WP Atlanta WP Atlanta WP Atlanta WP Atlanta WP Atlanta WP Atlanta WP Atlanta WP Atlanta WP Atlanta WP Atlanta WP Atlanta WP

NH3-1; Madison Southside Facility Nutrients; HIGHOconee Nutrients; HIGHOconee Reference
Lake Monitoring
Lake Monitoring Lake Monitoring Lake Monitoring Lake Monitoring
Lake Monitoring
Lake Monitoring Lake Monitoring Lake Monitoring
Lake Monitoring
Lake Monitoring
Lake Monitoring Lake Monitoring
Lake Monitoring

33.586

-83.447

X

X

34.06047 -83.709561 X

X

33.79966 -83.61913 X X

X

33.66435 -82.553398 X

X

32.6633

-85.090278 X X X

32.7379 34.35873 34.48417 33.322 33.36823 33.0338 33.0464 33.3947 33.35167

-85.1125 -82.824417 -83.029833 -83.8409 -83.863339 -83.7572 -83.8106 -83.1767 -83.160833

X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X

33.43139 32.516 34.02633

-83.265734 -85.0009 -82.594167

X X X X X X X X X

34.12778 -82.673611 X X X

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X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
X X X X X X X X X X X X X X

Routine2 Fecal coliform E. coli Enterococci Metal s Pesticides OrthoPhosphorus Diatoms3 Macroinvertebrates3 Anions
Total Dissolved Solids
Gage Chlorophyll

Georgia Station Number

Sampling Site

River Basin

Sampling

Waterbody

Organization1 Type/Project

Latitude Longitude

LK_12_4007

Lake Sidney Lanier - Balus Creek Embayment, 0.34m SE M6FC

Chattahoochee Atlanta WP

Lake Monitoring

34.2504 -83.9244

X X X

LK_12_4005

Lake Sidney Lanier - Flat Creek Embayment, 100' U/S M7FC

Chattahoochee Atlanta WP

Lake Monitoring

34.2587 -83.9198

X X X

X

LK_12_4012

Lake Syndey Lanier upstream from Flowery Branch Confluence (Midlake)

Chattahoochee Atlanta WP

Lake Monitoring

34.20028 -83.982869 X X X

X

LK_12_3913

Lake Sidney Lanier - Little River Embayment, b/w M1WC & 3LR

Chattahoochee Atlanta WP

Lake Monitoring

34.355

-83.8427

X X X

X

LK_12_4010

Lake Sidney Lanier - Mud Crk Embayment, b/w Marina & Ramp

Chattahoochee Atlanta WP

Lake Monitoring

34.2333 -83.9373

X X X

X

LK_12_4019

Lake Sidney Lanier - Six Mile Creek Embayment, 300' E M9SM

Chattahoochee Atlanta WP

Lake Monitoring

34.2335 -83.0287

X X X

X

LK_12_3995

Lake Sidney Lanier at Boling Bridge (State Road 53) on Chestatee River

Chattahoochee

Atlanta WP

Lake Monitoring

34.31235 -83.950103 X X X

X

LK_12_4001

Lake Sidney Lanier at Browns Bridge Road (State Road 369)

Chattahoochee Atlanta WP

Lake Monitoring

34.26167 -83.950662 X X X

X

LK_12_3998

Lake Sidney Lanier at Lanier Bridge (State Road 53) on Chattahoochee River

Chattahoochee

Atlanta WP

Lake Monitoring

34.32195 -83.880171 X X X

X

LK_12_4028

Lake Sidney Lanier upstream of Buford Dam Forebay

Chattahoochee Atlanta WP

Lake Monitoring

34.16278 -84.067108 X X X

X

LK_03_526

Lake Sinclair - 300 Meters Upstream Dam (Dam Forebay)

Oconee

Atlanta WP

Lake Monitoring

33.14282 -83.202617 X X X

X

LK_03_525

Lake Sinclair - Little River & Murder Creek Arm, U/S U.S. Hwy 441

Oconee

Atlanta WP

Lake Monitoring

33.189

-83.2953

X X X

X

LK_03_530

Lake Sinclair - Midlake, Oconee River Arm Oconee

Atlanta WP

Lake Monitoring

33.1968 -83.2742

X X X

X

LK_05_2146 Lake Tobesofkee - Dam Forebay

Ocmulgee

Atlanta WP

Lake Monitoring

32.8215 -83.7706

X X X

X

LK_05_2144 Lake Tobesofkee - Midlake

Ocmulgee

Atlanta WP

Lake Monitoring

32.8346 -83.8161

X X X

X

RV_11_3489 RV_01_5120

Line Creek At Georgia Highway 85 Near Senoia Little Crawford Creek at New Town Rd. near Lavonia, GA

Flint Savannah

Atlanta WP Atlanta WP

FC (Category 3-pH) EPA BIO M

33.31944 34.474

-84.523611 X X

-83.109

X

X

X

X

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Routine2 Fecal coliform E. coli Enterococci Metal s Pesticides OrthoPhosphorus Diatoms3 Macroinvertebrates3 Anions
Total Dissolved Solids
Gage Chlorophyll

Georgia Station Number

Sampling Site

River Basin

Sampling

Waterbody

Organization1 Type/Project

Latitude Longitude

RV_01_59

Little River @ Wilkes Co Rd 192 near Washington, GA

Savannah

Atlanta WP

Nutrients; LOWSavannah

33.65169 -82.83325 X

RV_03_553

Little River at Little River Rd (GA 213) near Godfrey, GA

Oconee

Atlanta WP

EPA BIO M

33.45117 -83.536633 X

X

RV_03_557

Little River at State Road 16 near Eatonton, Ga.

Oconee

Atlanta WP

EPA BIO M

33.31398 -83.436817 X

X

RV_03_551

Little River at U.S. Highway 278 near Covington, GA

Oconee

Atlanta WP

Nutrients; HIGHOconee

33.60667 -83.709444 X X

X

NH3-1; Eatonton-

RV_03_559

Little River Tributary 2 CR 212 (Glenwood Springs Rd) near Eatonton, Ga.

Oconee

Atlanta WP

Putnam WSA Westside/Nutrients;

33.29528 -83.41675 X

X

HIGH-Oconee

RV_03_795

Little Sandy Creek at Hardeman Mill Rd nr Good Hope, GA

Oconee

Atlanta WP

Nutrients; HIGHOconee

33.72665 -83.559861 X

X

RV_03_511

Marburg Creek at Manning Gin Road near Bethlehem, GA

Oconee

Atlanta WP

Nutrients; HIGHOconee

33.91235 -83.647333 X X

X

RV_12_4305

March Creek at Brandon Mill Rd NW nr Sandy Springs, GA

Chattahoochee Atlanta WP

FC (Category 3-pH)

33.9475

-84.387222 X

RV_03_584

McNutt Creek at Mal Bay Road at Athens, GA

Oconee

Nutrients; LOW-

Atlanta WP

Oconee/FC (Category 33.9264

-83.426733 X X

X

3-pH)

RV_01_63

Middle Creek @ Wrightsboro Rd. near Wrightsboro, GA

Savannah

Atlanta WP

Nutrients; LOWSavannah

33.54975 -82.564333 X

RV_01_260

Middle Fork Broad River North of West Red Root Rd Est of Cornelia, GA

Savannah

Atlanta WP

Reference

34.50409 -83.436878 X

X

RV_03_589

Middle Oconee River at U.S. Highway 441 near Athens, Ga.

Oconee

Atlanta WP

Probabilistic

33.91833 -83.390278 X X

X

RV_12_3894

Nancy Creek - Chamblee-Dunwoody Road

Chattahoochee Atlanta WP

Probabilistic

33.89778 -84.345556 X

RV_02_286

Ogeechee River - Georgia Highway 78 Near Wadley

Ogeechee

Atlanta WP

Probabilistic

32.86972 -82.319722 X

X

RV_12_5129

Palmetto Creek at Barnes Mill Rd near Hamilton, GA

Chattahoochee Atlanta WP

NH3-1, City of Hamilton

32.757

-84.865

X X

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X X X

X

X X X

X

X X X

X X X X X

X X X X

X X X X X X X X X X

X X X X X X X X X X X X
X X
X

Routine2 Fecal coliform E. coli Enterococci Metal s Pesticides OrthoPhosphorus Diatoms3 Macroinvertebrates3 Anions
Total Dissolved Solids
Gage Chlorophyll

Georgia Station Number

Sampling Site

River Basin

Sampling

Waterbody

Organization1 Type/Project

Latitude Longitude

RV_12_4316

Peachtree Creek at Northside Dr in Atlanta, GA

Chattahoochee Atlanta WP

AWW

33.8194

-84.407778 X X

X

RV_01_12

Reed Creek at County Road 301 near Hartwell, GA

Savannah

Atlanta WP

Nutrients; LOWSavannah

34.45334 -82.940396 X

RV_01_76

Reed Creek at State Road 28 near Martinez, GA

Savannah

Atlanta WP

Nutrients; LOWSavannah

33.53869 -82.080222 X

RV_12_3976

Richland Creek at Hillcrest Drive East of Buford, GA

Chattahoochee Atlanta WP

NH3-1; Buford Westside

34.12528 -84.031111 X

RV_02_283

Rocky Comfort Creek at Fred Williams Road near Edgehill, GA

Ogeechee

Atlanta WP

Target

33.15917 -82.582856 X

RV_02_284

Rocky Comfort Creek at Jefferson County Road 255 at Louisville, GA

Ogeechee

Atlanta WP

Target

33.00364 -82.421914 X

X

RV_03_804

Rooty Creek at County Road 89 near Eatonton, GA

Oconee

Atlanta WP

Nutrients; HIGHOconee

33.28806 -83.345556 X

X

RV_03_599

Rooty Creek at Martin Luther King Jr. Drive (County Road 90) near Eatonton, Ga.

Oconee

Atlanta WP

NH3-1; EatontonPutnam WSA Eastside

33.31528

-83.365556 X

X

RV_12_4017

Sixmile Creek at Burrus Mill Road near Coal Mountain, GA

Chattahoochee Atlanta WP

WRP; American Proteins

34.25911 -84.057805 X

RV_04_911

Snapping Shoals Creek at Honey Creek Rd near Conyers, GA

Upper Ocmulgee

Atlanta WP

NH3-2; Rockdale Co-

Snapping Shoals

33.59072 -83.99268 X

WPCP

RV_04_836

South River - Flakes Mill Road

Oconee

Atlanta WP

Probabilistic

33.66611 -84.224722 X X

RV_01_139

Stephans Creek at Hubbard Rd nr Carnesville, GA

Savannah

Atlanta WP

Nutrients; HIGHSavannah

34.49

-83.23

X

RV_03_533

Sugar Creek at Mount Zion Road (County Road 134) near Buckhead, GA

Oconee

Atlanta WP

Nutrients; HIGHOconee

33.51928 -83.323

X X

X

RV_03_806

Sugar Creek at Seven Island Road near Madison ,GA

Oconee

Atlanta WP

Nutrients; HIGHOconee

33.54209 -83.360708 X

X

RV_12_4182

Suwanee Creek at Woodward Mill Rd. near Buford, GA

Chattahoochee Atlanta WP

WRP; BufordSouthside

34.072

-84.024

X

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X X X X X X X X

X

X

X X X X X

X X

X X X X X X X X X X X X X X

Routine2 Fecal coliform E. coli Enterococci Metal s Pesticides OrthoPhosphorus Diatoms3 Macroinvertebrates3 Anions
Total Dissolved Solids
Gage Chlorophyll

Georgia Station Number

Sampling Site

River Basin

Sampling

Waterbody

Organization1 Type/Project

Latitude Longitude

RV_12_4329 RV_03_541 RV_01_5118 RV_06_5122 RV_03_5121 RV_01_272
RV_04_5128
RV_03_594 RV_01_74 RV_03_5116

Sweetwater Creek at Interstate Highway 20 Town Creek at Old Covington Road County Road 39 near Greensboro, Trib to Broad River at Roach Rd. near Franklin Springs, GA Trib to Little Cedar Creek at Donovan Rd. near Harrison, GA Trib to Pittman Branch at Brook Hollow Way near Mansfield, GA trib to Rocky Creek at SR80 Wrightsboro Rd, Washington, GA
Trib to Thompson Creek at Dillon Dr. near Hampton, GA
Tributary to Middle Oconee River near Athens, GA Uchee Creek @ State Road 104 near Evans, GA Walnut Creek at Poplar Springs Rd. near Talmo, GA

Chattahoochee Oconee Savannah Altamaha Oconee Savannah Upper Ocmulgee Oconee Savannah Oconee

Atlanta WP Atlanta WP Atlanta WP Atlanta WP Atlanta WP Atlanta WP
Atlanta WP
Atlanta WP Atlanta WP Atlanta WP

AWW
Nutrients; HIGHOconee
Probabilistic
NH-2; City of Harrison
NH3-1; City of Mansfield
Reference
NH3-1, Southhampton Mobile Home Community Nutrients; LOWOconee Nutrients; HIGHSavannah Nutrients; LOWOconee/EPA BIO M

33.7728 33.54944 34.287 32.816 33.506 33.67312
33.357
33.908 33.56694 34.197

-84.614722 X X

-83.208841 X X

-83.204

X

-82.723

X

-83.718

X X

-82.685086 X

-84.282

X X

-83.386

X X

-82.183388 X

-83.806

X

X X

X

X X X X X

X

X X

X

X X X

X

X X X X X

X X X

X

X X X X X

LK_12_4060 West Point Lake - Dam Forebay

Chattahoochee Atlanta WP

Lake Monitoring

32.9208 -85.1834

X X X

X

West Point Lake at LaGrange Water

LK_12_4048 Intake near LaGrange, GA (aka Chatt.

Chattahoochee Atlanta WP

Lake Monitoring

33.078

-85.110833 X X X

X

River at Lagrange Intake)

RV_01_137

Whites Creek at Wire Rd near Thompson, GA

Savannah

Atlanta WP

Nutrients; LOWSavannah

33.436

-82.509

X

X X X

RV_02_5124

Williamson Swamp Creek at GA 102 near Warthen, GA

Ogeechee

Atlanta WP

Probabilistic

33.112

-82.801

X

X

SH_06_2857

Altamaha River - channel marker #201 off Wolf Island

Altamaha

Brunswick WP Estuary Monitoring

31.319166 -81.325

X X

X

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Georgia Station Number

Sampling Site

River Basin

Sampling

Waterbody

Organization1 Type/Project

Latitude Longitude

RV_06_15207 SH_07_3035 SH_07_3036 RV_02_5059
RV_02_360
SH_07_3049 RV_07_2996 RV_02_5060 RV_03_658 RV_03_5062 SH_02_317

Altamaha River at Jaycee Landing Boat Ramp near Jesup, GA Brunswick Harbor
Brunswick River - U.S. Highway 17
Canoochee at State Road 30 near Daisy, GA
Casey Canal South at Montgomery Cross Road at Savannah, GA
Cumberland Sound at St. Marys River near St Marys, GA
Hurricane Creek at County Road 331 near Alma, GA
Jim's Creek at Salem Church Road near Pulaski, GA
Limestone Creek - N. Old River Road near Vidalia, GA
Limestone Creek at State Road 56 near Mt. Vernon, GA
Little Ogeechee River @ Green Island

Altamaha Satilla Satilla Ogeechee
Ogeechee
Satilla Satilla Ogeechee Oconee Oconee Ogeechee

Brunswick WP Probabilistic

31.676361 -81.855624 X

X

Brunswick WP Brunswick WP Brunswick WP
Brunswick WP

Estuary Monitoring Estuary Monitoring
Targeted- Nonpoint Request
Targeted- 319 Request for FC

31.143611 -81.4975 31.1164 -81.4858 32.148237 -81.781463
31.992378 -81.101868

X X X
X X

X X

Brunswick WP Estuary Monitoring

30.728073 -81.489794 X X

X

Brunswick WP

Targeted- Ammonia Standards Monitoring

31.460193 -82.376943 X

Brunswick WP Probabilistic

32.426

-81.979

X X

Brunswick WP

Targeted- Ammonia Standards Monitoring

32.151562 -82.601815 X X

X

X

Brunswick WP

Targeted- Ammonia Standards Monitoring

32.169722 -82.588909 X X

Brunswick WP Estuary Monitoring

31.88823 -81.08798 X X

X

RV_07_3099 RV_02_462 RV_02_463

Mill Creek
Mill Creek at Bulloch County Road 386 Old River Road near Brooklet, Ga Mill Creek near C C Road and Garrard Road near Ellabell, GA

Satilla Ogeechee Ogeechee

Brunswick WP Targeted- Trend Brunswick WP Targeted- Trend Brunswick WP Probabilistic

31.189994 -82.202803 X X 32.438364 -81.57856 X 32.15473 -81.56213 X X

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Routine2 Fecal coliform E. coli Enterococci Metal s Pesticides OrthoPhosphorus Diatoms3 Macroinvertebrates3 Anions
Total Dissolved Solids
Gage Chlorophyll

X X
X
X X X

Routine2 Fecal coliform E. coli Enterococci Metal s Pesticides OrthoPhosphorus Diatoms3 Macroinvertebrates3 Anions
Total Dissolved Solids
Gage Chlorophyll

Georgia Station Number

Sampling Site

River Basin

Sampling

Waterbody

Organization1 Type/Project

Latitude Longitude

SH_01_56

Mouth of Wilmington River - Marker #19 Wassaw Sound

Savannah

Brunswick WP Estuary Monitoring

31.932416 -80.977111 X X

X

X

RV_07_5090

Mumford Creek near Cumberland Island, GA

Satilla

Brunswick WP Probabilistic

30.8784

-81.47345 X

RV_06_2904

Ohoopee River at State Road 178 near Glennville, GA

Altamaha

Brunswick WP Probabilistic

31.920278 -82.112778 X

RV_05_2826 Opposum Creek

Lower Ocmulgee

Brunswick WP

Targeted- 303(d) Impaired/Reference Survey

31.877

-82.779645 X

X

RV_08_3128

Saint Marys River at State Road 94 at Saint George, GA

St. Marys

Brunswick WP

Targeted- Nonpoint Request

30.524647 -82.018488 X

X

SH_02_374

Sapelo River - Mouth of Broro River 1.4 miles South of Shellman's Bluff

Ogeechee

Brunswick WP Estuary Monitoring

31.544861 -81.316027 X X

X

X

RV_07_5092

Sixty Foot Branch at US84 near Patterson, GA

Satilla

Brunswick WP

Targeted- Ammonia Standards Monitoring

31.397075 -82.128501 X

RV_07_3027

Sixty-foot Branch at State Road32 near Petterson, GA

Satilla

Brunswick WP

Targeted- Ammonia Standards Monitoring

31.361212 -82.071346 X X

X

X

RV_02_5056

South Fork Unnamed Tributary to Taylor's Creek at Hero Road near Hinesville, GA

Ogeechee

Brunswick WP

Targeted- Ammonia Standards Monitoring

31.886622 -81.608976 X

X

SH_02_364

St Catherines Sound at Medway River near Midway, GA

Ogeechee

Brunswick WP Estuary Monitoring

31.715469 -81.156798 X X

X

X

SH_07_3008 St. Andrews Sound at Satilla River

Satilla

Brunswick WP Estuary Monitoring

30.983162 -81.453238 X X

X

X

SH_07_3032 Turtle River - Georgia Highway 303

Satilla

Brunswick WP Estuary Monitoring

31.186944 -81.531389 X

X

SH_07_3029 Turtle River off Hermitage Island

Satilla

Brunswick WP Estuary Monitoring

31.220278 -81.564167 X

X

RV_03_5061

Unnamed Secondary Tributary to Limestone Creek at State Road 56 near Mt. Vernon, GA

Oconee

Brunswick WP

Targeted- Ammonia Standards Monitoring

32.171549 -82.591193 X X

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Routine2 Fecal coliform E. coli Enterococci Metal s Pesticides OrthoPhosphorus Diatoms3 Macroinvertebrates3 Anions
Total Dissolved Solids
Gage Chlorophyll

Georgia Station Number

Sampling Site

River Basin

Sampling

Waterbody

Organization1 Type/Project

Latitude Longitude

RV_03_5063

Unnamed Tributary to Limestone Creek at State Road 56 near Mt. Vernon, GA

Oconee

Brunswick WP

Targeted- Ammonia Standards Monitoring

32.162291 -82.583264 X X

RV_02_5057

Unnamed Tributary to Mill Creek at Mason Road near Pembroke, GA

Ogeechee

Brunswick WP

Targeted- Ammonia Standards Monitoring

32.169147 -81.636002 X

RV_02_5058 RV_07_5094 RV_07_5093

Unnamed Tributary to Mill Creek at Sims Road near Pembroke, GA
Unnamed Tributary to Seventeenmile River at Wendell Sears Road near Douglas, GA
Unnamed Tributary to Sixty Foot Branch at US 84 near Patterson, GA

Ogeechee Satilla Satilla

Brunswick WP Brunswick WP Brunswick WP

Targeted- Ammonia Standards Monitoring
Targeted- Ammonia Standards Monitoring
Targeted- Ammonia Standards Monitoring

32.168119 -81.621383 X X 31.498861 -82.807956 X X 31.403509 -82.119446 X

X

X

RV_07_5091

Unnamed Tributary to Sixty-foot Branch at Main St neat Patterson, GA

Satilla

Brunswick WP

Targeted- Ammonia Standards Monitoring

31.382786 -82.134499 X

RV_01_5054

Unnamed Tributary to St Augustine Creek at Augusta Road near Port Wentworth, GA

Savannah

Brunswick WP

Targeted- Ammonia Standards Monitoring

32.159389 -81.182932 X

RV_05_2820 RV_09_5068

Fishing Creek at SR 117 nr Walker Camp Rd, nr Hazlehurst, GA Unnamed Tributary to Tatum Creek at Martin Luther King Hwy near Homerville, GA

Lower Ocmulgee
Suwanee

Brunswick WP Brunswick WP

Targeted- Ammonia Standards Monitoring Targeted- 303(d) Impaired/Reference Survey

31.895106 -82.744993 X X 31.026064 -82.766933 X X

X

X

X

X

RV_14_5143 Beamer Creek @ SR 225 nr. Resaca, GA Coosa

Cartersville WP Dalton LAS study.

34.63407 -84.861379 X

X

RV_14_5147

Bluffy Creek at Hulseytown Road nr Dallas, GA

Coosa

Cartersville WP

Near the commercial airport of Silver Comet Field. Have no base line water chemistry for environmental study which is presently being done because of request to expand the airport runways.

33.89277

-84.924130 X X

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Georgia Station Number

Sampling Site

River Basin

Sampling

Waterbody

Organization1 Type/Project

Latitude Longitude

LK_14_4524 LK_14_4523 RV_12_5152 RV_12_5154 RV_12_5151
RV_14_4492
RV_12_5138 RV_14_5135 RV_14_4822
RV_12_5157
RV_14_5142 RV_12_4294 RV_14_4829

Carters Lake - Midlake (upstream from Woodring Branch) Carters Lake (CR1) - Upper Lake, Coosawattee Arm
Chattahoochee River at SR 75 in Helen
Chattahoochee River at Upper Chattahoochee Camp Ground Chickamauga Creek at GA 255 near Helen, GA

Coosa Coosa Chattahoochee Chattahoochee Chattahoochee

Clark Creek At Highway 92 nr Acworth GA Coosa

Clay Creek at Clay Creek Falls Road nr Dahlonega GA

Chattahoochee

Cochran Creek at SR 52

Coosa

Connesena Creek at Old Rome Road near Kingston, GA

Coosa

Cox Creek at 129 S. in Cleveland, GA

Chattahoochee

Dead Mans Branch @ Corinth Rd. nr Resaca, GA Dukes Creek nr Richard B Russell Scenic Hwy (SR348) nr Helen, GA Dykes Creek at Dykes Creek Xing nr Rome, GA

Coosa Chattahoochee Coosa

Cartersville WP Cartersville WP Cartersville WP Cartersville WP Cartersville WP
Cartersville WP
Cartersville WP Cartersville WP Cartersville WP
Cartersville WP
Cartersville WP Cartersville WP Cartersville WP

Lake Monitoring
Lake Monitoring
Probabilistic Stream near new commercial business with heavy traffic impact. Area is in a rapid development. Possible reference site near water falls. Downstream from the Rome Kraft Company lake. BAC-T requested. EPA BIO M Urban stream inside city limits of Cleveland. Heavy commercial presence around the stream. Dalton LAS study.
Trend

34.6076 34.62087 34.70081 34.78465 34.71200
34.09050
34.53789 34.53537 34.23583
34.59280
34.58707 34.69374 34.26357

-84.638

X X X

-84.6212 -83.728810 -83.782200

X X X X X

-83.657000 X

-84.652260 X X

-84.022030 X -84.198880 X -84.972500 X X

-83.762500 X

-84.889544 X -83.777643 X -85.085530 X X

X

X

X

X

X

X X X X X X X

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Routine2 Fecal coliform E. coli Enterococci Metal s Pesticides OrthoPhosphorus Diatoms3 Macroinvertebrates3 Anions
Total Dissolved Solids
Gage Chlorophyll

X X X
X

Routine2 Fecal coliform E. coli Enterococci Metal s Pesticides OrthoPhosphorus Diatoms3 Macroinvertebrates3 Anions
Total Dissolved Solids
Gage Chlorophyll

Georgia Station Number

Sampling Site

River Basin

Sampling

Waterbody

Organization1 Type/Project

Latitude Longitude

RV_15_4961
RV_14_4539
RV_14_5145 RV_14_4450 RV_14_4837 LK_14_4497 LK_14_4502 LK_14_4553 LK_14_4556 LK_14_4494 LK_14_4907 LK_14_4908 LK_01_7 LK_01_8 LK_14_4895 LK_14_4900

East Chickamauga Creek at Lower Gordon Springs Rd nr Dalton, GA

Tennessee

Etowah River - Jay Bridge On County Road 75 NW of Dahlonega

Coosa

Holly Creek at Fox Bridge Road nr Resaca, GA
Holly Creek at SR 225 nr Resaca, GA
Jones Creek nr Jones Creek Rd, Dahlonega, GA Lake Allatoona at Allatoona Creek Upstream from Interstate 75 Lake Allatoona at Etowah River upstream from Sweetwater Creek (Marker 44E/45E) Lake Allatoona at Little River upstream from Highway 205 Lake Allatoona downstream from Kellogg Creek ( Markers 18/19E)
Lake Allatoona Upstream from Dam
Lake Blue Ridge (LMP18) - 300 Meter U/S Of Dam Lake Blue Ridge (LMP18A) - 4 miles upstream Dam Lake Burton - 1/4 mile South of Burton Island (aka Tallulah River) Lake Burton - Dampool (aka Tallulah River u/s Lake Burton Dam)
Lake Chatuge - State Line (LMP 12)
Lake Nottely - Dam Forebay (upstream From Nottely Dam)

Coosa Coosa Coosa Coosa Coosa Coosa Coosa Coosa Tennessee Tennessee Savannah Savannah Tennessee Tennessee

Cartersville WP
Cartersville WP
Cartersville WP Cartersville WP Cartersville WP

Trend Upper region of the Etowah above Dahlonega. Need base line water chemistry.
Dalton LAS study.
Dalton LAS study.
SEMN

34.74692
34.56023
34.68143 34.67205 34.60240

Cartersville WP Lake Monitoring

34.08583

Cartersville WP Lake Monitoring

34.19

Cartersville WP Lake Monitoring

34.15861

Cartersville WP Lake Monitoring Cartersville WP Lake Monitoring Cartersville WP Lake Monitoring

34.13861 34.16083 34.8817

Cartersville WP Lake Monitoring

34.8402

Cartersville WP Lake Monitoring

34.83523

Cartersville WP Lake Monitoring Cartersville WP Lake Monitoring Cartersville WP Lake Monitoring

34.79532 34.9833 34.9578

-85.123550 X X

-84.074110 X

-84.839700 -84.824770 -84.150559

X X X X X

-84.711389 X X X

-84.577778 X X X

-84.577222 X X X

-84.639167 -84.725845 -84.28

X X X X X X X X X

-84.2731

X X X

-83.553817 X X X

-83.5401

X X X

-83.7886 -84.0922

X X X X X X

X X X X X

X

X

X

X

X X X

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X
X X X X X X X X X X X X X

Georgia Station Number

Sampling Site

River Basin

Sampling

Waterbody

Organization1 Type/Project

Latitude Longitude

LK_14_4899 LK_01_9 LK_01_10

Lake Nottely - Reece Creek (LMP15A)
Lake Rabun - Approx. 4.5 mi u/s Dam (Mid Lake) Lake Rabun - Dampool (aka Tallulah River - Upstream From Mathis Dam)

Tennessee Savannah Savannah

RV_14_5136 Lick Log Creek at SR 52

Coosa

RV_14_5137

Mud Creek at Via Montaluce near Dahlonega

RV_14_4433

Oothkalooga Creek at Salem Rd nr Calhoun GA

Coosa Coosa

RV_14_5150

Pettit Creek at Jones Mill Road in Cartersville GA

Coosa

RV_14_4487 RV_14_5144 RV_14_4858 RV_14_5149

Pine Log Creek at Georgia Highway 53 near Sonoraville, GA
Polecat Creek at SR 255 nr Resaca, GA
Polecat Creek nr Spring Place Resaca Rd nr Resaca, GA Pumpkinvine Creek at Dobbs Bridge Road nr Acworth GA

Coosa Coosa Coosa Coosa

Cartersville WP Lake Monitoring Cartersville WP Lake Monitoring

34.9115 34.76353

-84.0506 -83.455817

X X X X X X

Cartersville WP Cartersville WP
Cartersville WP

Lake Monitoring
Large fields with agricultural use as well as chicken houses nearby. Bac-T requested. An established subdivision with residential and commercial development. No water chemistry data.

34.76472 34.64180
34.56676

-83.417778 X X X -84.387270 X
-84.063870 X

Cartersville WP EPA BIO M

34.45136 -84.943750 X

X

X

X

Cartersville WP Cartersville WP

Urban stream off Hwy 41 in Cartersville. Heavy commercialization and residential building structures within close proximity of stream.
EPA BIO M

Cartersville WP Dalton LAS study.

Cartersville WP Cartersville WP

Dalton LAS study.
Stream near proposed Richland Creek

34.19866
34.44822 34.64465 34.62693 34.07887

-84.811780 X X

-84.793180 -84.844730 -84.8718

X X X X X

-84.753970 X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

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Routine2 Fecal coliform E. coli Enterococci Metal s Pesticides OrthoPhosphorus Diatoms3 Macroinvertebrates3 Anions
Total Dissolved Solids
Gage Chlorophyll

X X X
X

Routine2 Fecal coliform E. coli Enterococci Metal s Pesticides OrthoPhosphorus Diatoms3 Macroinvertebrates3 Anions
Total Dissolved Solids
Gage Chlorophyll

Georgia Station Number

Sampling Site

River Basin

Sampling

Waterbody

Organization1 Type/Project

Latitude Longitude

RV_14_5146
RV_14_5148 RV_14_5140 RV_12_5153 RV_12_5155 RV_14_5139 RV_14_5134 RV_14_5133

Pumpkinvine Creek at SR 6 nr Dallas, GA
Raccoon Creek at Raccoon Creek Road nr Braswell GA Salacoa Creek at King Bottom Road near Calhoun, GA Smith Creek 1/2 mile DS Anna Ruby Falls near Helen, GA
Spoilcane Creek at 17/75 N of Helen, GA
Stone Branch at GA Hwy 71 near Dalton, GA
Talona Creek at Carnes Mill Road nr Whitestone GA Trib to Becky Branch at Wilson Rd. near Ranger, GA

Coosa
Coosa Coosa Chattahoochee Chattahoochee Coosa Coosa Coosa

Cartersville WP
Cartersville WP Cartersville WP

Reservoir. No water chemistry data in area. Near the commercial airport of Silver Comet Field. Have no base line water chemistry for environmental study which is presently being done because of request to expand the airport runways. Stream near proposed Richland Creek Reservoir. No water chemistry data in area.
EPA BIO M

33.91642
33.99738 34.50500

Cartersville WP Cartersville WP Cartersville WP Cartersville WP Cartersville WP

Large Creek that flows into the Chattahoochee River from the Northeast side before reaching Helen. Never has been sampled. NH3; Dalton UtilitiesWhitfield Mountain View Acres Stream runs beside residential camping area. BAC-T requested.
Probabilistic

34.75771 34.72631 34.88400 34.52663 34.48900

-84.578040 X X
-84.895400 X -84.789000 X -83.708740 X -83.750120 X -84.946000 X -84.509570 X -84.671000 X

X

X

X

X

X

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Routine2 Fecal coliform E. coli Enterococci Metal s Pesticides OrthoPhosphorus Diatoms3 Macroinvertebrates3 Anions
Total Dissolved Solids
Gage Chlorophyll

Georgia Station Number

Sampling Site

River Basin

Sampling

Waterbody

Organization1 Type/Project

Latitude Longitude

RV_14_5141 RV_12_5156 RV_09_3192

Trib to Woodward Branch nr Adairsville GA
Turner Creek at US 129 in Cleveland GA
Alapaha River at State Road 129 near Lakeland, GA

Coosa Chattahoochee Suwanee

Cartersville WP Cartersville WP Tifton WP

Probabilistic
Medium stream that appears to be the water intake for the City of Cleveland.
Probabilistic

34.36979 -85.086250 X 34.61417 -83.790250 X 31.046226 -83.043409 X

RV_09_3166

Alapaha River at State Road 50 near Alapaha, Ga.

Suwanee

Tifton WP

Probabilistic

31.384167 -83.1925

X

RV_11_3583

Aycocks Creek at Holmes Road near Boykin, Ga.

Flint

Tifton WP

Targeted- 319 Request for FC

31.086407 -84.736169

X X

LK_09_3199 Banks Lake - Near Lakeland, Ga.

Suwanee

Tifton WP

Lake Monitoring

31.026667 -83.105555 X X

X

RV_05_5088

Bay Gall Creek at Richard B Russell Parkway near Warner Robins, GA

Lower Ocmulgee

Tifton WP

Targeted- Ammonia Standards Monitoring

32.59367 -83.620267 X

RV_09_3216

Bear Creek at Community Church Road near Adel, GA

Suwanee

Tifton WP

Targeted- Ammonia Standards Monitoring

31.121521 -83.250839 X

RV_11_5106

Bear Creek at Sundown Road near Richland, GA

Flint

Tifton WP

Targeted- Ammonia Standards Monitoring

32.069729 -84.642161 X

RV_09_3324

Beatty Branch at Beatty Road near Barretts, GA

Suwanee

Tifton WP

Targeted- Ammonia Standards Monitoring

30.986219 -83.220417 X

X

RV_09_5071

Beatty Branch at State Road125 near Barretts, GA

Suwanee

Tifton WP

Targeted- Ammonia Standards Monitoring

30.981132 -83.207993 X

X

RV_09_5076

Big Creek at State Road 11 near Lakeland, GA

Suwanee

Tifton WP

Targeted- Ammonia Standards Monitoring

31.043035 -83.062651 X

RV_09_5075

Big Creek at State Road 135 near Lakeland, GA

Suwanee

Tifton WP

Targeted- Ammonia Standards Monitoring

31.049374 -83.069618 X

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Routine2 Fecal coliform E. coli Enterococci Metal s Pesticides OrthoPhosphorus Diatoms3 Macroinvertebrates3 Anions
Total Dissolved Solids
Gage Chlorophyll

Georgia Station Number

Sampling Site

River Basin

Sampling

Waterbody

Organization1 Type/Project

Latitude Longitude

RV_11_3577

Brantley Creek at CR 133 near Herod, GA

Flint

Tifton WP

Targeted- Ammonia Standards Monitoring

31.71835 -84.40112

X

RV_11_5104 RV_11_5111 RV_05_2282

Brantley Creek at State Road55 near Dawson, GA
Bryants Swamp at Bryant Hill Road near Marshallville, GA
Cainey Branch at Sandy Run Rd

RV_12_4289 Coheelee Creek

Flint

Tifton WP

Flint

Tifton WP

Lower Ocmulgee

Tifton WP

Chattahoochee Tifton WP

RV_05_2817 RV_11_3581 RV_11_3589 RV_11_3587

Crooked Creek
Dry Creek at County Road 279 near Hentown, Ga.
Fish Pond Drain at Town and Country Rd (SR 91 / Marianna Hwy) near Donaldsonville, GA
Fishpond Drain at State Road 39 near Donalsonville, Ga.

Lower Ocmulgee Flint
Flint
Flint

Tifton WP Tifton WP Tifton WP Tifton WP

Targeted- Ammonia Standards Monitoring
Targeted- 303(d) Impaired/Reference Survey Targeted- Ammonia Standards Monitoring Targeted- 303(d) Impaired/Reference Survey Targeted- 303(d) Impaired/Reference Survey
Targeted- 319 Request for DO
Targeted- 303(d) Impaired/Reference Survey, 319 Request for FC-listed for algae
Targeted- 319 Request for FC

31.76377 -84.447706 32.472617 -83.979535 32.572326 -83.609354 31.308978 -85.076666 32.501896 -83.487386 31.28596 -84.81907 31.02469 -84.893255 30.99578 -84.88116

X X X X X X X X X X X X X

X

X X X

X

X X X

X

X

X X X X

RV_11_3456

Flint River at State Road 27 near Vienna, Ga.

Flint

Tifton WP

Probabilistic

32.0586 -83.9775

X

LK_11_3535

Flint River Reservoir (Lake Worth) @ Dam Forebay

Flint

Tifton WP

Lake Monitoring

31.6033 -84.1365

X X

X

LK_11_3534

Flint River Reservoir @ Midlake, Flint River Arm

Flint

Tifton WP

Lake Monitoring

31.6085 -84.119

X X

X

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Georgia Station Number

Sampling Site

River Basin

Sampling

Waterbody

Organization1 Type/Project

Latitude Longitude

RV_09_5079
RV_09_5081
RV_11_3580
RV_09_5115
RV_11_5103 LK_12_4107 LK_11_3520 LK_11_3467 LK_11_3569 LK_12_4113 LK_12_4115 LK_12_4103 LK_12_4097 LK_11_3551 RV_11_3804
RV_09_5073

Hat Creek at Airport Road near Ashburn, GA
Hat Creek at Bussey Road near Sycamore, GA
Ichawaynochaway Creek at State Road 91 near Newton, Ga.
Indian Trail Branch at State Route 37 near Adel, Ga

Suwanee Suwanee Flint Suwanee

Kiokee Creek at Old Dawson Road near Albany, GA

Flint

Lake Andrews @ Dam Forebay
Lake Blackshear @ Dam Forebay
Lake Blackshear @ Midlake Lake Seminole - Flint River Arm @ Spring Creek Lake Seminole @ Chattahoochee Arm, Lower Lake Seminole @ Dam Forebay
Lake Walter F. George @ Dam Forebay Lake Walter F. George @ U.S. Highway 82 Lake Worth (original) - Above Hwy 91 Bridge
Lime Creek at Springhill Church Road east of Americus, Ga
Little Creek at Perry Road near Berlin, GA

Chattahoochee Flint Flint Flint Chattahoochee Chattahoochee Chattahoochee Chattahoochee Flint
Flint
Suwanee

Tifton WP
Tifton WP
Tifton WP
Tifton WP
Tifton WP Tifton WP Tifton WP Tifton WP Tifton WP Tifton WP Tifton WP Tifton WP Tifton WP Tifton WP Tifton WP
Tifton WP

Targeted- Ammonia Standards Monitoring
Targeted- Ammonia Standards Monitoring
Targeted- 319 Request for FC
Targeted- Ammonia Standards Monitoring Targeted- 303(d) Impaired/Reference Survey Lake Monitoring Lake Monitoring Lake Monitoring
Lake Monitoring

31.691447 -83.632938 31.680026 -83.625171 31.213333 -84.473333 31.131764 -83.366852

31.61222
31.2632 31.8479 31.9665 30.7627

-84.326491
-85.113 -83.9394 -83.9342 -84.8171

X
X
X X
X
X X X X X X X X X X

Lake Monitoring Lake Monitoring Lake Monitoring Lake Monitoring

30.7662 30.7115 31.629167 31.891944

-84.9201 -84.8647 -85.0725 -85.120833

X X X X X X X X

Lake Monitoring

31.6109 -84.15

X X

Targeted- Trend

32.035

-83.9925

X X

Targeted- Monitoring

31.067985 -83.657325 X X

X

X X X

X X X X X

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Routine2 Fecal coliform E. coli Enterococci Metal s Pesticides OrthoPhosphorus Diatoms3 Macroinvertebrates3 Anions
Total Dissolved Solids
Gage Chlorophyll

X X X X
X X X X
X
X

Routine2 Fecal coliform E. coli Enterococci Metal s Pesticides OrthoPhosphorus Diatoms3 Macroinvertebrates3 Anions
Total Dissolved Solids
Gage Chlorophyll

Georgia Station Number

Sampling Site

River Basin

Sampling

Waterbody

Organization1 Type/Project

Latitude Longitude

RV_11_3807

Little Ichawaynochaway Creek at CR 3 near Shellman, Ga

Flint

Little Muckalee Creek at Marvin Murphy

RV_11_5108 Road

Flint

near Ellaville, GA

RV_11_5109

Little Muckalee Creek at State Road 153 near Ellaville, GA

Flint

Tifton WP

Targeted- Trend

31.803532 -84.640013 X X

X X X X X

X

Tifton WP Tifton WP

Targeted- Ammonia Standards Monitoring
Targeted- Ammonia Standards Monitoring

32.204993 -84.336877 X 32.192905 -84.329715 X

RV_11_5107

Mill Creek at GA Hwy 49 near Oglethorpe, GA

Flint

Tifton WP

Probabilistic

32.296

-84.052

X X

RV_09_5074

Mill Creek at State Road 135 near Lakeland, GA

Suwanee

Tifton WP

Targeted- Ammonia Standards Monitoring

31.046747 -83.070246 X

RV_09_3209

New River - U.S. Highway 82 Near Tifton

Suwanee

Tifton WP

Targeted- Ammonia Standards Monitoring

31.4425

-83.475833 X

RV_10_3365

Ochlockonee River - FAS 1205 near Moultrie, Ga

Ochlockonee

Tifton WP

Probabilistic

31.142333 -83.803611 X

RV_10_3415 Oquina Creek at Cassidy Rd

Ochlockonee

Tifton WP

Targeted- Ammonia Standards Monitoring

30.884714 -83.98171

X

X

RV_10_3424

Oquina Creek at County Road 138 (Old Cassidy Rd.) near Thomasville, GA

Ochlockonee

Tifton WP

Targeted- Ammonia Standards Monitoring

30.86916 -83.98361

X

X

RV_10_3425

Parkers Mill Creek at County Road 324 near Cairo, Ga

Ochlockonee

Tifton WP

Targeted- Ammonia Standards Monitoring

30.838056 -84.22611

X

X

RV_10_5097

Parkers Mill Creek at State Road111 near Cairo, GA

Ochlockonee

Tifton WP

Targeted- Ammonia Standards Monitoring

30.872733 -84.215622 X

RV_09_5070

Reedy Creek at East Broad Street near Norman Park, GA

Suwanee

Tifton WP

Targeted- Ammonia Standards Monitoring

31.268065 -83.680011 X

RV_05_5087

Sandy Run Creek at Moody Rd near Warner Robins, GA

Lower Ocmulgee

Tifton WP

Targeted- Ammonia Standards Monitoring

32.583747 -83.623244 X

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Routine2 Fecal coliform E. coli Enterococci Metal s Pesticides OrthoPhosphorus Diatoms3 Macroinvertebrates3 Anions
Total Dissolved Solids
Gage Chlorophyll

Georgia Station Number

Sampling Site

River Basin

Sampling

Waterbody

Organization1 Type/Project

Latitude Longitude

RV_05_2178 RV_11_3819 RV_09_5085 RV_09_3168 RV_09_5084 RV_09_3316 RV_09_5080 RV_09_5086 RV_10_5098 RV_10_5099 RV_09_5072 RV_10_5096

Sandy Run Creek at U.S. 129 near Warner Robins, GA

Lower Ocmulgee

Tifton WP

Targeted- Ammonia Standards Monitoring

32.5768

-83.589503 X

Spring Creek at State Road90 near Montezuma, Ga

Targeted- 303(d)

Flint

Tifton WP

Impaired/Reference

32.285

-84.01

X

Survey

Turkey Branch at Cemetery Rd near Fitzgerald, GA

Suwanee

Tifton WP

Targeted- 303(d) Impaired/Reference Survey

31.70685 -83.238552 X

Turkey Branch at Ed Ward Road (CR 124) near Fitzgerald, Ga

Suwanee

Tifton WP

Targeted- 303(d) Impaired/Reference Survey

31.679484 -83.250839 X

X

Turkey Branch at Frank Rd near Fitzgerald, GA

Targeted- 303(d)

Suwanee

Tifton WP

Impaired/Reference

31.690929 -83.244056 X

X

Survey

Turkey Creek at GA Hwy 129

Suwanee

Tifton WP

Targeted- 303(d) Impaired/Reference Survey

31.691011 -83.243907 X

Unnamed Tributary to Hat Creek at CR 241 near Sycamore, GA

Suwanee

Tifton WP

Targeted- Ammonia Standards Monitoring

31.684423 -83.626199 X

Unnamed Tributary to Little River at Luke Road near Sycamore, GA

Suwanee

Tifton WP

Probabilistic

31.635

-83.652

X

Unnamed Tributary to Oaky Woods at Davis Street near Meigs, GA

Ochlockonee

Tifton WP

Targeted- Ammonia Standards Monitoring

31.076647 -84.086856 X

Unnamed Tributary to Oaky Woods Creek at State Road 3 near Meigs, GA
Unnamed Tributary to Okapilco Creek at Old Berlin Rd near Moultrie, GA
Unnamed Tributary to Parkers Mill Creek at State Road111 near Cairo, GA

Ochlockonee Suwanee Ochlockonee

Tifton WP Tifton WP Tifton WP

Targeted- Ammonia Standards Monitoring
Targeted- Monitoring
Targeted- Ammonia Standards Monitoring

31.07699 -84.080289 X 31.075812 -83.687737 X X 30.868427 -84.228458 X X

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X X X X X X X X X

Routine2 Fecal coliform E. coli Enterococci Metal s Pesticides OrthoPhosphorus Diatoms3 Macroinvertebrates3 Anions
Total Dissolved Solids
Gage Chlorophyll

Georgia Station Number

Sampling Site

River Basin

Sampling

Waterbody

Organization1 Type/Project

Latitude Longitude

Unnamed Tributary to Turkey Branch at

Targeted- 303(d)

RV_09_5082 Ben Hill Drive

Suwanee

Tifton WP

Impaired/Reference

31.692365 -83.246333 X

X

near Fitzgerald, GA

Survey

Willacoochee Creek at Jeff Davis

Targeted- 303(d)

RV_09_5078 Memorial Highway

Suwanee

Tifton WP

Impaired/Reference

31.649639 -83.244979 X

X

near Fitzgerald, GA

Survey

RV_09_5069

Withlacoochee River at GA Hwy 122 near Hahira, GA

Suwanee

Tifton WP

Probabilistic

31.014

-83.302

X

1 Sampling Organization: Atlanta WP = GAEPD Atlanta office; Brunswick WP = GAEPD Brunswick Regional office, Cartersville WP = GAEPD Cartersville Regional Office Tifton WP = GAEPD Tifton Regional office. 2 Routine field and chemical parameters include: gage height / tape down or discharge measurement, air temperature, water temperature, dissolved oxygen, pH, specific conductance, turbidity, 5-day BOD, , alkalinity, hardness, suspended solids, ammonia, nitrate-nitrite, Kjeldahl nitrogen, total phosphorus, total organic carbon, and fecal coliform. Basin lakes field, chemical and biological parameters include: water depth, secchi disk transparency, photic zone depth, air temperature, depth profiles for dissolved oxygen, temperature, pH, and specific conductance, and chemical analyses for turbidity, specific conductance, 5-day BOD, pH, alkalinity, hardness, suspended solids, ammonia, nitrate-nitrite, Kjeldahl nitrogen, total phosphorus, total organic carbon, and chlorophyll a. 3 Biomonitoring: conducted for invertebrates and periphyton using Georgia EPD protocols. 4Tier 1 monitoring: water temperature, dissolved oxygen, pH, and specific conductivity

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3. MERCURY IN FISH TREND MONITORING STATIONS

Antioch Lake at Rocky Mtn. PFA

Flint River below Ichawaynochaway Creek

Oostanaula River at Georgia Hwy. 140

Lake Kolomoki at Kolomoki State Park

Lake Acworth

Satilla River below U.S. Hwy. 82

Lake Tugalo

Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge

Bear Creek Reservoir

Banks Lake National Wildlife Refuge

Randy Pointer Lake (Black Shoals Reservoir) Savannah River at U.S. Hwy. 301

Chattahoochee River below Morgan Falls

Savannah River at I-95

Chattahoochee River Below Franklin

Ogeechee River at GA Hwy. 204

Lake Tobesofkee

Wassaw Sound

Ocmulgee River below Macon at GA Hwy. 96 Altamaha Delta and Sound

Lake Andrews

St. Andrews Sound

Parameters tested in the general contaminant program:

Antimony Arsenic Beryllium Cadmium Chromium, Total Copper Lead Mercury Nickel Selenium Silver Thallium Zinc Aldrin

PARAMETERS FOR FISH TISSUE TESTING

a-BHC

Heptachlor

b-BHC

Heptachlor Epoxide

d-BHC

Toxaphene

g-BHC (Lindane)

PCB-1016

Chlordane

PCB-1221

4,4-DDD

PCB-1232

4,4-DDE

PCB-1242

4,4-DDT

PCB-1248

Dieldrin

PCB-1254

Endosulfan I

PCB-1260

Endosulfan II

Methoxychlor

Endosulfan Sulfate

HCB

Endrin

Mirex

Endrin Aldehyde

Pentachloroanisole

Chlorpyrifos

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4. COASTAL BEACH MONITORING STATIONS List of Beaches with Advisory Zones

Glynn County Tier 1 Beaches. Monitored Weekly Year-round

CRD ID SIN SIM SIMA SIF SIS
CRD ID JICC
JID
JIN JIWY JIM
JISD
JIS
JISA

St. Simons Island Beaches

Beach Name

Advisory Area

North Beach at Goulds Inlet

Fifteenth to Tenth St.

East Beach Old Coast Guard Station Tenth St to Driftwood Dr

Massengale Park Beach 5th St. Crossover Beach
South Beach at Lighthouse

Driftwood Dr. to Cedar St. Cedar St. to 9th St. 9th St. to Pier

Jekyll Island Beaches

Beach Name

Advisory Area

Clam Creek Beach

Clam Creek to Old North Picnic Area

Driftwood Beach

Beach Kilometer Marker 1 to Tallu Fish Lane

North Beach at Dexter Lane

Old North Picnic Area to Brice Ln.

Capt. Wylly Rd Crossover Beach

Brice Ln. to Beach Pavilion

Middle Beach at Convention Center

Beach Pavilion to Beach Deck

South Dunes Picnic Area Beach

Beach Deck to South Water Tower

South Beach at 4H Camp

South Water Tower to Macy Ln.

St. Andrews Beach

St. Andrews Picnic Area to Macy Lane

Glynn County Tier 2 Beaches. Monitored Monthly April November

CRD ID Beach Name

BIRP

Blythe Island Sandbar

REIM SEN SES

Reimolds Pasture Sea Island North Sea Island South

Advisory Area South Brunswick River from Hwy 303 Bridge to Blythe Island Regional Park Eastern Shore of Buttermilk Sound Plantation Golf Course to Canzo Lane Goulds Inlet to Canzo Lane

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McIntosh County Tier 2 Beaches. Monitored Monthly April November

CRD ID Beach Name

CNBF

Contentment Bluff Sandbar

DALL

Dallas Bluff Sandbar

Advisory Area Julienton River from confluence of Broad and Julienton Rivers to 1 mile upriver. Julenton River from mile upriver of Dallas Bluff Marina to mile downriver of Dallas Bluff Marina

Chatham County Tier 1 Beaches. Monitored Weekly Year-Round

CRD ID TYP TYN TYM TYST TYS

Tybee Island Beaches

Beach Name

Advisory Area

Polk St. Beach

End of beach to Jetty

North Beach at Gulick St.

Jetty to Lovell St.

Middle Beach at Center Terrace

Lovell St. to 11th St.

Strand Beach at Pier

11th St. to 18th St.

South Beach at Chatham St.

18th St. to Inlet Ave.

Chatham County Tier 2 Beaches. Monitored Monthly April November

CRD ID SKID BOSS SOSS

Beach Name Skidaway Narrows County Park Beach Ossabaw Island Bradley Beach Ossabaw Island South Beach

Advisory Area Entire beach (Also known as Butterbean beach) Bradley Point in Ossabaw Sound South Tip of Ossabaw in St. Catherines Sound

Chatham County Beaches Under Permanent Advisory. Monitored Quarterly

CRD ID KING

Beach Name Kings Ferry County Park Beach

Advisory Area Entire beach

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CRD ID CUM LCUM PSPT RBOW LSSI WOLF SAPN SAPC BLCK CATH MOSS WASS WILL LTYB

Tier 3 Beaches. Not monitored regularly

Beach Name Cumberland Island Little Cumberland Island Pelican Spit Rainbow Bar Little St. Simons Island Wolf Island Nanny Goat on Sapelo Island Cabretta on Sapelo Island Blackbeard Island St. Catherines Island Middle Ossabaw Island Wassaw Island Williamson Island Little Tybee Island

County Camden Camden Glynn Glynn Glynn McIntosh McIntosh McIntosh McIntosh Liberty Chatham Chatham Chatham Chatham

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5. DNR STATE PARKS LAKE BEACH MONITORING STATIONS

The following park beaches are sampled four times during the month of April each calendar year for fecal coliform bacteria to calculate a geometric mean. If the bacterial geometric mean exceeds water quality standards, the beach is not opened in May for public access and sampling continues until the water quality standards are met.

Elijah Clark State Park

Hart State Park (Beach #1)

Indian Springs State Park Day Use Beach

F.D. Roosevelt State Park: Large Group Camp Beach

Mistletoe State Park

George T. Bagby State Park and Lodge

F.D. Roosevelt State Park: Small Group Camp Beach

John Tanner State Park

Georgia Veterans State Park

Fort Mountain State Park

Red Top Mountain State Park and Lodge

Reed Bingham State Park

Fort Yargo State Park: Group Camp Area

Richard B. Russell State Park

Seminole State Park

Fort Yargo State Park: Day Use Beach

Tugaloo State Park

Little Ocmulgee State Lodge Park

Hard Labor Creek State Park: Camp Rutledge Beach

Vogel State Park

Unicoi State Park Day Use Beach

Hard Labor Cr. State Park: A.H. Stephens State Park Camp Daniel Morgan Beach Group Camp Beach

Hart State Park Beach #2

Hard Labor Creek State

Indian Springs State Park

Park: Day Use Camp Beach Group Camp Beach

High Falls State Park

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6. CALENDAR YEAR 2015 GROUNDWATER MONITORING WELLS

Well ID GW_01_15178 GW_01_15196 GW_01_15197 GW_01_15198 GW_01_15199 GW_02_15200 GW_02_15202 GW_04_15201 GW_01_2383 GW_01_2384 GW_01_2465
GW_01_2523
GW_01_2627
GW_01_2645 GW_01_2655 GW_01_2730
GW_01_2763
GW_01_2801 GW_01_2803 GW_01_4992 GW_01_4993

Well Name

Owner

Address

City of Keysville Well #1

City of Keysville

City of Grovetown Municipal Well #1

City of Grovetown

City of Harlem Municipal Well #4

City of Harlem Public Works

Tradewinds Marina well

Tradewinds Marina

United House of Prayer Well
Town of Mitchell Municipal Well #3 City of Bartow Municipal Well #1 City of Jersey Municipal Well #2
Cecchini Bored Well
Cecchini Deep Well

United House of Prayer Water System
Town of Mitchell
City of Bartow
City of Jersey Mr. Lawrence Cecchini Mr. Lawrence Cecchini

Fizer well

Mr. Alan Fizer

Hephzibah/Murphy Street Well

City of Hephzibah

Mistletoe SP Cottage Area Well

Ga. DNR Parks & Historic Sites

P.O. Box 159 Keysville, GA 30816-0159 PO Box 120 Grovetown GA 308130120 PO Box 99, 320 N Louisville Road Harlem GA 30814-0099 5577 Marina Parkway Appling GA 30802
3057 Ellington Airline Road Dearing GA 30808
P.O. Box 32 Mitchell, GA 30820
PO Box 248 Bartow, GA 30413
7119 Golfside Drive Covington GA 30014
1079 Oak Ct. Lincolnton, GA 30817 Hephzibah City Hall P.O. Box 250 Hephzibah, GA 308150250
Mistletoe State Park 3725 Mistletoe Road Appling, GA 30802

Mt Airy City Hall Well

City of Mt Airy

P.O. Box 257 Mt Airy, GA 30563-0257

O'Connor house well

Dr. Bruce O'Connor

Springfield Egypt Road Test Ga. DNR & Effingham 601 North Laurel Street

Well

County Engineer

Springfield, GA 31329

Tybee Island #1

City of Tybee Island

City of Tybee Island Water & Sewer Dept. Tybee Island, GA 31328

Wrens #4

City of Wrens

Wrightsville #4
City of Homer Well East of Hill Street

City of Wrightsville City of Homer

415 W. Walker Street Wrens, GA 30833
2566 East Elm Street Wrightsville, GA 31096
P.O. Box 146 Homer, GA 30547-146

Beaverdam MHP #1

Mr. Tom Cleveland

Aquifer
Unknown
Cretaceous
Cretaceous
Piedmont/Blue Ridge
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown Piedmont/Blue
Ridge Piedmont/ Blue
Ridge Piedmont/ Blue
Ridge Piedmont/ Blue
Ridge
Cretaceous
Piedmont/ Blue Ridge
Piedmont/ Blue Ridge
Piedmont/ Blue Ridge
Miocene
Floridan
Jacksonian
Jacksonian Piedmont/Blue
Ridge Piedmont/Blue
Ridge

Well Depth
(ft.)
47 400 220 484
500 150 120 402 200 520

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Well ID GW_01_4994 GW_01_4996 GW_01_4997 GW_01_4999 GW_01_5000 GW_01_5003 GW_10_2371 GW_10_2373 GW_10_2425 GW_10_2646 GW_10_2753
GW_10_5029
GW_11_2350 GW_11_2376 GW_11_2433 GW_11_2466 GW_11_2487
GW_11_2600 GW_11_2607 GW_11_2672 GW_11_2673

Well Name Victoria Bryant SP #101 Fishing Creek RV&MHP well City of Ila Well #1 Heritage MHP North Well Lake Harbor Shores #4 City of Rayle Well #1
Cairo #8 Calhoun House Well Davis Ave. (Well #1) Murphy Garden Well Thomasville #6
Waverly/Four Corners #1
Blakely Well #4
Camilla Ind. Pk. Well Donalsonville / 7th St. Well Flint River Nursery Office Well Gay #1
Well #3
Marshallville Well #2 Plains Well #7 Plains Well #8

Owner

Address

Victoria Bryant State Park Fishing Creek RV&MHP City of Ila Windy Acres Mobile Home Park Lake Harbor Shores
Town of Rayle
City of Cairo
Ms. LaRue Calhoun City of Whigham Ms. Dartha Murphy
City of Thomasville
City of Thomasville
City of Blakely
City of Camilla
City of Donalsonville Flint River State Nursery
City of Gay
City of Luthersville
Marshallville Water and Sewer Dept. Water and Sewer City of Plains Water and Sewer City of Plains

1105 Bryant Park Road Royston, GA 30662
6258 Danburg Rd. Tignall, GA 30668
P.O. Box 46 Ila, GA 30647-0046 630 South Old Belair Rd. Lot 30 Grovetown, GA 30813 433 Seminole Trail Martin, GA 30557
PO Box 67, Rayle GA 30660-0067
Cairo City Hall P.O. Box 29 Cairo, GA 39828
P.O. Box 71 Whigham, GA 39897
Mr. Bill Gerber 411 W. Jackson Street Thomasville, GA 31792
P.O. Box 1540 Thomasville, GA 317991540 Blakely Water Treatment Dept. P.O. Box 350 Blakely, GA 39823 P.O. Box 328 Camilla, GA 31730
P.O. Box 308 Donalsonville, GA 31745
9850 River Road Byromville, GA 31007
18762 Highway 85 P.O. Box 257 Gay, GA 30218-0257
104 Wortham Rd. P.O. Box 10 Luthersville, GA 302510010 111 Main Street West Marshallville, GA 31057
P.O. Box 190 Plains, GA 31780
P.O. Box 190 Plains, GA 31780

Aquifer
Piedmont/Blue Ridge
Piedmont/Blue Ridge
Piedmont/Blue Ridge
Piedmont/Blue Ridge
Piedmont/Blue Ridge
Piedmont/Blue Ridge

Well Depth
(ft.)

Floridan

465

Miocene

150

Floridan

604

Miocene

22

Floridan

400

Floridan

Providence

1025

Floridan

360

Floridan

174

Claiborne

90

Piedmont/ Blue Ridge

600

Piedmont/ Blue Ridge

185

Cretaceous Cretaceous Claiborne

550 1000 230

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Well ID GW_11_2676 GW_11_2748 GW_11_2791 GW_11_5030 GW_11_5031 GW_11_5032 GW_11_5033 GW_11_5034 GW_11_5035 GW_11_5036
GW_12_2468
GW_12_2473 GW_12_2532 GW_12_2700
GW_12_2740 GW_12_5037 GW_12_5038 GW_12_5039 GW_12_5041 GW_12_5042 GW_12_5043 GW_12_5045

Well Name
Preston Well #4
The Gates #1 Weathersby house well
Unimim Well #1
Whitewater Creek Well Briar Patch MHP Well City of Andersonville Well #1 City of Potterville Well

Owner
Unified Government of Webster County
Mr. Derek Bunch Randy & Judi Weathersby Unimin Georgia Co., LLC Whitewater Creek Park David Miller Jim Copeland
City of Potterville

Country Village SD Well#13 Weston Well #1

SOS Enterprises Chris Shannon

Well #1

City of Flowery Branch

Fort Gaines Well #2

City of Ft. Gaines

Rahbar house well

Mr. Bijan Rahbar

Roopville #1

City of Roopville

Suwanee #1
Camp Darby Well near Cussetta, GA

Suwanee Public Works Division
Columbus Water Works

Hastings Range

Columbus Water Works

Griswald Range

Columbus Water Works

Well #1 Leisure Lake Village

Leisure Lake Condo Association

Valley Inn and RV Park Well VIOH, LLC

FD Roosevelt Cottage & Camp
Carmouche Range Well

FD Roosevelt State Park
Columbus Water Works

Address
P.O. Box 29 Preston, GA 31824
1333 Sandpit Rd. Mauk, GA 31058
165 Whitewater Rd. Oglethorpe, GA 31068
PO Box 278 Butler GA 31006-0278
205 East Gordon Street Thomaston GA 30266
Flowery Branch Water & Sewer Dept. P. O. Box 757 Flowery Branch, GA 30542 Fort Gaines City Hall P.O. Box 251 Fort Gaines, GA 398510251
284 S. Old Highway 27 P.O. Box 165 Roopville, Georgia 30170
330 Town Center Avenue Suwanee, GA 30024 P.O. Box 1600 Columbus, GA 319021600 P.O. Box 1600 Columbus, GA 319021600 P.O. Box 1600 Columbus, GA 319021600 PO Box 1706 Gainesville,GA 305031706 524 South Main Avenue Pine Mountain, GA 31822
2970 Highway 190 East Pine Mountain, GA 31822 P.O. Box 1600 Columbus, GA 319021600

Aquifer
Providence Piedmont/ Blue
Ridge Clayton

Well Depth
(ft.)
205
705
70

Cretaceous

Cretaceous

Clayton

Clayton

230

Cretaceous

310

Piedmont/Blue Ridge
Cretaceous

Piedmont/ Blue Ridge

240

Providence

456

Piedmont/ Blue Ridge

200

Piedmont/ Blue Ridge

230

Piedmont/ Blue Ridge

600

Cretaceous

Cretaceous

Cretaceous
Piedmont/Blue Ridge
Piedmont/Blue Ridge
Piedmont/Blue Ridge
Unknown

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Well ID GW_12_5046 GW_12_5047 GW_12_5048 GW_12_5049 GW_14_2385 GW_14_2460 GW_14_2570
GW_14_2576 GW_14_2650 GW_14_2725 GW_14_5050 GW_15_2414 GW_15_2806 GW_15_5052 GW_15_5053 GW_02_2526
GW_02_2546 GW_02_2562 GW_02_2610 GW_02_2615

Well Name

Owner

Address

Louvale Community Well Providence Canyon SP well Junction City Well #2 Sweetwater Coffeehouse Cedartown Spring Eton Spring Kingston Rd. Well
LaFayette Lower Big Spring
Nix Spring South Well Willow Court Well Crawfish Spring Young Harris Swanson Road Well Brasstown Bald Spring Bryant Cove SD Well #2 Hinesville #5
Interstate Paper #1 Kahn House Well McNair House Well Metter #2

Stewart County. Wtr. & Sewer Authority
Providence Canyon State Park
Junction City Water System
Sweetwater Coffeehouse
Cedartown Water/Wastewater Dept. Chatsworth Water Works Commission

P.O. Box 157 Lumpkin, GA 31815-0157
218 Florence Rd. Omaha, GA 31821
P.O. Box 356 Junction City, GA 31812
P.O. Box 381 Sautee Nacoochee, GA 30571 P.O. Box 65 Cedartown, GA 301250065
P.O. Box 100 Chatsworth, GA 30705

Floyd County Water Dept.
Lafayette Water Department
Chatsworth Water Works Commission
Chemical Products Corp.

Floyd County Water Dept. P.O. Box 1169 Rome, GA 30162-1169
Lafayette Water Department P.O. Box 89 Lafayette, GA 30728
P.O. Box 100 Chatsworth, GA 30705
Chemical Products Corp. P.O. Box 2470 Cartersville, GA 30120

Mr. Derek Bunch
City of Chickmauga
Young Harris Water Department USFS Brasstown Ranger District Appalachian Water Inc

Water Dept., City of Chickamauga P.O. Box 369 Chickamauga, GA 30707
P.O. Box 122 Young Harris, GA 30582
2042 Highway. 515 W, Blairsville, GA 30512
PO Box 2381 Blairsville GA 30514

City of Hinesville

CH2MHILL-OMI/Hinesville 613 E.G. Miles Parkway Hinesville, GA 31313

Interstate Paper, LLC
Lee and Thelma Kahn Bob and Ann McNair
City of Metter

Interstate Paper, LLC 2366 Interstate Rd. Riceboro, GA 31323-3933
Metter Public Works Dept P.O. Box 74 Metter, GA 30439

Aquifer
Cretaceous Cretaceous Cretaceous Piedmont/Blue
Ridge Valley & Ridge
Valley & Ridge
Valley & Ridge
Valley & Ridge
Piedmont/ Blue Ridge
Valley & Ridge Piedmont/ Blue
Ridge Valley & Ridge
Piedmont/ Blue Ridge
Piedmont/Blue Ridge
Piedmont/Blue Ridge
Floridan
Floridan Jacksonian Jacksonian
Floridan

Well Depth
(ft.)
~300
0 0 280 0 0 ~100
0 265
605 806 ~800 40 ~90 540

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Well ID GW_02_2620
GW_02_2704 GW_02_2707 GW_02_2736
GW_02_2741 GW_02_5005 GW_02_5006 GW_02_5008 GW_03_2357 GW_03_5010 GW_04_2026 GW_04_2047 GW_04_5015
GW_04_5016
GW_05_2398
GW_05_2450 GW_05_2474 GW_05_2518

Well Name Millen #1
Sandersville Well #7B Savannah #13 Statesboro #4
Swainsboro #7 Ft. Morris Well Sapelo Gardens S/D #1 Hamburg State Park Bragg Well Bent Creek S/D Well #1 Cook House Well, Conyers Siloam #2 Ashburn #4
Love is Love Farm Well
Cochran #3
Eastman #4 Fort Valley Well #6 Harmony Baptist Church Well, Unadilla

Owner

Address

Aquifer

City of Millen City of Sandersville City of Savannah City of Statesboro City of Swainsboro

919 College Ave. Millen, GA 30442-1633
Sandersville Annex Building 110 South Hospital Rd. Sandersville, GA 31082
208 Agonic Rd. Savannah, GA 31406
Hill St. at Mulberry St. (office/shop) P.O. Box 348 Statesboro, GA 30459
(ofc) CH2M Hill 574 Industrial Way Swainsboro, GA 30401

Ft. Morris Historic Site South Atlantic Utilities, Inc. Hamburg State Park
City of Gray
Piedmont Water Company

2559 Fort Morris Road Midway, GA 31320
P.O. Box 13705 Savannah, GA 314163705 6071 Hamburg State Park Road Mitchell, GA 30820
Gray City Hall P.O. Box 443 Gray, GA 31032-0443
2556 Apple Valley Rd., NE, Suite 250 Atlanta, GA 30319

Floridan
Cretaceous
Floridan
Floridan
Floridan
Unknown Unknown Piedmont/Blue
Ridge Piedmont/ Blue
Ridge Piedmont/Blue
Ridge

City of Siloam
City of Ashburn
East Lake Commons
City of Cochran
City of Eastman Fort Valley Utility Commission Harmony Baptist Church

P.O. Box 9 Siloam GA 30665
Ashburn Water Department 291 Mill St. Ashburn, GA 31714
East Lake Commons 900 Dancing Fox Rd. Decatur, GA 30032
Cochran City Hall 108 NE Dyke Street Cochran, Georgia 31014
Eastman City Hall 410 Main Street Eastman, GA 31023
P.O. Box 1529 Fort Valley, GA 31030
5925 PinehurstHawkinsville Rd. Unadilla, GA 31091

Piedmont/ Blue Ridge
Floridan
Piedmont/ Blue Ridge
Jacksonian
Floridan
Cretaceous

Well Depth
(ft.) 500 697 1004 413 260
405
300+ 600
307
600

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Well ID GW_05_2540
GW_05_2541
GW_05_2560 GW_05_2564 GW_05_2591 GW_05_2611
GW_05_2669 GW_05_2766 GW_05_2778 GW_05_5017 GW_06_2772 GW_06_5019 GW_06_5020 GW_06_5021 GW_07_2561 GW_07_2623 GW_07_2785
GW_07_5024

Well Name
Indian Spring
Indian Springs New Main Well
Jones County #4 KaMin Well #6 Station deep well McRae Well #3
Perry/Holiday Inn Well Unadilla #3 Warner Robins #2 Jarrell Plantation Staff House Well Vidalia #1 City of Harrison Well #1 City of Riddleville Well #1 Raintree TP Main Well Jowers Crossing (Well #2) Miller Ball Park North East Well Waycross #3
Hofwyl-Broadfield Well

Owner

Address

Ga. DNR Parks & Historic Sites

Indian Springs State Park 678 Lake Clark Road Flovilla , GA 30216

Ga. DNR Parks & Historic Sites
Jones County Water System
KaMin, LLC. Liberty County East District Fire Station
City of McRae

Indian Springs State Park 678 Lake Clark Road Flovilla , GA 30216
Jones County Water System 270 Highway 49 Macon, GA 31211
822 Huber Road Macon, GA 31217
2630 Fort Morris Rd. Midway, GA 31320
McRae City Hall P.O. Box 157 McRae, GA 31055-0157

City of Perry
City of Unadilla
City of Warner Robins Ga. DNR Parks & Historic Sites

ESG, Inc. P.O. Box 2030 Perry, GA 31069
P.O. Box 307 Unadilla, GA 31091
ESG, Inc. 202 North Davis Dr., PMB 718 Warner Robins, GA 31093
695 Jarrell Plantation Road Juliette, GA 31046

City of Vidalia
Town of Harrison
City of Riddleville
Raintree Trailer Park
City of Ambrose Glynn County Board of Education
City of Waycross
Hofwyl-Broadfield Plantation Historic Site

ESG, Inc., 111 Brinson Rd. Vidalia, GA 30474
P.O. Box 31 Harrison, GA 31035-0031
9019 Highway 242 Harrison, GA 31035
669 Spring Grove Rd. Jesup, GA 31545
96 Curtis Vickers Road Ambrose, GA 31512
200 Emory Dawson Road Brunswick, GA 31520
ESG, Inc. P.O. Drawer 99/512 Alice Street. Waycross, GA 315020099
5556 US Highway 17N Brunswick, GA 31525

Aquifer Piedmont/ Blue
Ridge Piedmont/ Blue
Ridge
Cretaceous Cretaceous
Miocene Floridan
Cretaceous Claiborne Cretaceous Piedmont/ Blue
Ridge Floridan Unknown Jacksonian Unknown Floridan Floridan
Floridan
Unknown

Well Depth
(ft.) 0
128 400 400 600+ 550 315 ~540
808
1211 775

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Well ID GW_07_5025 GW_07_5026
GW_09_2308 GW_09_2310 GW_09_2354 GW_09_2580 GW_09_2639 GW_09_2653 GW_09_2678 GW_09_2743
GW_09_2746
GW_09_2756

Well Name Jekyll Island Hampton River Marina
Adel #6 McMillan House Well Boutwell House Well Lakeland #2 Moultrie #1 Ocilla #3 Propex/Nashville Mills #2 Sycamore #2
Sylvester #1
Tifton #6

Owner City of Jekyll Island Hampton River Marina
City of Adel Mr. Willie McMillan Mr. Stacey Boutwell City of Lakeland City of Moultrie City of Ocilla Propex, Inc. City of Sycamore
City of Sylvester
City of Tifton

Address
100 James Road Jekyll Island GA 31527 1000 Hampton Pointe Drive St Simons Island GA 31522 City of Adel Water & Sewer Dept. 404 Poplar St. Adel, GA 31620
Lakeland City Hall 64 South Valdosta Road Lakeland, Georgia 31635
2701 1st Ave. SE P.O. Box 3368
P.O. Box 626 Ocilla, GA 31774-0626
1 Nashville Mills Road Nashville, GA 31639-9766 Sycamore City Hall 2529 US Highway 41 Sycamore, GA 317902201 Sylvester Water, Gas, & Light Dept. P.O. Box 370 Sylvester, GA 31791-0370
80 Old Brookfield Rd P.O. Box 229 Tifton, GA 31793

Aquifer Floridan Unknown
Floridan Miocene Miocene Floridan Floridan Floridan Floridan Floridan
Floridan
Floridan

Well Depth
(ft.)
405 220 70 340 750 637 410 501
196
652

Standard field parameters include:, water temperature, dissolved oxygen, pH, specific conductance. Standard chemical parameters include: VOCs, chloride, sulfate, nitrate-nitrite, \phosphorus, chromium, nickel, copper, zinc, arsenic, selenium, molybdenum, silver, cadmium, tin, antimony, barium, thallium, lead, uranium, aluminum, beryllium, calcium, cobalt, iron, potassium, magnesium, manganese, sodium, titanium, vanadium, fluorine.

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Appendix B
WATER USE CLASSIFICATIONS AND WATER QUALITY STANDARDS
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FOR SPECIFIC DETAILS REFER TO GEORIGA'S "RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR WATER QUALITY CONTROL, CHAPTER 391-3-6-.03"

Use Classification

WATER USE CLASSIFICATIONS

Bacteria (fecal coliform)

Dissolved Oxygen1 (other than trout streams)2

30-Day Geometric Mean2
(#/100 mL)

Maximum (#/100 mL)

Daily Average (mg/L)

Minimum (mg/L)

pH
Std. Units

Temperature (other than trout
streams)2

Maximum Rise (F)

Maximum (F)

Drinking Water

1,000 (Nov-Apr) 200 (May-Oct)

4,000 (Nov-Apr)

5.0

4.0

6.0-8.5

5

90

Recreation

200 (Freshwater) 100 (Coastal)

--

5.0

4.0

6.0-8.5

5

90

Fishing

1,000 (Nov-Apr) 200 (May-Oct)

4,000 (Nov-Apr)

5.0

4.0

6.0-8.5

5

90

5.0

4.0

If it is determined that the

"natural condition" in the

waterbody is less than the

values stated above, then

the criteria will revert to the

Coastal Fishing4

1,000 (Nov-Apr) 200 (May-Oct)

4,000 (Nov-Apr)

"natural condition" and the water quality standard will allow for a 0.1 mg/L deficit

6.0-8.5

5

90

from the "natural" dissolved

oxygen value. Up to a

10% deficit will be allowed

if it is demonstrated that

resident aquatic species

shall not be adversely

affected.

Wild River

No alteration of natural water quality

Scenic River

No alteration of natural water quality

1. The dissolved oxygen criteria as specified in individual water use classifications shall be applicable at a depth of one meter below the water surface; in those instances where depth is less than two meters, the dissolved oxygen criterion shall be applied at a mid-depth. On a case specific basis, alternative depths may be specified.
2. Standards for Trout Streams for dissolved oxygen are an average of 6.0 mg/L and a minimum of 5.0 mg/L. No temperature alteration is allowed in Primary Trout Streams, and a temperature change of 2 deg. F is allowed in Secondary Trout Streams.
3. Geometric means should be "based on at least four samples collected from a given sampling site over a 30day period at intervals not less than 24 hours." The geometric mean of a series of N terms is the Nth root of their product. Example: the geometric mean of 2 and 18 is the square root of 36.
4. Standards are the same as fishing with the exception of dissolved oxygen, which is site specific.
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NARRATIVE WATER QUALITY STANDARDS (excerpt from Georgia Rules and Regulations for Water Quality Control Chapter 391-3-6-.03 - Water Use Classifications
and Water Quality Standards)
(5) General Criteria for All Waters. The following criteria are deemed to be necessary and applicable to all waters of the State: (a) All waters shall be free from materials associated with municipal or domestic sewage, industrial waste or any other waste which will settle to form sludge deposits that become putrescent, unsightly or otherwise objectionable. (b) All waters shall be free from oil, scum and floating debris associated with municipal or domestic sewage, industrial waste or other discharges in amounts sufficient to be unsightly or to interfere with legitimate water uses. (c) All waters shall be free from material related to municipal, industrial or other discharges, which produce turbidity, color, odor or other objectionable conditions, which interfere with legitimate water uses. (d) All waters shall be free from toxic, corrosive, acidic and caustic substances discharged from municipalities, industries or other sources, such as nonpoint sources, in amounts, concentrations or combinations which are harmful to humans, animals or aquatic life. (e) All waters shall be free from turbidity, which results in a substantial visual contrast in a water body due to man-made activity. The upstream appearance of a body of water shall be observed at a point immediately upstream of a turbiditycausing man-made activity. The upstream appearance shall be compared to a point, which is located sufficiently downstream from the activity so as to provide an appropriate mixing zone. For land disturbing activities, proper design, installation and maintenance of best management practices and compliance with issued permits shall constitute compliance with [this] Paragraph...
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