Here’s the interactive map showing water quality across the region:
https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/524c6db790f344e69b5892dbf4d538a6
- Each icon represents one of our monitoring sites – 3 exist on the main stem of Floyds Fork, with another 4 located on tributaries of the Fork
- Each year can be toggled on/off
- There’s a dropdown for each year that allows you to drill down into the year’s data (click the ‘>’ symbol)
Here’s a map showing many of the USGS gauges in Jefferson County:
- Each dot represents a gauge
- Clicking on the dot brings up the site’s info
- Most of these sites have water quality info available
Here’s the most recent State of the Streams:
- This is published every five years and includes water quality trends in each watershed
- It includes a good bit of background on water quality and biological assessments
- The Floyds Fork section starts on page 47, and includes 2 tributaries of the Fork
- Previous reports can be found here, under Water Quality Synthesis Reports: https://www.msdprojectwin.org/library/#6-52-water-quality-synthesis-reports-ms4. We started publishing them in 2009.
Here’s more info on how MSD monitors streams:
https://louisvillemsd.org/WaterQuality/watermonitoring
If any DCFF members would like to participate in our Citizen Monitoring Program, have them email me. They can adopt a monitoring site and help us keep tabs on some of the smaller tributaries around the county. Long Run (a tributary of Floyds Fork) is of particular interest.
There are a few local groups working to protect Floyds Fork. The Future Fund (the land acquisition group behind the Parklands) is the most active:
https://www.savingfloydsfork.org/page3
Let me know what you guys decide about the tour of the treatment plant, or if the group would like to learn more about water quality or MSD. Always happy to share info.
Thanks again for the opportunity to come talk with the group.
Trent
Trent Winlock
Engineering Technician
MS4 Environmental Programs
C 502-216-6685