U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
           NATIONAL EUTROPHICATION SURVEY
                    WORKING PAPER SERIES
                                          REPORT
                                           ON
                                   TONGUE RIVER RESERVOIR
                                      BIG HORN COW
                                         MONTANA
                                      EPA EGION VIII
                                   WORKING PAPER No, 803
 CORVALLIS ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LABORATORY - CORVALLIS, OREGON
                             and
ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING & SUPPORT LABORATORY - LAS VEGAS, NEVADA

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                                          REPORT
                                            ON
                                  TONGUE RIVER RESERVOIR
                                     BIG HORN COUNTY
                                         MONTANA
                                     EPA REGION VI11
                                  WORKING PAPER No, 803
             WITH THE COOPERATION OF THE
MDNTANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
                       AND THE
                MONTANA NATIONAL GUARD
                         , 1977

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                                   CONTENTS
                                                               Page
  Foreword                                                      ii
  List of Montana Lakes and Reservoirs                          iv
  Lake and Drainage  Area Map                                     v

  Sections
  I.   Conclusions                                                1
 II.   Lake and Drainage Basin  Characteristics                    3
III.   Lake Water Quality Summary                                 4
 IV.   Nutrient Loadings                                          8
  V.   Literature Reviewed                                       12
 VI.   Appendices                                                13

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                          FOREWORD
    The National Eutrophication Survey was initiated in 1972 in
response to an Administration commitment to investigate the nation-
wide threat of accelerated eutrophication to freshwater lakes and
reservoirs.

OBJECTIVES

    The Survey was designed to develop, in conjunction with state
environmental agencies, information on nutrient sources, concentrations,
and impact on selected freshwater lakes as a basis for formulating
comprehensive and coordinated national, regional, and state management
practices relating to point-source discharge reduction and non-point
source pollution abatement in lake watersheds.

ANALYTIC APPROACH

    The mathematical and statistical procedures selected for the
Survey's eutrophication analysis are based on related concepts that:

        a.  A generalized representation or model relating
    sources, concentrations, and impacts can be constructed.

        b.  By applying measurements of relevant parameters
    associated with lake degradation, the generalized model
    can be transformed into an operational representation of
    a lake, its drainage basin, and related nutrients.

        c.  With such a transformation, an assessment of the
    potential for eutrophication control can be made.

LAKE ANALYSIS

    In this report, the first stage of evaluation of lake and water-
shed data collected from the study lake and its drainage basin is
documented.   The report is formatted to provide state environmental
agencies with specific information for basin planning [§303(e)j, water
quality criteria/standards review [§303(c)],  clean lakes [§314(a,b)],
and water quality monitoring [§106 and §305(b).] activities mandated
by the Federal  Water Pollution Control  Act Amendments of 1972.

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     Beyond the single lake analysis, broader based correlations
between nutrient concentrations (and loading) and trophic condi-
tion are being made to advance the rationale and data base for
refinement of nutrient water quality criteria for the Nation's
fresh water lakes.  Likewise, multivariate evaluations for the
relationships between land use, nutrient export, and trophic
condition, by lake class or use,  are being developed to assist
in the formulation of planning guidelines and policies by EPA
and to augment plans implementation by the states.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

     The staff of the National Eutrophication Survey (Office of
Research & Development, U.S. Environmental. Protection Agency)
express sincere appreciation to the Montana Department of Health
and Environmental Sciences for professional involvement, to the
Montana National Guard for conducting the tributary sampling
phase of the Survey, and to those Montana wastewater treatment
plant operators who voluntarily provided effluent samples.

     The staff of the Water Quality Bureau provided invaluable
lake documentation and counsel during the Survey, reviewed the
preliminary reports, and provided critiques most useful  in the
preparation of this Working Paper series.

     Major General John J. Womack, the Adjutant General  of Montana,
and Project Officer Major William Yeager, who directed the volun-
teer efforts of the Montana National Guardsmen, are also gratefully
acknowledged for their assistance to the Survey.

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                                IV
LAKE NAME
Canyon Ferry
Clark Canyon
Flathead
Georgetown
Hebgen
Koocanusa
Mary Ronan
McDonald
Nelson
Seeley
Swan
Tally
Tiber
Tongue River
Whitefish
Yellowtail
                  NATIONAL EUTROPHICATION SURVEY
                    STUDY LAKES AND RESERVOIRS
                         STATE OF MONTANA
            COUNTY
Broadwater, Lewis and Clark
Beaverhead
Flathead, Lake
Deer Lodge, Granite
Gal latin
Lincoln, MT; British Columbia, Can,
Lake
Flathead
Phillips
Missoula
Lake
Flathead
Liberty, Toole
Big Horn
Flathead
Carbon, Bighorn, MT; Bighorn, WY

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TONGUE RIVER RESERVOIR
       inbutar  5a"li*vg Site
   X   Lake SatnolinG Site
       Sewage Treatment Facility
       Land Subject to Inundation

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                          TONGUE RIVER RESERVOIR
                             STORE! NO.  3014

I.  CONCLUSIONS
    A.  Trophic Condition:
            Survey data indicate that Tongue River Reservoir is  eutrophic.
        It ranked fourteenth in overall  trophic quality when the 15 Mon-
        tana lakes and reservoirs sampled in 1975 were compared  using  a
        combination of six water-quality parameters*.   All  of the other
        water bodies had less median total  phosphorus, eight had less
        median dissolved orthophosphorus, five had less and three had  the
        same median inorganic nitrogen,  and all of the others had less
        mean chlorophyll a_ and greater mean Secchi disc transparency.
        Marked depletion of dissolved oxygen with depth occurred at
        station 1 in May.
    B.  Rate-Limiting Nutrient:
            Due to significant changes in nutrient levels  during shipment
        of the samples from the field to the laboratory, the algal  assay
        results are not considered representative of conditions  in the
        reservoir at the times the samples were taken.
            The reservoir data indicate nitrogen limitation at all  sam-
        pling stations and times, with the exception of station  1 in Octo-
        ber.
    C.  Nutrient Controllability:
            1.  Point sources—The wastewater treatment plant at Sheridan,
* See Appendix A.

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                             2
Wyoming accounted for the entire point source load,  contributing
11.1% of the total phosphorus input to Tongue River Reservoir
during the sampling year.
    The present phosphorus loading of 9.44 g/m 2/year is nine
times that proposed by Vollenweider (Vollenweider and Dillon,
1974) as a eutrophic loading (see page 11), and point-source phos-
phorus control alone probably would not result in any significant
improvement in the existing trophic condition of the reservoir.
    2.  Non-point sources—Non-point sources accounted for 88.9% of
the total phosphorus load during the sampling year.   The Tongue
River contributed 75.4%, and ungaged minor tributaries and imme-
diate drainage contributed an estimated 13.3%.
    In a previous report, it is noted that agriculture is the major
water use in the drainage basin (Polzin,  1974).   Water is diverted
for the irrigation of about 260 km2above the reservoir (Anonymous,
1974).  It appears that improvement in the trophic quality of this
water body could only result from control of nutrients in agricul-
tural runoff as well as in point-source discharges within the drain-
age.  Further study is needed to determine the controllability of
non-point nutrients and to also determine the impact of mining
operations in the area which could further degrade the quality
of this water body.

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II.   RESERVOIR AND  DRAINAGE  BASIN  CHARACTERISTICS1"
     A.   Morphemetry   :
         1.   Surface  area:   14.15  kilometers2.
         2.   Mean depth:   6.1 meters.
         3.   Maximum  depth:   27.7  meters.
         4.   Volume:   86.315 x  106 m3.
         5.   Mean hydraulic  retention  time:  78 days (based on outflow).
     B.   Tributary  and Outlet:
         (See Appendix C  for flow  data)
         1.   Tributaries  -
                                              Drainage       Mean flow
             Name                              area (km2)*    (mVsec)*
             Tongue River                       3,825.4         14.15
             Leaf Rock Creek                       59.6
             Minor  tributaries  &
              immediate drainage -                 685.2         _^	
                            Totals               4,570.2         14.15
         2.   Outlet -
             Tongue River                       4,584.3**       12.83
     C.   Precipitation***:
         1.   Year of  sampling:  50.7 centimeters.
         2.   Mean annual:  40.3 centimeters.
 t Table of metric  conversions—Appendix B.
 tt Horpestad,  1975.
 * For limits  of accuracy,  see Working  Paper No. 175, "...Survey Methods,
   1973-1976".
 ** Includes area of  reservoir.
 *** See Working Paper  No.  175.

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III.   WATER QUALITY SUMMARY
      Tongue River Reservoir was sampled three times  during the open-
  water season of 1975 by means of a pontoon-equipped Huey helicopter.
  Each time, samples for physical  and chemical  parameters  were collected
  from one or more depths at three stations  on the reservoir (see
  map, page v).   During each visit,  a single depth-integrated (4.6
  m or near bottom to surface)  sample was composited  from  the stations
  for phytoplankton identification and enumeration; and  during the
  May and October visits, a single 18.9-liter depth-integrated sample
  was composited for algal  assays.   Also each time, a depth-integrated
  sample was collected from each of the stations  for  chlorophyll  a^
  analysis.   The maximum depths sampled were 16.2 meters at station
  1,  9.1  meters  at station 2,  and 5.8 meters at station  3.
      The sampling results are  presented in  full  in Appendix D and
  are summarized in the following table.

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TEMP (C)


DISS OXY (MG/L>


CNDCTVY (MCROMO)


PH (STAND UNITS)


TOT ALK (MG/L>


TOT *> (MG/L)


ORTHO P (MG/L)


N02*N03 (MG/L)


AMMONIA (MG/L)


KJEL N  (MG/L)


INORG N (MG/L)


TOTAL N (MG/L)


CHLRPYL A (UG/L)


SECCHI  (METERS)
       A. SUMMARY OF PHYSICAL AND



       1ST SAMPLING (  5/23/751


             3 SITES


     RANGE        MEAN   MEDIAN


  6.3  -  12.6    10.4    11.3


  1.4  -  10.4     8.3     9.0


 280.  -  556.    457.    475.


  8.0  -   8.7     8.5     8.6


 134.  -  244.    180.    182.


0.039  - 0.141   0.065   0.053


3.008  - 0.037   0.017   0.015


0.020  - 0.17C   0.066   0.045


0.020  - 0.420   0.075   0.045


0.500  - 1.40C   0.706   0.650


0.050  - 0.460   0.141   0.090


0.570  - 1.44(;   0.77*   0.710


  7.3  -  11.2     8.6     7.3


  0.8  -   1.1     1.0     1.1
                                                        CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS FOR TONGUE RIVER RESERVOIR
                                                         STOSET COOE 3014
       2ND SAMPLING (  8/29/75)


             3 SITES


     RANGE        MEAN   MEDIAN


 19.6  -  23.7    21.4    21.2


  4.2  -  14.8     9.5    10.0


 484.  -  700.    544.    507.


  8.4  -   9.8     8.9     8.9


 159.  -  296.    188.    167.


0.022  - 0.148   0.072   0.051


0.003  - 0.010   0.006   0.006


0.020  - 0.020   0.020   0.020


0.020  - 0.030   0.021   0.020


0.400  - 1.200   0.686   0.600


0.040  - 0.050   0.041   0.040


0.420  - 1.220   0.706   0.620


 16.9  -  38.8    25.4    20.5


  0.2  -   0.6     0.4     0.5
       3RD SAMPLING  (10/15/75)


             3 SITES


     RANGE        MEAN   MEDIAN


  d.9  -  11.4    10.8     10.9


  8.0  -  11.4     9.3     9.0


 611.  -  654.    619.     615.


  a.4  -   8.5     8.4     3.4


 292.  -  332.    309.     309.


0.030  - 0.112   0.051   0.046


0.003  - 0.019   0.006   0.004


0.020  - 0.020   0.020   0.020
                               cr

0.020  - 0.050   0.031   0.030


0.400  - 0.600   0.525   0.500


0.040  - 0.070   0.051   0.050


0.420  - 0.620   0.545   0.520


  4.9  -  24.5    16.6     20.5


  0.2  -   0.9     0.6     0.6

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B.  Biological Characteristics:

    1.  Phytoplankton -
        Sampl i ng
        Date

        05/23/75
        08/29/75
        10/15/75
    2.   Chlorophyll  a^ -

        Sampli ng
        Date

        05/23/75
        08/29/75
        10/15/75
Dominant
Genera
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Chroomonas sp.
Euglena sp.
Cryptomonas sp_.
Stephanodiscus sp.
Asterionella sp.
Other genera

        Total

Euglena sp.
Glenodinium sp.
Chroomonas sp.
Stipitococcus sp.
Asterionella sp.
Other genera

        Total

Stephanodiscus sp.
Cryptomonas sp.
Fragilaria sp.
Chroomonas sp.
Navicula sp.
Other genera

        Total
Algal Units
per ml

  2,447
  1,106
    804
    737
    168
    269

  5,531

    946
    908
    870
    416
    378
    794
Station
Number

   1
   2
   3

   1
   2
   3

   1
   2
   3
  4,312

    670
    591
    552
    197
    118
    354

  2,482
                       Chlorophyll a_
                            7.3
                           11.2
                            7.3

                           16.9
                           20.5
                           38.8
                           20.5
                           24.5
                            4.9

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C.  Limiting Nutrient Study:
        The algal  assay results  are not considered  indicative of con-
    ditions in the reservoir  at  the time the  samples were collected
    (05/23/75 and  10/15/75) due  to  significant  changes  in nutrient
    levels during  shipment of the samples from  the  field to  the labora-
    tory.
        The reservoir data indicate nitrogen  limitation at all sta-
    tions  and sampling times, with  the exception  of station  1 in
    October; i.e., the mean  inorganic  nitrogen/orthophosphorus ratios
    were 10/1 or less.  However,  the mean N/P ratio in  October at sta-
    tion 1 was 15/1,  and phosphorus limitation  would be expected.

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IV.   NUTRIENT LOADINGS
     (See Appendix E for data)
     For the determination of nutrient loadings,  the Montana  National
 Guard collected monthly near-surface grab samples  from  each  of  the
 tributary sites indicated on the map (page v).   Sampling  was begun
 in  October,  1974, and was completed  in September,  1975.
     Through an interagency agreement,  stream flow  estimates  for the
 year of sampling and a "normalized"  or average year were  provided by
 the Montana District Office of the U.S.  Geological  Survey for the
 tributary sites nearest the reservoir.
     In this report,  nutrient loads for sampled tributaries were
 determined by using a modification of a U.S.  Geological Survey  computer
 program for calculating stream loadings*.   Nutrient loads shown are
 those measured minus point-source loads,  if any.
     Nutrient loads for unsampled "minor tributaries and immediate
 drainage" ("ZZ" of U.S.G.S.) were estimated using  the nutrient  loads  at
 station A-2,  in kg/km2/year, and multiplying  by  the ZZ  area  in  km2.
     The operator of the Sheridan wastewater treatment plant  provided
 monthly effluent samples and corresponding flow  data.
 * See Working  Paper  No.  175.

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        Waste Sources:
        1.  Known municipal* -
        Name
Pop.
Served
Treatment
Mean Flow
(mVd)
        Sheridan, WY    10,000    tr.  filter    7,129.2
        2.  Known industrial  - None
        Annual Total Phosphorus Loading - Average Year:
        1.  Inputs -
            Source
                      kg P/
                      yr
            a.  Tributaries (non-point load)  -
                Tongue River                  100,690
            b.  Minor tributaries & immediate
                 drainage (non-point load)  -    17,815
            c.  Known municipal STP's -
                Sheridan                       14,775
            d.  Septic tanks - None
            e.  Known industrial  - None
            f.  Direct precipitation** -          250
                        Total                  133,530
        2.  Outputs -
            Reservoir outlet - Tongue River    16,490
        3.  Net annual P accumulation - 117,040 kg.
* Treatment plant questionnaire.
** See Working Paper No.  175.
Receiving
Water
Goose Creek
                           % of
                           total
                                      75.4

                                      13.3

                                      11.1
                                       0.2
                                     100.0

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    C.  Annual Total Nitrogen Loading - Average Year:
        1.  Inputs -
                                              kg N/          % of
            Source                            yr             total
            a.  Tributaries (non-point load) -
                Tongue River                  504,485         76.4
            b.  Minor tributaries & immediate
                 drainage (non-point load) -   90,445         13.7
            c.  Known municipal STP's -
                Sheridan                       50,200          7.6
            d.  Septic tanks - None
            e.  Known industrial - None
            f.  Direct precipitation* -        15,275          2.3
                        Total                 660,405        100.0
        2.  Outputs -
            Reservoir outlet - Tongue River   618,385
        3.  Net annual N accumulation - 42,020 kg.
    D.  Non-point Nutrient Export by Subdrainage Area:
        Tributary                             kg P/km 2/yr    kg N/km2/yr
        Tongue River                              26             132
* See Working Paper No.  175.

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E.   Mean Nutrient Concentrations in  Ungaged  Streams:
                                      Mean Total  P        Mean  Total  N
    Tributary                         Cone,  (mg/1)        Cone,  (mg/1)
    Deer Creek                            0.063              1.399
    Squirrel  Creek                        0.127              1.719
    Youngs Creek                          0.099              1.430
F.   Yearly Loads:
        In the following table,  the  existing phosphorus  loadings
    are compared to those proposed by Vollenweider  (Vollenweider
    and Dillon,  1974).   Essentially,  his  "dangerous"  loading is
    one at which the receiving water  would become eutrophic or
    remain eutrophic;  his "permissible" loading  is  that  which
    would result in the receiving water remaining oligotrophic
    or becoming  oligotrophic  if  morphometry  permitted.   A meso-
    trophic loading would be  considered one  between "dangerous"
    and "permissible".
        Note that Vollenweider's model may not be applicable to
    water bodies with  short hydraulic retention  times.
                             Total  Phosphorus        Total Nitrogen
    	Total   Accumulated     Total   Accumulated
    grams/m2/yr             9.44      8.27         46.7        3.0
    Vollenweider phosphorus  loadings
     (g/m2/yr)  based  on mean depth  and  mean
     hydraulic  retention time of Tongue River  Reservoir:
        "Dangerous"   (eutrophic  loading)               1.04
        "Permissible"   (oligotrophic  loading)          0.52

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V.  LITERATURE REVIEWED

    Anonymous, 1974.  Water resources data for Montana.  Part 1:  Surface
        water records.  U.S. Geol. Surv., Helena.

    Horpestad, Abe, 1975.  Personal  communication (morphometric data).
        MT Dept. of Health & Env. Sciences, Helena.

    Polzin, Paul E., 1974.  Water use and coal development in eastern
        Montana:  Water availability, water demands, and economic
        impacts.  Proj. C-5258 MONT, MT U. Joint Water Resources Res. Ctr.,
        Bozeman.

    Vollenweider, R. A., and P. J. Dillon, 1974.  The application of
        the phosphorus loading concept to eutrophication research.
        Natl. Res. Council of Canada Pub!. No. 13690, Canada Centre
        for Inland Waters, Burlington, Ontario.

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VI.   APPENDICES
                                  APPENDIX A
                                  LAKE RANKINGS

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LA-iE DATA TO BE USE.)  1M  3 AN*INGS
LA<£
CODE  LAKE NAME

3001  CANYON FERR?  S-ESLPV

3003  CLA=iK CANfON

3003  FLATNEAD LArvE

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300?  HEriGEN RESERVOIR

3006  KOOCANUSA RESERVOIR

3007  MARf «ONAN

300M  MC DONALD

3009  NELSON RESERVOIR

3010  SEELET LAKE

3011  SWAN LAKE

3013  TALLY LAKE

3013  TI8E3 RESERVOIR

301<»  TONGUE RIVER  RESERVOIR

3016  WHlTEFISH LAKE
MEOlAN
TOTAL P
0.04?
0.0<*-/
0.008
0.02?
0.02?
0.045
0.020
0.006
0.029
0.015
0.010
0.011
0.018
0.051
0.003
MEDIAN
INO*G N
0.170
0.160
0.050
0.040
0.040
0.100
0.040
0.180
0.075
0.040
0.050
0.050
0.180
0.050
0.0*0
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442.C500
39M.750
267.633
367.333
367.700
337.643
371.091
190.667
456.750
362.857
382.750
33^.167
446.555
474.111
290.000
MEAN
C-iLOKA
5.316
2.375
1.273
6.983
4.083
2.669
4.673
0.467
7.233
2.171
3.289
2.083
2.806
16.678
1.400
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ln.400
12.000
9.000
10.200
13.800
10.400
14.200
6.400
11.400
13.200
9.600
9.200
9.600
13.600
7.000
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0.027
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0.011
0.020
0.044
O.OU6
0.002
0.007
0.010
O.OC4
0.004
0.004
0.008
0.003

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    APPENDIX B





CONVERSION FACTORS

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                CONVERSION FACTORS

Hectares x 2.471 = acres
Kilometers x 0.6214 = miles
Meters x 3.281 = feet
Cubic meters x 8.107 x 10   = acre/feet
Square kilometers x 0.3861 = square miles
Cubic meters/sec x 35.315 = cubic feet/sec
Centimeters x 0.3937 = inches
  /
Kilograms x 2.205 = pounds
Kilograms/square kilometer x 5.711 - Ibs/square mile

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    APPENDIX C
TRIBUTARY FLOW DATA

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                                             FLO* INFORMATION FOK MONTANA
                                        06/05/76
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                                   TRIBUTARY  FLOw  INFORMATION  FOR MONTANA
                                                                                           03/05/76
LAKE COOE 301^     TONGUE




     MEAN MONTHLY FLOnS AND DAILY FLOwS(CMS)



TRIBUTARY   MONTH   YEAR    MEAN FLO*   DAY




3014C1
FLOW  DAY
10
11
12
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
74
74
74
75
75
75
75
75
75
75
75
75
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
5
12
u
->
22
22
13
27



28
0.0
O.U
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
c.o
o.c



0.0
                  FLOW  DAY
                                    FLOW

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        APPENDIX D





PHYSICAL and CHEMICAL DATA

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STORET RETRIEVAL OATE 76/08/05
                                                                  301401
                                                                 45 07 <+0.0 106 46  14.0  3
                                                                 TONGUE RIVER RESERVOIR
                                                                 30003   MONTANA
                                                                                           090241
                                                                 11EPALES             2111202
                                                                  0057 FEET  DEPTH  CLASS  00
OATE
FROM
TO
75/05/23




75/08/29


75/10/15



00010
TIME DEPTH WATER
OF TEMP
OAY FEET
09
09
09
09
09
15
15
15
12
12
12
12
30
30
30
30
30
00
00
00
45
45
45
45
0000
0005
0015
0030
0053
0000
0005
0022
0000
0005
0015
0025
CENT
12.5
12.5
12.6
9.0
7.1
23.7
21.2
19.6
11.4
11.2
11.0
10.6
00300 00077 00094
DO TRANSP CNDUCTVY
SECCHI FIELD
MG/L INCHES MICROMHO
10.4
8.8
8.2
5.6
1.4
13.2
9.8
4.2
8.8
9.0
8.0
«.8
42 541
552
55b
400
516
24 507
484
567
36 620
615
611
615
00400 00410
PH T ALK
CAC03
su
8.55
8.55
8.30
8.05
8.00
9.80
8.90
8.45
8.45
8.40
8.40
8.45
MG/L
199
199
199
153
244
165
167
185
296
314
320
312
00610 00625 00630 00671
NH3-N TOT KJEL N02S.N03 PnOS-DIS
TOTAL N N-TUTAL URTHO
MG/L
0.050
0.050
0.050
0.100
0.420
0.020
0.020K
0.020K
0.030
0.040
0.050
0.040
MG/L
O.«00
0.600
0.600
0.500
1.400
1.200
0.700
0.500
0.500
0.500
0.500
0.400
MG/L
0.040
0.030
0.030
0.120
0.040
0.020K
0.020K
0.020K
0.020K
0.020K
0.020K
0.020K
MG/L P
0.008
0.017
0.008
0.027
0.037
0.009
0.006
0.003
0.005
0.004
0.003
0.004
                      00665     32217
  DATE   TIME DEPTH PHOS-TOT  CHLPPHYL
  FROM    OF                     A
   TO    DAY  FEET   MG/L P     UG/L

75/05/23 09 30 0000    0.039       7.3
         09 30 0005    0.046
         09 30 0015    0.051
         09 30 0030    O.OS3
         09 30 0053    0.141
75/08/29 15 00 0000    0.141      16.9
         15 00 0005    0.05^
         15 00 0022    fi.022
75/10/15 12 45 0000    0.050      20.5
         12 45 0005    0.041
         12 45 0015    0.031
         I? 45 0025    0.03C
  00031
INCDT LT
REMNING
PERCENT
           K VALUE. KNOWN TO Be.
           LESS THAN INDICATED

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STORE! RETRIEVAL DATE 76/03/05
                                                                  301403
                                                                 45 06 17.0  106  46  42.0  3
                                                                 TONGUE RIVER  RESERVOIR
                                                                 30003   MONTANA
                                                                                          090291
                                                                 HEPALES              2111202
                                                                  0034 FEET   DEPTH   CLASS  00
00010
XATER
TEMP
CENT
12.1
12.0
11.4
6.3
?2.9
?1.2
30.4
11.3
10.9
10.8
00300
DO

MG/L
10.0
8.8
8.8
9.2
14.8
10.0
4.2
10.0
9.0
9.4
00077
TRANSP
SECCHI
INCHES
44



18


24


00094
CNDUCTVY
FIELD
MICROMHO
536
506
444
280
505
496
546
612
614
614
00400
Ph

SU
6.70
8.60
8.35
8.60
9.10
8.90
8.50
8.45
8.50
8.50
00410
T ALK
CAC03
MG/L
199
191
172
135
159
163
178
306
292
300
00610
NH3-N
TOTAL
MG/L
0.030
0.030
0.030
0.050
0.020
0.020K
0.020K
0.020
0.020K
0.020K
00625
TOT KJEL
N
MG/L
0.800
0.600
0.800
0.700
1.000
0.600
0.400
0.500
0.600
0.600
00630
N02&.N03
N-TOTAL
MG/L
0.020K
0.020
0.060
0.140
0.020K
0.020K
0.020K
0.020K
0.020K
0.020K
00671
PHOS-OIS
ORTHO
MG/L P
0.013
0.008
0.017
0.027
0.007
O.OOb
0.004
0.005
0.005
0.004

DATE
FROM
TO
75/05/23



75/08/29


75/10/15



TIME DEPTH
OF
DAY FEET
09 55 0000
09 55 0005
09 55 0015
09 55 0030
15 ?0 0000
15 ?0 0005
15 20 0014
13 05 0000
13 05 0005
13 05 0013
OC665
PrlOS-TOT

MG/L P
0.053
0.053
0.051
0.077
0.148
0.047
C.044
0.056
0.049
0.043
32217
CHLRPHYL
A
UG/L
11.2



20.5


24.5


00031
INCDT LT
REMNING
PERCENT










          K  VALUE KNOWN TO BE
          LESS  THAN  INDICATED

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ST03ET RETRIEVAL OATE 76/03/05
                      00010
  DATE   TIME DEPTH  WATER
  FROM    OF          TEMP
   TO    DAY  FEET    CENT

75/05/23 10 ?0 0000     11.2
         10 20 0005     11.2
         10 20 0019      6.3
75/08/29 15 30 0000     20.9
75/10/15 13 30 0000      8.9
  00300     C0077
   DO      TRANSP
           SECCHI
  MG/L     INCHES

     9.8
     9.6
     9.6
    10.0
    11.4
                                                                  301^03
                                                                 45 04 03.0 106 48 06.0 3
                                                                 TONGOE RIVER RESERVOIR
                                                                 30003   MONTANA
                                                                                          090291
                                                                 11EPALES             2111202
                                                                  0023 FEET  DEPTH  CLASS 00
7
P
I
S
30


9
6
00094
CNOUCTVY
FIELD
MICROMHO
434
421
302
700
654
00400
PH

SU
8.65
8.60
8.65
8.65
8.45
00410
T ALK.
CAC03
MG/L
169
167
134
296
332
00610
NH3-N
TOTAL
Mu/L
0.030
0.020
0.040
0.030
0.030
00625
TOT KJEL
N
MG/L
0.700
0.500
0.500
0.400
0.600
00630
N02f>iN03
N-TOTAL
MG/L
0.050
0.070
0.170
0.020
0.020K
00671
PhOS-DIS
ORTrlO
MG/L P
0.010
0.008
0.021
0.010
0.019
                      00665
  DATE   TIME DEPTH PHOS-TOT
  FROM    OF
   TO    DAY  FEET   MG/L P

75/05/23 10 20 0000    0.060
         10 ?0 0005    0.045
         10 20 0019    0.086
75/08/29 15 30 0000    0.051
75/10/15 13 30 0000    0.112
  32217     00031
CHLRPHYL  INCDT LT
   A      REMNING
  UG/L    PERCENT

     7.3
    38.8
     4.9
         K VALUE KNOWN TO 8E
         LESS THAN INDICATED

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       APPENDIX E

TRIBUTARY AND WASTEWATER
  TREATMENT PLANT DATA

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STORET RETRIEVAL DATE 76/03/05
  OftTE   TIME DEPTH N02&.N03
  FROM    OF
   TO    DAY  FEET
74/10/05
74/11/12
74/12/04
75/01/02
75/01/04
75/02/22
75/03/22
75/04/13
75/05/27
75/06/07
75/06/18
75/09/07
75/09/28
12
17
12
12
10
15
16
13
10
11
11
18
13
00
00
30
00
39
30
30
00
30
15
00
00
00
                                                                  3014A1
                                                                 45 08 29.0 106 46 15.0 4
                                                                 TONGUE RIVER
                                                                 30      7.5 TONGUE RV OM
                                                                 0/TONGUE PIVER RESERVOIR 090291
                                                                 BNK OFF SEC RO .5 M OWN5TRM TONGUE RV OM
                                                                 11EPALES             2111204
                                                                  0000 FEET  DEPTH  CLASS 00
'0630
'&.N03
OTAL
IG/L
0.040
0.020
0.008
0.032
0.38*.
0.096
0.210
0.240
0.125
0.420
0.055
0.340
C.010
00625
TOT KJEL
N
MG/L
1.400
1.000
0.700
0.900
0.900
0.837
1.300
1.930
2.200
0.550
2.900
0.700
0.400
00610
NH3-N
TOTAL
MG/L
0.025
0.128
0.025
0.064
0.010
0.080
0.220
0.810
0.070
0.045
0.080
0.015
C.005
00671
PHOS-OIS
ORTHO
MG/L P
0.010
0.005
0.005K
0.005K
0.015
0.008
0.055
0.055
0.020
0.005
0.010
0.015
0.005K
00665
PHOS-TOT

MG/L P
0.035
0.020
0.020
0.015
0.020
0.020
0.060
0.090
0.120
0.010K
0.080
0.030
0.030
   K VALUE KNOWN TO BE
   LESS THAN INDICATED

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STORET RETRIEVAL DATE 76/08/05
  DATE   TIME DEPTH N02&N03
  FROM    OF
   TO    OAY  FEET
74/10/05
74/11/12
74/12/04
75/01/02
75/02/22
75/03/22
75/04/13
75/05/27
75/06/18
75/09/28
11  15
15  56
11  30
11  30
17  ?0
15  45
12  00
12  00
12  20
12  45
                                                                  3014A2
                                                                 45 01 50.0  106  46  45.0  4
                                                                 TONGUE RIVER
                                                                 30      7.5 DECKER
                                                                 T/TONGUE RIVER  RESERVOIR  090291
                                                                 SEC rtO SKL>G AT  S END OF LAKE
                                                                 11EPALES             2111204
                                                                  0000 FEET  DEPTH   CLASS  00
0630
&N03
OTAL
G/L
0.048
0.024
0.032
0.272
0.336
0.200
0.085
0.070
0.180
0.005
00625
TOT KJEL
N
MG/L
1.300
0.400
1.100
0.600
0.635
1.800
1.900
1.000
1.650
0.200
00610
NH3-N
TOTAL
MG/L
0.030
0.032
0.020
0.048

0.270
0.040
0.030
0.175
0.005K
00671
PHOS-DIS
ORTHO
MG/L P
0.025
0.025
0.015
0.025
0.097
0.300
0.045
0.040
0.030
0.015
00665
PHOS-TOT

MG/L P
0.115
0.040
0.120
0.320
0.138
0.380
0.090
0.290
0,390
0.040
    K  VALUE  KNOWN  TO BE
    LESS  THAN  INDICATED

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STORET RETRIEVAL DATE 76/08/05
  DATE   TIME DEPTH
  FSOM    OF
   TO    DAY  FEET

74/10/05 10 55
74/11/13 15 40
75/03/33 05 30
75/04/13 12 30
75/05/37 11 30
75/09/07 14 00
75/09/38 13 00
                                                                  3014D1
                                                                 45 OJ  20.0  106 43 10.0 4
                                                                 DEER WEEK
                                                                 30      7.5 HOLMES RANCH
                                                                 T/TONGUE RIVE* RESERVOIR 090291
                                                                 SEC SO XINO 9 MI  ENE OF DECKER
                                                                 HEPALES             2111304
                                                                  0000  FEET   DEPTH  CLASS 00
0630
!&N03
OTAL
G/L
C.04r
0.008
0.045
0.015
0.030
0.240
0.003
00625
TOT KJEL
N
MG/L
1.800
1.100
1.300
2.100
1.100
0.400
1.600
00610
NH3-N
TOTAL
MG/L
0.440
0.100
0.210
0.050
0.030
0.035
0.090
00671
PriOS-DIS
ORTHO
MG/L P
0.035
0.005
0.010
0.007
0.005
0.005K
0.015
00665
PHOS-TOT

MG/L P
0.090
0.050
0.090

0.030
0.010
0.110
   K VALUE KNOWN TO BE
   LESS THAN INDICATED

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STORET RETRIEVAL DATE 76/08/05
                                                                  3014E1
                                                                 45 05 20.0 106 59 20.0 4
                                                                 SQUIRREL CREEK
                                                                 30      7.5 PEARL SCHOOL
                                                                 T/TONGUE RIVER RESERVOIR 090291
                                                                 UNMPRVO RO AING 9.5 Ml N* OF DECKER
                                                                 11EPALES             2111204
                                                                  0000 FEET  DEPTH  CLASS 00
  DATE   TIME DEPTH
  FROM    OF
   TO    DAY  FEET

74/11/12 14 10
74/13/04 10 30
75/01/02 10 25
75/03/22 14 50
75/04/13 10 10
75/05/37 13 30
75/09/38 11 00
00630
N02&N03
N-TOTAL
MG/L
0.024
0.072
0.184
0.550
0.260
0.290
0.005
00625
TOT KJEL
N
MG/L
1.10C
0.300
2.200
3.150
2.700
0.900
0.300
00610
NH3-N
TOTAL
MG/L
0.330
0.030
0.040
0.640
0.050
0.010
0.005K
00671
PHOS-OIS
ORTHO
MG/L P
C.005K
0.005K
0.005K

0.020
0.040
0.010
00665
PHOS-TOT

MG/L P
0.020
0.010K
0.040
0.460
0.060
0.260
0.040
   K  VALUE  KNOWN TO BE
   LESS THAN INDICATED

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STORET RETRIEVAL DATE 76/08/05
                                                                  3014F1
                                                                 45 01  40.0 106 5? 55.0 4
                                                                 YOUNGS CREEK
                                                                 30      7.5 PEARL SCHOOL
                                                                 T/TONGUE RIVER RESERVOIR 090291
                                                                 SEC AQ XING 1.5 MI NW OF PtARL SCHOOL
                                                                 11EPALES             2111204
                                                                  0000  FEET  DEPTH  CLASS 00
  DATE   TIME DEPTH N02&N03
  FROM    OF
   TO    DAY  FEET
74/10/05
74/11/12
74/12/04
75/01/02
75/03/2?
75/04/13
75/05/27
75/06/18
75/09/28
09 35
14 00
10 00
09 30
14 45
08 30
14 30
08 25
10 30
'0630
I&N03
OTAL
IG/L
0.016
0.064
0.064
0.308
0.175
0.155
0.250
0.230
0.005
00625
TOT KJEL
N
MG/L
1.300
0.800
0.800
3.200
0.850
1.^50
0.950
1.550
0.400
00610
IMH3-N
TOTAL
MG/L
0.165
3.145
0.015
0.152
0.045
0.030
0.020
0.055
0.010
00671
PnOS-DIS
ORTHO
MG/L P
0.035
0.010
0.010
0.015
0.035
0.025
0.035
0.030
0.015
00665
PHOS-TOT

MG/L P
0.075
0.030
0.040
0.030
0.120
0.110
0.280
0.150
0.060

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STORE! RETRIEVAL DATE  76/08/05
                                                                   3014XA           TF3014XA      P010000
                                                                  44  49  15.0  106  57 00.0  4
                                                                  SHERIDAN
                                                                  56      7.5 SHERIDAN
                                                                  T/TON6UE RIVEtf  RES.      090391
                                                                  GOOSE  CREEK
                                                                  11EPALES              214120H
                                                                   0000  FEET  DEPTH CLASS CO
DATE
FROM
TO
75/03/13
CP(T>-
75/03/13
75/05/06
75/07/16
CP(T>-
75/07/16
75/08/35
CP(T)-
75/08/35
75/13/15
CP(T>-
75/13/15
76/01/39
00630
TIME DEPTH N02&N03
OF N-TOTAL
DAY FEET MG/L
00

13
00
00

13
08

30
00

08
13
00

00
00
00

00
00

00
00

00
00

0

1

0


0


0

0

.600

.350

.400


.100


.350

.350
00625
TOT KJEL
N
MG/L

35.000

19.500

15.000


18.000


18.000

19.000
00610 00671 00665 50051 50053
NH3-N PHOS-DIS PHOS-TOT FLO* CONDUIT
TOTAL ORTHO RATE FLOw-MGO
MG/L MG/L P MG/L P INST MGD MONTHLY

9.130

3.300

1.600


5.100


3.900

4.800

4.370

3.700

2.&30


5.600


2.900

3.800

7.

4.

4.


7.


5.

5.

800

600

100


300


500

700

1.600

3.000

2.500


3.500


2.000

2.000

1.800

2.000

2.500


3.000


1.500

1.500

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