Lake owners with Phase II or LQMP projects shall carry out a
limited lake monitoring program for at least one year after all protection or
restoration practices have been implemented. This program, as specified and
agreed upon with the Agency in the final Phase I report, shall be conducted to
allow for an evaluation of pre- and post-implementation lake conditions. Upon
completion of the post-implementation monitoring program, the lake owner shall
prepare a final report that discusses project implementation and results. The
final report shall, at a minimum, include the topics and be organized according
to the following format, and shall be submitted to the Agency on the date
established in the financial assistance agreement:
a) An Executive Summary section;
b) An Introduction section;
c) A Materials and Methods section, including
the following:
1) A description of the
implementation program, including both watershed and in-lake treatments
implemented;
2) A description of
pre- and post-implementation water quality sampling and analysis procedures,
including:
A) physiochemical and limnological
data collection;
B) chlorophyll and
phytoplankton data collection; and
C) other applicable data
collection;
3) A
description of the methods used to calculate a hydrologic budget;
4) A description of the methods used to
calculate a nutrient budget;
5) A
description of the methods used to calculate a sediment budget;
6) A description of data analysis procedures,
including how data were grouped into pre- and post-implementation periods and
how data were analyzed;
d) A Results and Discussion section,
including:
1) An analysis of the watershed
implementation program;
2) An
analysis of the in-lake implementation program pertaining to:
A) dissolved oxygen and
temperature;
B) alkalinity, pH and
conductivity;
C) Secchi
transparency and suspended solids;
D) nutrients;
E) chlorophyll;
F) phytoplankton; and
G) other applicable parameters;
3) An analysis of pre- and
post-implementation hydrologic budgets;
4) An analysis of pre- and
post-implementation nutrient budgets; and
5) An analysis of pre- and
post-implementation sediment budgets;
e) A Conclusions and Recommendations
section;
f) A References
section;
g) An Appendices
section.
