Tributary Water Quality 1984_1985
- Published:
- September 1, 1987
- Originator:
- Chesapeake Bay Program; Virginia Water control Board
In the summer of 1984, the Environmental Protection Agency, the commonwealth of Virginia and State of Maryland instituted the mainstem water quality monitoring programs to study the Chesapeake Bay. During this period the Commonwealth of Virginia also developed and instituted the Tributary Water Quality Monitoring Program. This program will complement the efforts within the mainstem of the Bay and provide vital information about the James, York, and Rappahannock Rivers as well as some of their major tributaries. During the 1984-1986 biennium, Virginia also initiated plankton and benthic monitoring programs in the mainstem and tributaries. The benthic program samples eleven tributary and five mainstem stations four time per year. The plankton probram samples six tributary and seven mainstem stations up to twenty times per year. All of the station sampled under the biological programs are also monitored for water quality, thus allowing for the integration of water quality information with the biological data.