Project Goals/Objectives: The proposed project will collect 20 water samples and streamflow measurements at each monitoring site within the Brushy Creek watershed monthly. Together with the 18 samples collected through the on-going Brushy Creek monitoring project, we will have 38 pairs of E. coli and instantaneous streamflow measurements for both monitoring sites. The non-zero streamflow and E. coli measurements will be used to estimate the amount of bacteria load that need to be reduced under different flow conditions, e.g., low flows, dry condition, mid-range flows, and high flows, to meet the 126 cfu/100 mL primary contact recreation use I criterion.
Project Location: Williamson and Milam Counties
Project Partners: TSSWCB and TWRI
Total Costs: $99,654
Project Workplan: 24-53
Project QAPP: 24-53