About

The Water Quality Team is responsible for monitoring and evaluating water quality in the 20 reservoirs and 542 river miles of the Ohio River that are within the Louisville District civil works boundaries. This effort includes measurement of selected physical, chemical, and biological parameters at river and lake project stations.

Biological assessments of water quality, including benthic macroinvertebrates from inflow and tailwater stations, are monitored for each lake project to provide information regarding short and long term trends in water quality conditions not readily detectable based on measurements of physical and chemical parameters alone. Also, routine phytoplankton analyses as well as harmful algal bloom (HAB) monitoring are performed at the projects within the Louisville District civil works boundaries. 

Lake project personnel take frequent and regular measurements of temperature and dissolved oxygen at the dam site during lake stratification (Spring to Fall), which are made available on the Lake Profiles page.