Lower Boise River Watershed Advisory Group (WAG)

Watershed advisory groups (WAGs) are groups of interested citizens that provide local public input and guidance to DEQ during the development of water quality improvement plans or "Total Maximum Daily Loads" (TMDLs) for water bodies that fail to meet water quality standards. TMDLs are designed to reduce the levels of pollutants, such as bacteria and sediment, in impaired water bodies.

The Lower Boise River WAG was formed to develop and implement TMDLs to improve water quality in the Lower Boise River. DEQ will consult with WAG participants on a regular basis throughout the TMDL development and/or five-year review process.

Upcoming Meetings

Lower Boise Watershed Council
Thursday, January 12, 2017, 1 to 3 p.m.
DEQ State Office
1410 N. Hilton, Boise
Agenda

Review Documents

Water Quality Trading

Lower Boise River Water Quality Trading Watershed Framework - Concept Draft (September 30, 2016)
Framework TAC Comments on June 24, 2016 Draft
Lower Boise River Total Phosphorus Baseline: Evaluation of Baseline Options for Water Quality Trading (The Freshwater Trust, September 9, 2016)
Lower Boise River Technical Analysis (The Freshwater Trust, July 30, 2015)

Total Phosphorus and Sediment and Bacteria Addendums

Comments and Responses on Draft Total Phosphorus TMDL Addendum

Previous Draft Documents

Lower Boise River Subbasin 2015 Total Phosphorus Addendum - Draft Final (March 2015)
Lower Boise River Subbasin 2014 Total Phosphorus Addendum - Draft Final (v4) (January 2015)
Lower Boise River Subbasin 2014 Total Phosphorus Addendum - Draft Final (v3) (November 2014)
Draft Lower Boise River Subbasin 2013 Total Phosphorus Addendum (November 2013)
Draft Lower Boise River Subbasin 2014 Total Phosphorus Addendum (v2) (February 2014)
Lower Boise River Phosphorus: AQUATOX Model Report - Draft 1 (February 2014)
Lower Boise River Phosphorus: AQUATOX Model Report - Draft 2 (February 2014)
Lower Boise River AQUATOX Model Calibration Comments (February 2014)

Phosphorus

WAG/TAC Review Documents

Lower Boise Watershed Total Phosphorus TMDL Addendum Strategy Paper (October 24, 2012)
Memorandum: Benthic Chlorophyll-a Target Recommendation for the Lower Boise River Total Phosphorus TMDL
Video: Idaho Rivers United Investigates Algae Growth on the Flooded Boise River
Conditions at Glenwood Bridge: Photo 1 | Photo 2 | Photo 3 (Photos provided by Idaho Rivers United)
Idaho Power Comments on Recommended Lower Boise River Nuisance Algae Target
Idaho Conservation League Letter to DEQ
Idaho Rivers United Lower Boise River Phosphorus TMDL Target and Metric Recommendations
Nutrient Target Development: Approach for the Lower Boise River (City of Boise, 2012)
Lower Boise Phosphorus TMDL Target and Metric Recommendations
Total Phosphorus TMDL Target Recommendations
2008 Integrated Report: EPA Partial Approval/ Partial Disapproval Letter - 02/04/09

Technical Reports and Scientific Literature

Idaho Rivers United Comments on the Draft NPDES Permit for City of Boise West Boise Wastewater Treatment Facility
Scientific and Technical Basis of the Numeric Nutrient Criteria for Montana's Wadeable Streams and Rivers
Water Quality Criteria for Nutrients and Algae
Guidance for Implementing Wisconsin's Phosphorus Water Quality Standards for Point Source Discharges (Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, 2012)
Periphyton Nutrient Limitation and Maximum Potential Productivity in the Beaver Lake Basin (Ludwig, Matlock, Haggard, and Chaubey, 2012)
Response of Algal Biomass to Large-Scale Nutrient Controls in the Clark Fork River (Suplee, Watson, Dodds, and Shirley, 2012)
Seasonal Patterns in Nutrients, Carbon, and Algal Responses in Wadeable Streams Within Three Geographically Distinct Areas of the United States, 2007-08 (Lee, Lorenz, Petersen, and Greene, 2012)
Use of Biological Assessment in State Water Programs: Focus on Nutrients (Association of Clean Water Administrators, 2012)
Initial Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Algae References (2012)
Assessment Methodology for Determining Wadeable Stream Impairment Due to Excess Nitrogen and Phosphorus Levels (M. Suplee and R. Suplee, 2012)
Periphyton Standard Operating Procedure (Montana DEQ, 2011)
Standard Collection and Laboratory Analysis of Chlorophyll-a Standard Operation Procedure (Montana DEQ, 2011)
U.S. EPA Memorandum About State Nutrient Reductions (2011)
Using a Computer Water Quality Model to Derive Numeric Nutrient Criteria (Montana DEQ, 2011)
A Weight-of-Evidence Approach to Define Nutrient Criteria Protective of Aquatic Life in Large Rivers (Smith and Tran, 2010)
Ecological Responses to Nutrients in Streams and Rivers of the Colorado Mountains and Foothills (Lewis and McCutchan, 2010)
Nutrient Limitation of Biofilm Biomass and Metabolism in the Upper Snake River Basin (Marcarelli, Bechtold, Rugenski, and Inouye, 2009)
EPA Response to DEQ - Lower Boise River and Ham Creek (2009)
How Green is too Green? Public Opinion of What Constitutes Undesirable Algae Levels in Streams (Suplee, Watson, Teply, and McKee, 2009)
Assessment of Chlorophyll-a as a Criterion for Establishing Nutrient Standards in the Streams and Rivers of Illinois (Royer, David, Gentry, Mitchell, and Starks, 2008)
Water-Quality Conditions Near the Confluence of the Snake and Boise Rivers, Canyon County, Idaho(Wood and Etheridge, 2008)
Limiting Nutrients for Controlling Undesirable Periphyton Growth (Wilcock, Biggs, Death, Hickey, Larned, and Quinn, 2007)
How Green is My River? A New Paradigm of Eutrophication in Rivers (Hilton, O'Hare, Bowes, Jones, 2006)
Phosphorus and Suspended Sediment Load Estimates for the Lower Boise River, Idaho, 1994-2002 (Donato and MacCoy, 2005)
Water-Quality and Biological Conditions in the Lower Boise River, Ada and Canyon Counties, Idaho, 1994-2002 (MacCoy, 2004)
Evaluation of Chlorophyll a Nuisance Thresholds and Targets for the Southwest Snake River and Brownlee Reservoir (Hoelscher, 2002)
Nitrogen and Phosphorus Relationships to Benthic Algal Biomass in Temperate Streams(Dodds, Smith, and Lohman, 2002)
Revised Protocols for Sampling Algal, Invertebrate, and Fish Communities as Part of the National Water-Quality Assessment Program (Moulton II, Kennen, Goldstein, and Hambrook, 2002
Relationship Between Chlorophyll a and Beneficial Uses (CH2MHill Draft Memo, 2001)
Ambient Water Quality Criteria Recommendations: Information Supporting the Development of State and Tribal Nutrient Criteria (EPA, 2000)
Establishing Nutrient Criteria in Streams (Dodds and Welch, 2000)
Eutrophication of Streams and Rivers: Dissolved Nutrient-Chlorophyll Relationships for Benthic Algae (Biggs, 2000)
Clark Fork River Voluntary Nutrient Reduction Program (Tri-State Implementation Council, 1998)
Clark Fork River U.S. EPA TMDL Approval Letter (1998)
Suggested Classification of Stream Trophic State: Distributions of Temperate Stream Types by Chlorophyll, Total Nitrogen, and Phosphorus(Dodds, Jones, and Welch, 1998)
Water-Quality Conditions of the Lower Boise River, Ada and Canyon Counties, Idaho, May 1994 Through February 1997 (Mullins, 1998)
Developing Nutrient Targets to Control Benthic Chlorophyll Levels in Streams: A Case Study of the Clark Fork River (Dodds, Smith, and Zander, 1997)
Phosphorus-Chlorophyll Relationship in Temperate Streams and its Variation with Stream Catchment Area(Van Nieuwenhuyse and Jones, 1996)
Effects of Nutrient Enrichment and Flood Frequency on Periphyton
Biomass in Northern Ozark Streams (Lohman, Jones, and Perkins, 1992)
Nuisance Biomass Levels of Periphytic Algae in Streams (Welch, Jacoby, Horner, and Seeley, 1988)
Experimental Enrichment of a Coastal Stream in British Columbia: Effects of Organic and Inorganic Additions on Autotrophic Periphyton Production (Perrin, Bothwell, and Slaney, 1987)

Images and Waypoints

Sediment/Bacteria

Proposed Sediment Targets in the Lower Boise River Tributaries (DEQ, January 2013)
Proposed Sediment Targets for Indian Creek (Draft Technical Memorandum prepared by CH2M HILL)
- EPA Letter Commenting on CH2M Hill Technical Memorandum - 11/01/11
CH2M Hill Proposed Sediment Calculation
Water Quality Criteria for Freshwater Fish, J.S. Alabaster and R. Lloyd
Finely Divided Solids, J.S. Alabaster and R. Lloyd

Sediment Information

Scientific Research

An Experimental Test of the Effects of Inorganic Sediment Addition on Benthic Macroinvertebrates of a Subtropical Stream (Marlon de Castro Vasconcelos and Adriano Melo)
Biological Effects of Fine Sediment in the Lotic Environment (Paul J. Wood and Patrick D. Armitage)
The Biological Effects of Suspended and Bedded Sediment (SABS) in Aquatic Systems: A Review (Walter Berry, Norman Rubenstein, Brian Melzian, and Brian Hill)
Can Stormwater BMPs Remove Bacteria? New Findings from the International Stormwater BMP Database (Jane Clary, Jonathan Jones, Ben Urbonas, Marcus Quigley, Eric Strecker, and Todd Wagner)
Channel Suspended Sediment and Fisheries: A Synthesis for Quantitative Assessment of Risk and Impact (Newcombe and Jensen, 1996)
Clean Water Services DNA Fingerprinting of Bacteria Sources in the Tualatin Sub-basin
Developing Water Quality Criteria for Suspended and Bedded Sediments (SABS) (U.S. EPA)
Direct and indirect effects of sediment pulse duration on stream invertebrate assemblages and rainbow trout and survival (E. Shaw and John Richardson)
Ecological Studies of Aquatic Organisms in the Mackenzie and Porcupine River Drainages in Relation to Sedimentation (Rosenberg and Snow)
Effect of silt, water and periphyton quality on survival and growth of the mayfly (Edwin Peeters, Bart Brugmans, John Beijer, and Rob Franken)
Effects of Sediment Addition on Macrobenthic Invertegrates in a Northern Canadian River (David Rosenberg and Allen Wiens)
Effects of Sediment on the Aquatic Environment: Potential NRCS Actions to Improve Aquatic Habitat (Janine Castro and Frank Reckendorf)
Effects of Sedimentation and Turbidity on Lotic Food Webs: A Concise Review for Natural Resource Managers (W.F. Henley, M.A. Patterson, R.J. Neves; and A. Dennis Lemly)
Environmental effects of sediment on New Zealand streams: A review (Paddy Ryan)
Fine-Grained Sediment in River Systems: Environmental Significance and Management Issues (P.N. Owens et al)
Fine Inorganic Sediment Effects on Stream Macroinvertebrates(Christina D. Relyea)
Guide to Selection of Sediment Targets for Use in Idaho TMDLs (DEQ)
The Effect of Inorganic Sediment on Stream Biota (Gammon)
Industrial Stormwater Permits Guidance on Establishing Natural or Background Conditions (DEQ guidance)
Habitat Suitability Information: Rainbow Trout (Raleigh, Hickman, Solomon, and Nelson, 1984)
Influence of Fine Sediment on Macroinvertebrate Colonization of Surface and Hyporheic Stream Substrates (Carl Richards and Kermit Bacon)
The Influences of Inorganic Sediment on the Aquatic Life of Streams, (Almo Cordone and Don Kelley)
Landscapes and Riverscapes: The Influence of Land Use on Stream Ecosystems (J. David Allen)
Literature review: Biotic and abiotic factors affecting the distribution of freshwater macroinvertegrates (Letort Vanessa)
Mayflies and the assessment of ecological integrity: a methodological approach (Ernst Bauernfeind and Otto Moog)
Meeting Report: Knowledge and Gaps in Developing Microbian Criteria for Inland Recreational Waters (Dorevitch, Ashbolt, Ferguson, Fujiok, McGee, Soller, and Whitman)
Monitoring Discharge and Suspended Sediment, Reynolds Creek Experimental Watershed, Idaho, USA (Frederick B. Pierson, Charles W. Slaughter, and Zane K. Cram)
Proposed Sediment Targets for Indian Creek (Draft Technical Memorandum prepared by CH2M HILL)
Protecting sediment-sensitive aquatic species in mountain streams through the application of biologically based streambed sediment criteria, (Sandra Bryce, Gregg Lomnicky, and Phillip Kaufmann)
Review of Published Studies to Characterize Relative Risks from Different Sources of Fecal Contamination in Recreational Water (U.S. EPA)
Review of UKTAG Proposed Standard for Suspended Solids (APEM Aquatic Scientists)
Sediment Effects on Macroinvertebrates Implications for the Indian Creek Sediment Target (Technical Memorandum prepared by CH2M Hill)
Selected Recreational Water Epidemiology Studies Based on Nonwastewater Effluent Sources of Fecal Contamination (U.S. EPA)
Suspended Solids and Turbidity Requirements of Freshwater Aquatic Life and Example Relationship Between TSS (mg/L) and Turbidity (NTUs) for a Treated Municipal Effluent (Robertson-Bryan)
Stream Insects as Bioindicators of Fine Sediment (Christina Relyea, G. Wayne Minshall, and Robert Danehy)
Understanding the influence of suspended solids on water quality and aquatic biota (G.S. Bilotta and R.E. Brazier)
Water Purity Standards for Fresh-Water Fishes (J.A. Krug and Albert Day)

Draft Lower Boise River Tributaries TMDL: 2014 Addendum (November 2014)
Estimates of Impacts on Lower Boise Valley Drain Discharge with Elimination of Gravity Irrigation (ERO Resources Corporation)

Previous Meetings

Watershed Council and TAC Meetings

Date: Materials
November 10, 2016: Agenda; Lower Boise River Monitoring Update: Water Year 2016 (USGS presentation)
September 8, 2016: Agenda
July 14, 2016: Agenda
June 9, 2016: Agenda; Category 4b Summary for the Nutrient Impaired Tributaries in the Lower Boise River Watershed; Indian Creek Temperature TMDL Strategy Paper
May 12, 2016: Agenda
April 14, 2016: Agenda
March 10, 2016: Agenda
February 11, 2016: Agenda
February 10, 2016: Agenda
January 14, 2016: Agenda
November 12, 2015: Agenda
October 8, 2015: Agenda
September 10, 2015: Agenda
July 9, 2015: Agenda
June 11, 2015: Minutes (draft)
May 14, 2015: Agenda
April 9, 2015: Lower Boise River TP TMDL - LBWC Update
March 19, 2015: Agenda; Additonal Scenarios for the Lower Boise River AQUATOX Model of the Total Phophorus/Periphyton Relationship; Lower Boise River Total Phosphorus TMDL Update; Authorized Nonstormwater Table and Definitions
March 12, 2015: Agenda
February 12, 2015: Agenda; Lower Boise River Total Phosphorus TMDL - Update
January 21, 2015 - TAC: Agenda; Draft Lower Boise River Subbasin Assessment and Total Maximum Daily Load (DEQ presentation)
January 8, 2015: Agenda; Draft Lower Boise Tributaries: 2014 Addendum of the Sediment and E. Coli TMDLs; Draft Lower Boise River Subbasin Assessment and Total Maximum Daily Load: 2015 Total Phosphorus TMDL Addendum for the Lower Boise River, Mason Creek, and Sand Hollow Creek
December 11, 2014: Agenda; Agricultural Reuse: Wastewater and Drain Water Preliminary Outline; Lower Boise River Total Phosphorus TMDL Update
December 4, 2014 - TAC: Agenda
November 20, 2014 - TAC: Agenda
October 9, 2014: Agenda; TP TMDL Update
September 24, 2014 - TAC: Agenda; Draft Allocation Tables
September 11, 2014: Agenda; Minutes; 2012 and 2013 Results: 10 Contracts Funded Each Fiscal Year; Draft Work Plan for the Assessment of Water Quality and Biological Communities in the Lower Boise River and Selected Tributaries; TP TMDL Update (via email); Lower Boise River and Tributaries Applied BMPs and Inventory (presentation by Kari Pappani, Idaho State Soil and Water Conservation Commission); Agricultural BMP's in Canyon County (presentation by Robin Hadeler, Canyon Soil Conservation District)
July 30, 2014 - TAC: Agenda; Modeling Development for the LBR Total Phosphorus TMDL (presentation by DEQ)
July 10, 2014: Agenda; Minutes; TP TMDL Update; Lower Boise River Monitoring Options FY15; Signature Page
June 12, 2014: Agenda; TP TMDL Update
May 29, 2014 - TAC: Agenda; Minutes; Periphyton Table; Perspectives on Selecting Aquatox Model Conditions (presentation by Michael Kasch)
May 8, 2014: Agenda; Periphyton Table; TP TMDL Update; Municipal Wastewater At A Glance (presentation)
April 24, 2014 - TAC: Draft Agenda; Model-Techno-Policy Workgroup Update (presentation by DEQ)
April 10, 2014: Agenda; Map; TP TMDL Update; Draft Duration Curves for Parma; Draft May-September Load Allocation Tables
April 3, 2014 - TAC: Agenda; Draft Duration Curves for Parma; Draft May-September Load Allocation Tables; Draft May-September Load Allocation Analysis (presentation by DEQ)
March 13, 2014: Agenda; Lower Boise River Total Phosphorus AQUATOX Vote Memo; DEQ LBR TP TMDL - LBWC Update; EPA Calibration Comments; Jonathan Clough and Dick Park Model Comments; AQUATOX Model Calibration for the LBR TP TMDL (presentation by DEQ); AQUATOX (presentation by City of Boise)
February 26, 2014 - TAC: AQUATOX Model Calibration for the LBR TP TMDL (presentation by DEQ)
February 13, 2014: Agenda
USGS Monitoring Update (presentation by USGS); TP TMDL - LBWC Update
January 23, 2014 - TAC: Draft Agenda
AQUATOX Model Calibration for the LBR TP TMDL (presentation by Troy Smith and Darcy Sharp, DEQ)
January 9, 2014: Agenda
TP TMDL - LBWC Update
November 14, 2013: Agenda
October 24, 2013 - TAC: Agenda (draft); LBR TP TMDL AQUATOX Modeling Discussion (presentation by Troy Smith, DEQ)
October 10, 2013: Agenda
September 26, 2013: Agenda; TP TMDL Update and Chl a Target Refinement (presentation by Troy Smith, DEQ); Revised Target Recommendations for AQUATOX Modeling and TMDL
September 12, 2013: Agenda; Draft Mass Balance Scenarios; Revised Target Recommendations for AQUATOX Modeling and TMDL
August 22, 2013 - TAC: Agenda (draft); Target Recommendations for AQUATOX Modeling; Municipal WWTF Considerations (presentation by Kate Harris, City of Boise); LA and WLA Discussion Materials
July 25, 2013 - TAC: Agenda (draft); Allocation Development Discussion; Total Phosphorus Mass Balance Model Sensitivity: Lower Boise River - Week of August 20, 2012; Summary of Simulation Inputs to the Predictive Total Phosphorus Mass Balance Model of the Boise River; Municipal/Industrial Wastewater Treatment Facilities Work Group: Draft Framework for Allocations for Mainstem Lower Boise River Phosphorus TMDL
April 25, 2013 - TAC: Agenda (draft); Phosphorus and Effluent Trading Discussion (Presentation by Scott Koberg, Ada SWCD); Best Management Practice Effectiveness on Phosphorus Removal from Field Surface Irrigation Return Flows; Proposed Best Management Practices to be Applied in the Lower Boise River Effluent Trading Demonstration Project (Carter, 2002)
April 11, 2013: Agenda (draft); Lower Boise River TP TMDL Adjusted Timeline - April 9, 2013 (draft); Mass Balance Model Data; Groundwater Gains and Losses - August
July 11, 2013: Agenda; Recommendations of the Bylaws Subcommittee to the Lower Boise Watershed Council Board of Directors; LA and WLA Discussion Materials for July 11, 2013 LBWC Meeting
June 27, 2013 - TAC: Agenda
June 13, 2013: Phosphorus Allocation for Nampa Plant (presentation by Sorrento Lactalis, Inc.); Notes on Boise Total Phosphorus TMDL (presentation by Jack Harrison); DEQ Use of the USGS Mass Balance Model Point Paper; Agenda
May 23, 2013 - TAC: Modeling Status Update (presentation by HDR Engineering, Inc.); Summary of AQUATOX Modeling for the Lower Boise River; Agenda
May 9, 2013: Agenda
May 2, 2013 - Load and Wasteload Allocations: Summary of Allocation Options and Examples in Idaho (presentation by Tom Dupuis)
April 4, 2013 - TAC: Agenda (draft); Snake River/Hells Canyon TMDL; Bear River/Malad River TMDL; Portneuf River TMDL; Clark Fork River Voluntary Nutrient Reduction Program; WI Guidance for TP Point Source Discharges; Oregon's 2010 Integrated Report 303d listing for Phytoplankton in the Snake River/Hell's Canyon Complex; Lower Boise River TP TMDL Adjusted Timeline - April 3, 2013 (draft); DEQ TMDL Template Example
March 14, 2013: Agenda; Preliminary Fivemile and Tenmile Creek 2012 Water Quality Sampling Results (Jack Harrison presentation); Fifteenmile Creek Data; Proposal to Modify the Lower Boise River Total Phosphorus TMDL, Benthic Chlorophyll-a Target Period Based on Additional Analyse
February 28, 2013 - TAC: Agenda (draft); Benthic Chlorophyll-a Target – Applicable Timeframe (DEQ presentation); Total Phosphorus Mass Balance Model (USGS presentation); Lower Boise River Total Phosphorus Chlorophyll-a Target Addendum
February 14, 2013 - WAG: Agenda; Benthic Chlorophyll-a Target-Applicable Timeframe (DEQ presentation); Proposal to Modify the Benthic Cholorphyll-a Target Period for the Lower Boise River Total Phosphorus TMDL: July 1 - November 30 with additional modeling
January 24, 2013 - WAG and TAC: Agenda (draft); Benthic Chlorophyll-a Target-Applicable Timeframe (DEQ presentation); Total Phosphorum Mass Balance Model - Lower Boise River (USGS presentation); 2012 Integrated Report: Assessment Unit-Cause Combinations Delisted; Water Quality Data for Tributaries to the Lower Boise River for Consideration in the Draft 2012 Integrated Repor t; Category 1: Waters Wholly within Wilderness or Roadless Areas Where Standards are Presumed to be Attained; Category 2: Waters Attaining Some Standards; Category 3: Waters with Insufficient Data to Determine if Any Standards are Attained; Category 4a: EPA Approved TMDLs; Category 4b: Impaired Waters Expected to Meet Standards; Category 4c: Waters Impaired by Pollution, Not a Pollutant; Category 5: Impaired Waters Needing a TMDL; New Listings to Category 5 for the 2012 Cycle
January 10, 2013: Memorandum: Benthic Chlorophyll-a Target Recommendation for the Lower Boise River Total Phosphorus TMDL; Agenda (draft); Proposed Sediment Targets in the Lower Boise River Tributaries (DEQ, January 2013); Plans for 2013 Integrated Report (presentation)
January 3, 2013 - TAC: Total Phosphorus TMDL Target Development (presentation); Agenda (draft); Target Selection Point Paper
November 29, 2012 - TAC: Total Phosphorus TMDL Target Development (presentation); Agenda (draft); Sediment Targets in the Boise River Tributaries (presentation); 1999 Lower Boise River Sediment Target Summary (presentation)
October 11, 2012: Sediment and Nutrient Reductions in Constructed Water Quality Ponds (presentation)
September 27, 2012 - TAC: Perspectives on Selecting Water Quality Targets and Allocations (presentation)
August 23, 2012 - TMDL TAC: Lower Boise River TMDL Target and Metric Identification & Assessment Process (draft); Total Phosphorus TMDL Overview of Strategy (presentation)
July 26, 2012 - TMDL TAC: Lower Boise Watershed Phosphorus TMDL Addendum Strategy Paper (draft); Lower Boise Watershed Tributary TMDL Addendum Strategy Paper (draft)
July 19, 2012 - TAC: Agenda
June 14, 2012 - TAC: Minutes
April 12, 2012: Minutes (draft)
Attendance List
Proxy Form
April 6, 2012 - TAC: Lower Boise River Phosphorus TMDL (Presentation by Lauri Monnot, DEQ)
Boise River Phosphorus TMDL (Presentation by Lance Holloway, DEQ)
What Does USGS Research Tell Us About Phosphorus in the Boise River? (Presentation by Alexandra Etheridge, USGS)
March 16, 2012: Elements of a TMDL (Handout); Pollutant Trading 101 (Handout)

Water Quality Trading TAC

Date: Materials
June 16, 2016: Agenda; Water Quality Trading Framework Update (Willamette Partnership presentation)
April 27, 2016: Action Items; Meeting #3: Foundations of Revising the Lower Boise River Water Quality Trading Framework (presentation); Meeting #3: Foundations of Revising the Lower Boise River Water Quality Trading Framework; Lower Boise River Technical Analysis (The Freshwater Trust)
March 28, 2016: Agenda; Action Items; Meeting #2: Foundations of Revising the Lower Boise River Water Quality Trading Framework (presentation); Meeting #2: Foundations of Revising the Lower Boise River Water Quality Trading Framework; Concept Draft
March 1, 2016: Agenda; Water Quality Trading Notes; Action Items; Meeting #1: Foundations of Revising the Lower Boise River Water Quality Trading Framework; Meeting #1: Foundations of Revising the Lower Boise River Water Quality Trading Framework (presentation)

319 TAC Meetings

Date: Materials
October 4, 2016: Agenda
September 1, 2016: Agenda; Minutes
July 7, 2016: Agenda
June 2, 2016: Agenda
May 5, 2016: Agenda
April 7, 2016: Agenda
March 3, 2016: Agenda
January 14, 2016: Agenda
October 8, 2015: Agenda
September 10, 2015: Agenda
June 11, 2015: Agenda
May 14, 2015: Agenda
Minutes
April 9, 2015: Agenda
Minutes
March 12, 2015: Agenda
January 8, 2015: Agenda
October 9, 2014: Minutes
July 10, 2014: Agenda
June 12, 2014: Agenda
May 8, 2014: Agenda; Minutes
April 10, 2014: Agenda
May 9, 2013: Agenda

Modeling Work Session and Technical Policy Meetings

Date: Materials
July 23, 2014: Summary; Estimated Municipal Wastewater Treatment Level Performance
July 9, 2014: Summary; Characterizing Point Source Phosphorus for the Lower Boise River Total Maximum Daily Load and Aquatox Water Quality Modeling
June 11, 2014: Summary; AQUATOX Model Scenarios Memo
May 28, 2014: Summary; Perspectives on Selecting Aquatox Model Conditions (presentation by Michael Kasch)
May 14, 2014: Summary; Periphyton Table
April 30, 2014: Summary; AQUATOX Model 13-Segment Diagram; Periphyton Table
April 15, 2014: Summary
February 18, 2014: Summary
January 21, 2014: Summary
December 19, 2013: Summary; Lower Boise River AQUATOX Modeling (presentation by DEQ)
December 3, 2013: Summary; Lower Boise River AQUATOX Model Updates (presentation by DEQ)
November 26, 2013: Summary; Lower Boise River AQUATOX Model Updates (presentation by DEQ)
November 5, 2013: Summary; Model Uncertainty: Reporting Error of Surface Water Models (presentation by DEQ)
October 22, 2013: Summary
September 24, 2013: Summary; Lower Boise River AQUATOX Model Primer
September 10, 2013: Summary; Questions/Action Items for AQUATOX Model Calibration; Lower Boise River AQUATOX Model Segments 2-8
September 3, 2013: Summary; Questions/Action Items for AQUATOX Model Calibration
August 27, 2013: Summary; Questions/Action Items for AQUATOX Model Calibration; LBR TP TMDL Modeling Decision Log; Periphyton and Substrate Modeling
August 13, 2013: Summary; Questions/Action Items for AQUATOX Model Calibration; LBR TP TMDL Modeling Decision Log
August 6, 2013: Summary; Questions/Action Items for AQUATOX Model Calibration; Periphyton Visual Assessment (Presentation by DEQ)
July 23, 2013: Summary; Questions/Action Items for AQUATOX Model Calibration; Modeling Decision Log; Biological Assessment of the Lower Boise River, October 1995 Through January 1998
July 16, 2013: Summary; Questions/Action Items for AQUATOX Model Calibration; Fifteenmile Creek Flow Draft Memo
July 9, 2013: Summary; Questions/Action Items for AQUATOX Model Calibration; AQUATOX Modeling of Attached Algae
July 2, 2013: Summary; Questions/Action Items for AQUATOX Model Calibration; Water Quality Monitoring Report Lower Boise River and Snake River Tributaries April 24 through October 9, 2008; The Freshwater Trust: Thermal Uplift Estimates
June 25, 2013: Summary; Questions/Action Items for AQUATOX Model Calibration; Modeling Decision Log
June 18, 2013: Summary; Questions/Action Items for AQUATOX Model Calibration
June 11, 2013: Summary; Steps for Modeling Phytoplankton Chl a in Boise River?
May 28, 2013: Notes on Modeling Periphyton; Addendum to "Use of Periphytic Chlorophyll a in Application of AQUATOX in the Lower Boise River TMDL Analysis"; Calibration and Model Acceptance: Proposed Goals (presentation by DEQ); 1-Step or 2-Step Normalization and Deconstruction of Periphyton Data (presentation by Jack Harrison)
May 14, 2013: Summary; Potential NPDES Permits and WQ Data to be Included in Model Scenarios for WLAs; Reach Habitat Info Mockup; Use of Periphytic Chlorophyll a in Application of AQUATOX in the Lower Boise River TMDL Analysis
April 30, 2013: Summary; Lower Boise TMDL Modeling Decision Log; General Periphyton Data Questions (presentation); Lower Boise NPDES Permits; Lower Boise River Periphyton Controls; Pebble and Shade Normalization Example; Periphyton Biomass Per Unit Area
April 23, 2013: Summary; Lower Boise TMDL Modeling Decision Log; Lower Boise River Periphyton Community Composition Analysis (March 2007); Periphyton Community Analysis Summary: Boise River Study (March 2007); Phytoplankton Community Analysis: Boise River at Parma (March 2007); A Study of the Diatom Flora of Boise River, Idaho (Spring 2007); Modeling Algae with AQUATOX (Richard Park)
April 16, 2013: Summary; Aquatox Model Segmentation Diagram; Lower Boise Aquatox Model Segmentation; Preliminary Comments on Segmentation (Jack Harrison, HyQual); Lower Boise TMDL Modeling Decision Log; March 20, 2013 WERF Webinar: Modeling Approaches to Developing Site Specific Nutrient Goals, Criteria, and Management
April 9, 2013: Summary; Workgroup Documents
April 2, 2013: Summary; Agenda (draft); EPA AQUATOX Technical Note 1: A Calibrated Parameter Set for Simulation of Algae in Shallow Rivers; Initial Four-Segment AQUATOX Run on the Lower Boise River; EPA AQUATOX: Modeling Environmental Fate and Ecological Effects in Aquatic Ecosystems User's Manual
March 21, 2013: Agenda (draft); Scenarios
February 21, 2013: Agenda (draft); Potential AQUATOX Applications for Lower Boise TP TMDL Modeling (presentation); Modeling LBR Periphyton (attached algae) ... Some Background (presentation); QUAL2Kw (presentation)
January 17, 2013: Fresh Science for CWA Section 304(a)(1) Responsibility; Total Phosphorus Mass Balance Model - Lower Boise River (USGS presentation); Agenda (draft); Mass Balance Model Data; Map: Synoptic Sites
November 28, 2012: Boise River: Total Phosphorus Mass Balance Model (presentation); Agenda (draft); Summary of Previous Lower Boise River Water Quality Modeling (presentation); U.S. EPA NPDES Permit Modification for the West Boise Wastewater Treatment Facility (fact sheet)

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