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Ecosystems Climate and Land-Use Change Water Natural Hazards Core Science Systems Energy and Minerals, and Environmental Health U.S. Geological Survey Mission Areas

Investigation of Suspended Sediment Concentrations in Jackson Creek Before and During Construction Activities: Presentation to the Carys Lake Home Owner’s Association January 14, 2014 Celeste Journey, Water-Quality Specialist U.S. Geological Survey South Carolina Water Science Center Columbia, SC

Concern Contacted by Alicia De Myher Referred by my Water Science Center director, Eric Strom Requested USGS input Concern of the Carys Lake Home Owner’s Association is the proposed construction of a new school in Jackson Creek watershed. Proposed site located immediately upstream of Carys Lake Proposed site drains to Little Jackson and Jackson Creeks Past school construction activities resulted in increased sediment deposition in Carys Lake. Uncertain that appropriate BMPs will be used to prevent a recurrence of the sediment issue in Carys Lake.

Proposed Construction Site

Requested Input Evaluation of what would be the best erosion prevention and sediment control Best Management Practices (BMP) Regulated by South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (SCDHEC) Options provided in the Storm Water Management BMP Field Manual OCRM_DHEC_FIELD_MANUAL.pdf. OCRM_DHEC_FIELD_MANUAL.pdf Outside of U.S. Geological Survey mission Evaluation of how effective any implemented BMPs were at reducing or preventing sediment erosion Monitoring of sediment Within the U.S. Geological Survey mission

USGS Mission Areas Understanding ecosystems and predicting ecosystem change—this science direction is designed to … monitor “biological and physical components... of ecosystems.” A water census for the United States—to, among other things, provide information and forecasts “of likely outcomes for water availability, water quality and aquatic ecosystem health caused by changes in land use and land cover...[and] natural and engineered infrastructure.” The U.S. Geological Survey South Carolina Water Science Center has had a presence in Gills Creek watershed since 1995 Surface-water monitoring of stream for nutrients, pesticides, suspended sediment, and aquatic biota for over 15 years Streamflow monitoring USGS Station

Proposed Construction Site

Windsor Lake Proposed Construction Site Carys Lake

Potential Approaches Bathymetric surveys of Carys Lake Pre-construction Post-construction PROs: quantifies impact to Carys Lake CONs: “damage” is already done Continuous turbidity monitors Installed prior to construction to obtain baseline conditions Provides real-time information to determine if suspended sediment concentrations have increased PROs: can set up “thresholds” that provide real-time warnings of increases in suspended sediment concentrations CONs: expensive Suspended sediment sampling and streamflow measurements in Jackson Creek PROs: Provide scientifically defensible data to determine if suspended sediment concentrations have increased CONs: Not as “real-time” as turbidity monitors

Potential Approaches Two possible suspended sediment monitoring approaches Before and During ~ 3 ½ years Data collection 1 year before and 1 year during construction at one site 1 year of data analysis and report writing Upstream and Downstream ~ 2 years 1 year of data collection at two sites (upstream/downstream) during construction 1 year of data analysis and report writing Same cost Timeline changes

Potential Approaches Two possible suspended sediment monitoring approaches Before and During ~ 3 ½ years Data collection 1 year before and 1 year during construction at one site 1 year of data analysis and report writing Upstream and Downstream ~ 2 years 1 year of data collection at two sites (upstream/downstream) during construction 1 year of data analysis and report writing Same cost Timeline changes

Windsor Lake Proposed Construction Site Possible sampling location Carys Lake

Proposed Approach BEFORE construction activities begin (Baseline Conditions) Streamflow measured at the time of sampling 10 samples are collected as depth- and width-integrated samples, not a grab Samples are analyzed for Total Suspended Solids (aka TSS) and Suspended Sediment Concentrations 50% of the samples target runoff conditions DURING construction activities (Impacted Conditions) Streamflow measured at the time of sampling 10 samples are collected as depth- and width-integrated samples, not a grab Samples are analyzed for Total Suspended Solids (aka TSS) and Suspended Sediment Concentrations 50% of the samples target runoff conditions

Depth- and Width-Integrated vs. Grab Samples

Products End of the year summary and data analysis Baseline conditions in Jackson Creek Construction-impacted conditions in Jackson Creek Statistical comparison of the two conditions U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report Publically accessible on website: Electronic datasets

Funding

QUESTIONS?