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WLRD Science Seminar Sammamish River Water Quality Model Status Report November 19, 2002
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Sammamish-Washington Analysis and Modeling Program
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Sammamish River Model
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Sammamish River Basins
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CE-QUAL-W2 Model 2-D model Laterally averaged No zooplankton, macrophytes, sediment diagenesis Epiphyton and riparian shade model added recently
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Background Initially developed by Seattle Corps Corps contractor updated model Corps transferred model to King County
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Model State Variables Indicator Bacteria Inorganic Suspended Solids Nutrients (N,P,Si) Labile and Refractory Organic Matter Dissolved Oxygen Algae Alkalinity/Inorganic Carbon
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Model Derived Variables Total, Particulate, and Dissolved Org. C Analytical nutrient forms (e.g., TP, TKN) Total Suspended Solids Chlorophyll a Dissolved Oxygen Saturation pH
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Hydrodynamic Output Temperature Horizontal and Vertical Velocity Density
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Model Calibration Steps Water Balance/Hydraulics Temperature Water Quality Conservative constituents Nutrients DO/pH Light penetration Phytoplankton Start
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Model Data Needs Bathymetry Meteorology Gaged tributary quantity and quality Ungaged inflow quantity and quality Calibration data (quantity/quality)
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Data Sources Bathymetry (HEC model cross sections) Meteorology (Sea-Tac, UW, Sand Point NOAA) Hydrology and stream temperature (WLRD, USGS, Snohomish Co., USACOE) Water quality data (WLRD, Ecology) Water surface elevations (USACOE, Reuse study)
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Sammamish River X-Sections
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Meteorological Data Sources
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Stream Gaging Locations
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Lake Washington Water Surface Elevation Kenmore
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ACOE 1999 Temperature Study Stations
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King County Temperature Stations
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Forward-Looking Infrared Study - September 2, 1999 - March 23, 2000
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Forward-Looking Infrared Study September 2, 1999
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Model Setup
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Model Grid
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Model Calibration
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Sammamish River Recon August 30, 2001
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Ongoing Temperature Monitoring
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Ongoing Water Surface Profiling
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Shade Inputs
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Water Quality Model Development
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Water Quality Locators Prior to Year 2000
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Ecology Sampling Locations 08B070 08B110
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Water Quality Locators >=Year 2000
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Water Quality Model Boundary Conditions
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Water Quality Model Results
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Water Quality Model Diurnal DO and pH Fluctuations
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Recommendations Groundwater data collection Ungaged tributary input refinement River water surface elevations/travel time studies Mainstem river temperature data collection Additional mainstem water quality stations including storm sampling and chl a meas. Tributary organic carbon monitoring Continuous DO/pH monitoring
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Model Calibration Steps Water Balance/Hydraulics Temperature Water quality –Conservative constituents –Nutrients –DO/pH –Light penetration –Phytoplankton Revisit temperature and repeat water quality
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Model State Variables Total dissolved solids Multiple arbitrary constituents –Conservative tracer –Residence time –Indicator bacteria Ammonium Nitrate Dissolved inorganic P Dissolved silica Particulate biogenic silica Multiple inorganic suspended solids Total iron Labile DOM Refractory DOM Labile POM Refractory POM Multiple CBOD groups Multiple algal groups Dissolved oxygen Total inorganic carbon Alkalinity
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Model Derived Variables Total, dissolved, and particulate organic carbon Total, dissolved, and particulate organic nitrogen Total Kjedahl nitrogen Total nitrogen Total, dissolved, and particulate organic P Total suspended solids Total inorganic suspended solids Dissolved oxygen saturation Algal production Chlorophyll a Total algal biomass pH Carbon dioxide Bicarbonate Carbonate
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Hydrodynamic Output Horizontal and vertical velocity Temperature Density Vertical eddy viscosity Vertical shear stress Advection of vertical momentum Advection of longitudinal momentum Longitudinal momentum Horizontal density gradient Horizontal pressure gradient Shear at top of layer Shear at the bottom of layer Gravity term due to channel slope
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Model Data Needs Channel cross sections/bathymetry Meteorology (air temp, dew point, wind, clouds, observed solar radiation) Measured tributary inflow quantity and quality Unmeasured (including gw?) inflow quantity and quality Calibration data (quantity/quality)
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Water Quality Boundary Conditions TDS = 0.55 x Spec. Cond. Dissolved silica = 7.2 mg/L Particulate biogenic silica = 2.0 mg/L Ammonium, nitrate, diss. P from observations TIC from pH and alkalinity measurements Inorganic suspended solids = TSS - POM* *POM = Particulate organic matter …but organic carbon concentration not measured
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Water Quality Boundary Conditions Assume tributary TOC = 5 mg/L Assume 40 % of organic matter is carbon Assume 90 % of TOC is dissolved Assume 30 % of TOC is labile Therefore: –LDOM = TOC x 2.5 x 0.9 x 0.3 –RDOM = TOC x 2.5 x 0.9 x 0.7 –LPOM = TOC x 2.5 x 0.1 x 0.3 –RPOM = TOC x 2.5 x 0.1 x 0.7
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Water Quality Boundary Conditions Assume three algal groups (diatoms, greens, blue-greens) for initial modeling Assume algae contributed only at the upstream boundary with Lake Sammamish Assume conversion of chlorophyll a to algal biomass (mg/L) = chl a (µg/L) x 0.065 Assume fraction of influent algal biomass that is: Diatoms = 0.5 Greens = 0.3 Blue-greens = 0.2
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