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Complexities of the Carters Lake TMDL Presented by: Jeremy Wyss, H.I.T. Tetra Tech Presented by: Jeremy Wyss, H.I.T. Tetra Tech 26th Annual Alabama Water Resources Conference September 6, 2012 26th Annual Alabama Water Resources Conference September 6, 2012
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USACE Peak Power Pump Storage Operation ≈450 feet deep Tallest Earthen Dam East of Mississippi River ≈520 Square Miles Headwaters of Coosa River Carters Lake System
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Year Coosawattee River at Georgia Highway 5 near Ellijay Mountaintown Creek at State Road 282 (US Hwy 76) near Ellijay Regulatory Limit (lb/year) 151,5008,000 200293,0362,734 2003106,62210,029 2004173,7487,006 2005248,49327,383 200685,3585,704 2007127,5772,714 2008127,5954,698 2009265,94819,658 TP – 8,000 pounds/year Mountaintown Creek at State Road 282 (US Hwy 76) near Ellijay TP – 151,500 pounds/year Coosawattee River at Georgia Highway 5 near Ellijay Watershed Standards
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Chlorophyll a 5 µg/L (growing season average) Mid Lake - Upstream from Woodring Branch Chlorophyll a 10 µg/L (growing season average) Upper Lake - Coosawattee River Embayment Mouth pH 6.0 – 9.5 TN 4.0 mg/L in photic zone TP 172,500 lbs or 0.46 lb/acft DO 5.0 mg/L (daily average) not less than 4 mg/L pH 6.0 – 9.5 TN 4.0 mg/L in photic zone TP 172,500 lbs or 0.46 lb/acft DO 5.0 mg/L (daily average) not less than 4 mg/L Whole Lake (Elevation 1072) Lake Standards
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Carters Modeling Models Outputs Water Surface Elevation Temperature and Dissolved Oxygen profiles Lake Concentrations (Chl-a, TN, NH3, NOx, OrgN, TP, PO4, OrgP, BOD5, DO, Temp) Subwatershed Flows Subwatershed Concentrations (Chl-a, TN, NH3, NOx, OrgN, TP, PO4, OrgP, BOD5, DO, Temp, TSS) EFDC Flows Temperatures Concentrations Carters Watershed Carters Lake LSPC Re-Reg Lake Re-Reg Watershed EFDC
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Watershed Hydrology Calibration
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Watershed Water Quality Calibration
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Lake Hydrodynamics Calibration
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Lake Water Quality Calibration
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Model Scenarios Baseline Model Calibration Full Permit Point Sources and Water withdrawals at full permit No Point Sources Point Sources and Water withdrawals removed All Forest (natural) All land use area converted to Forest Future Land use Land use processed with GLUT 2040 Reductions Land use and point source % reductions Baseline Model Calibration Full Permit Point Sources and Water withdrawals at full permit No Point Sources Point Sources and Water withdrawals removed All Forest (natural) All land use area converted to Forest Future Land use Land use processed with GLUT 2040 Reductions Land use and point source % reductions
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TMDL Status Modeling and scenario runs are completed (GAEPD reviewing) GAEPD/EPA looking into standard modifications Mountaintown Creek Total Phosphorus Lake Total Nitrogen Chlorophyll a GAEPD looking into standard establishment Talking Rock Creek Reregulation Reservoir Georgia Department of Natural Resources Board this fall Modeling and scenario runs are completed (GAEPD reviewing) GAEPD/EPA looking into standard modifications Mountaintown Creek Total Phosphorus Lake Total Nitrogen Chlorophyll a GAEPD looking into standard establishment Talking Rock Creek Reregulation Reservoir Georgia Department of Natural Resources Board this fall
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Next Steps Get TMDL approved Incorporate modeling results into Georgia State Water Plan Link Carters modeling to the GSWP Coosa River Basin model Investigate impacts on Coosa and Lake Weiss TMDL’s Get TMDL approved Incorporate modeling results into Georgia State Water Plan Link Carters modeling to the GSWP Coosa River Basin model Investigate impacts on Coosa and Lake Weiss TMDL’s
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Comments/Questions? Complexities of the Carters Lake TMDL Acknowledgements Dr. Elizabeth Booth, GAEPD Acknowledgements Dr. Elizabeth Booth, GAEPD
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