Pelicans feeding at Marble Bluff Dam.
| Location: |
Latitude N: 39.85303 Longitude W: 119.39949 Elevation: 3828 ft. Washoe County, NV, Near SR 447, Nixon, NV 89424 Water 'grab' samples are collected 100 meters downstream from Marble Bluff Dam |
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| Equipment: | Monthly 'spot' monitoring with a YSI 6920 multiparameter water quality sonde with temperature, specific conductance, pH, dissolved oxygen, salinity, tds, and turbidity. |
| Period of Record: | 1999 to present |
The Tribe's WQ monitoring program began in 1999 on the lower Truckee River. 'Grab' water samples are collected monthly at five locations on the lower Truckee River by WQ technicians. Water samples are processed, preserved, and analyzed following protocols in the Tribe's Quality Assurance Project Plan.
Documents related to this location:
- Marble Bluff Dam Water Quality Data for 2007 and 2008 (64k PDF file)
- Marble Bluff Dam and Fish Passage Facility - Interpretive Panels (4.8 MB PDF file)
- Marble Bluff Dam Water Quality Monitoring Graphs and Trends - 1999 - 2008 (90k PDF file)
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