2006 aerial photograph of Nixon Bridge (SR 447) and the Truckee River.
| Location: |
Latitude N: 39.82929 Longitude W: 119.35696 Elevation: 3884 ft. Washoe County, NV; near SR 447 Nixon, NV 89424 Water 'grab' samples are collected 200 meters upstream from the bridge |
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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 on the lower Truckee River began in 1999. 'Grab' water samples are collected monthly at five locations on the lower Truckee River by WQ technicians. Water samples are processed as appropriate (filtered, preserved, analyzed) following protocols in the Tribe's Quality Assurance Project Plan.
Documents related to this location:
- Nixon Bridge Water Quality Data for 2007 and 2008 (68k PDF file)
- Nixon Bridge Water Quality Monitoring Graphs and Trends - 1999 - 2008 (85k PDF file)
- Links to other PDF documents related to this specifc monitoring site, including monitoring studies, planning documents, reports, PowerPoint and similar types of presentations, etc.
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Links to GIS data and maps of this location:
- Pyramid Lake Geographic Information Systems Program - This program develops maps and other GIS resources for the PLPT web site. This page also provides a GIS Data/Map Request Form.
- Link to any GIS data and map sources that may exist for this site.
Links to networking web site(s):
- Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe Water Quality Network - Visit this experimental interest network project that encourages web site users to exchange ideas, stories, images and place based map locations.
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