Our staff preparing to collect a water sample, and deploy the YSI sonde in the Tile Drain to record water quality monitoring data (temp, pH, DO, Specific Cond, TDS, Salinity).
Our staff using the YSI sonde to record water quality monitoring data.| Location: |
Latitude N: 39.66806 Longitude W: 119.27055 Elevation: 4025 ft. Washoe County, NV, Near Hill Ranch Rd., Wadsworth, NV 89442 Monthly water samples and in-situ stream measurements are taken when site is accessable. |
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| Equipment: | A YSI 6920 multiparameter water quality sonde is used to obtain temperature, specific conductance, pH, dissolved oxygen, salinity, tds, and turbidity. |
| Period of Record: | 2000 to present. |
In the early 1980's, the Bureau of Indian Affairs installed tile drains to lower the water table to allow more fields to come into (alfalfa) production in the lower Wadsworth area. These soils are high in pH, alkalinity, and other minerals. As a result, the 'drain' water is higher in TDS, specific conductivity, and nitrogen than that of the Truckee River. The PLPT monitors the water quality of these drains before flowing into the Truckee River.
Documents related to this location:
- Tile Drain Outlet Water Quality Data for 2000 - 2008 (94k PDF file)
- Tile Drain Outlet Water Quality Monitoring Graphs and Trends - 2000 - 2008 (79k PDF file)
- Links to other PDF documents related to this specifc sampling site, including monitoring studies, planning documents, reports, PowerPoint and similar types of presentations, etc.
Links to images and videos of this location:
- LInks to an image/video library such as Flickr, Picasa and/or YouTube for more pictures and video about this specific site.
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.
- Links to any other interest network web sites that have wikis, blogs or other popular networking opportunities such as FaceBook, Twitter, etc.