This assessment and management plan provides an updated assessment of nonpoint source pollution concerns for the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe. The 2011 update builds upon the research and results compiled for the 1994 Plan. In addition, the revision will reevaluate the concerns and provide an updated ranking of priority NPS issues. For each of these NPS concerns, possible treatment options are suggested. The updated plan will serve as a tool in the Tribe’s efforts to protect water quality and associated designated beneficial uses on reservation waters.
This edition is a public review draft. Please submit comments via the contibutor contact information, or our website. Comment period is open from 11/23/2011 to 12/23/2011.
Grab samples are currently taken at various locations on the Truckee River mainstem and tributaries including North Truckee Drain and Steamboat Creek. River sample locations are: East McCarran Bridge, Lockwood, Tracy/Old Clark Bridge, Derby Dam, Painted Rock, Wadsworth (really Dead Ox), and Nixon.
Specific Locations include the following:
#3 at East McCarren bridge, grabs taken on the downstream side of bridge. 39 deg/ 31'02" x 119 deg 44'23"
#4 Below Lockwood at the old bridge for grab samples, taken downstream of bridge. 39 deg/ 30'33" x 119 deg 38'58"
#5 Old Clark bridge at USA Parkway, grabs taken on the downstream side of bridge. 39 deg. 33'80" x 119 deg 29'29"
#7 Dead Ox, benthic sampling only 39 deg. 44'44" x 119 deg 19'20" (permit states Wadsworth but site was switched possibly due to safety concerns, over 8 years ago).
