Cooperator: Oneida Nation of Wisconsin
Project Chief: Kevin D. Richards
Location: Oneida Indian Reservation
Project Number: 9KP44
Period of Project: August 1997–September 2007
 Problem
The Oneida Nation in Wisconsin has developed a seven-generation plan for their Reservation that includes instituting land-use practices that will allow the surface-water system draining the reservation the opportunity to revert to its pre-colonial condition. The Oneida Nation needs continuing information regarding water-quality conditions entering and within their Nation’s boundaries. The information is needed to determine trends in water quality and to provide data to assess the Tribe’s water resources.
Objective
The objective is to collect long-term data at two sites to perform trend analyses for pesticides, nutrients, and suspended sediment.
Approach
Sampling will be conducted at two sites to determine concentrations of nutrients, pesticides, and suspended sediment. Field parameters will also be collected and sampling will take place on a fixed interval. The National Water Quality Lab will analyze the water samples. National Water-Quality Assessment protocols will be followed in the collection and handling of the water-column samples. A staff person from the Oneida Nation Environmental Section will work with a USGS staff person in the collection of data.
Progress (July 2003–June 2004)
Samples were collected at two sites monthly plus four events. Samples were analyzed for pesticides, nutrients and suspended-sediment concentrations. Data collected in 2003 were published in the report, “Water Resources Data–Wisconsin, Water Year 2003.”
Plans (July 2004–June 2005)
Data from samples collected from October 1, 2003 through September 30, 2004, will be published in the report, “Water Resources Data–Wisconsin, Water Year 2004.” Water-quality sampling will be conducted at two sites and continue indefinitely. |
