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1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 455B.282 SURFACE WATER AND
1 2 GROUNDWATER MONITORING.
1 3 1. The commission shall establish and administer a long-
1 4 term surface water monitoring program which includes, at a
1 5 minimum, all of the following elements:
1 6 a. A significant number of fixed monitoring sites selected
1 7 to include a full array of geographical conditions and
1 8 watershed sizes.
1 9 b. Inclusion of lakes, reservoirs, ponds, and wetlands in
1 10 regular surface water monitoring.
1 11 c. High frequency of sampling at a significant number of
1 12 fixed station sites to provide information on contaminant
1 13 concentration and movement.
1 14 d. Analysis of samples for common pesticides at all fixed
1 15 station sites and analysis of pesticide metabolites at all
1 16 fixed station sites located at large river monitoring sites.
1 17 e. Implementation of watershed-based rotational monitoring
1 18 where a portion of the watersheds are intensively monitored on
1 19 a cyclical basis of one out of every five years.
1 20 f. Incorporation of biological monitoring into the
1 21 monitoring for all sites.
1 22 g. Problem assessment and research.
1 23 2. The commission shall establish and administer a long-
1 24 term groundwater monitoring program which includes, at a
1 25 minimum, the following elements:
1 26 a. Fixed station, long-term monitoring to collect baseline
1 27 data for trend analysis in six major aquifers. Water levels
1 28 at the aquifer sites shall be monitored and each site shall be
1 29 regularly sampled for inorganics, common herbicides, and
1 30 selected volatile organic compounds.
1 31 b. An ambient rotational groundwater quality monitoring
1 32 program conducted in cooperation with the United States
1 33 geological survey and the university of Iowa hygienic
1 34 laboratory.
1 35 c. Identification of groundwater quality issues and
2 1 conducting of research needed to address the issues. The
2 2 issues shall initially include, but not be limited to, all of
2 3 the following:
2 4 (1) Identification of storage and handling of hazardous
2 5 materials and facilities.
2 6 (2) The relative contribution of point and nonpoint
2 7 sources of groundwater contamination.
2 8 (3) Organic chemicals in unsaturated zones.
2 9 (4) The effects of large withdrawals on aquifers.
2 10 (5) Identification of recharge zones for all aquifers.
2 11 Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION. There is appropriated from the
2 12 general fund of the state to the department of natural
2 13 resources for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1998, and
2 14 ending June 30, 1999, the following amount, or so much thereof
2 15 as is necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
2 16 For the surface water and groundwater monitoring programs,
2 17 including salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous
2 18 purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
2 19 equivalent positions:
2 20 .................................................. $ 1,000,000
2 21 ............................................... FTEs 2.00
2 22 Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in this
2 23 section which remain unexpended or unobligated on June 30,
2 24 1999, shall not revert to the general fund of the state but
2 25 shall remain available for the purposes designated for the
2 26 fiscal year beginning July 1, 1999.
2 27 EXPLANATION
2 28 This bill requires the department of natural resources to
2 29 conduct long-term monitoring programs for surface water and
2 30 groundwater in the state.
2 31 The bill provides that the surface water monitoring program
2 32 shall include a significant number of fixed monitoring sites,
2 33 the inclusion of lakes, reservoirs, ponds, and wetlands in
2 34 monitoring, high frequency sampling at fixed sites, analysis
2 35 for common pesticides and analysis of pesticide metabolites at
3 1 fixed sites at large river monitoring sites, implementation of
3 2 watershed-based rotational monitoring, and incorporation of
3 3 biological monitoring into the monitoring of all sites.
3 4 The bill provides that the groundwater monitoring program
3 5 shall include long-term fixed station monitoring to collect
3 6 baseline data for trend analysis in six major aquifers,
3 7 conduct an ambient rotational groundwater quality monitoring
3 8 program, and identify and research groundwater issues.
3 9 The bill appropriates to the department of natural
3 10 resources $1 million for the surface water and groundwater
3 11 monitoring programs.
3 12 LSB 3842XS 77
3 13 tm/sc/14
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