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1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 161C.7 WATERSHED PROGRAM.
1 2 The division shall develop and implement a watershed
1 3 program to address, examine, and provide possible suggestions
1 4 for issues involving soil conservation, water quality
1 5 protection, and flood control objectives in all watersheds in
1 6 the state. The information resulting from this program shall
1 7 be used by soil and water conservation districts to develop
1 8 and implement water quality and watershed projects in the
1 9 state.
1 10 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 455B.282 SURFACE WATER AND
1 11 GROUNDWATER MONITORING.
1 12 1. The commission shall establish and administer a long-
1 13 term surface water monitoring program which includes, at a
1 14 minimum, all of the following elements:
1 15 a. A significant number of fixed monitoring sites selected
1 16 to include a full array of geographical conditions and
1 17 watershed sizes.
1 18 b. Inclusion of lakes, reservoirs, ponds, and wetlands in
1 19 regular surface water monitoring.
1 20 c. High frequency of sampling at a significant number of
1 21 fixed station sites to provide information on contaminant
1 22 concentration and movement.
1 23 d. Analysis of samples for common pesticides at all fixed
1 24 station sites and analysis of pesticide metabolites at all
1 25 fixed station sites located at large river monitoring sites.
1 26 e. Implementation of watershed-based rotational monitoring
1 27 where a portion of the watersheds are intensively monitored on
1 28 a cyclical basis of one out of every five years.
1 29 f. Incorporation of biological monitoring into the
1 30 monitoring for all sites.
1 31 g. Problem assessment and research.
1 32 2. The commission shall establish and administer a long-
1 33 term groundwater monitoring program which includes, at a
1 34 minimum, the following elements:
1 35 a. Fixed station, long-term monitoring to collect baseline
2 1 data for trend analysis in six major aquifers. Water levels
2 2 at the aquifer sites shall be monitored and each site shall be
2 3 regularly sampled for inorganics, common herbicides, and
2 4 selected volatile organic compounds.
2 5 b. An ambient rotational groundwater quality monitoring
2 6 program conducted in cooperation with the United States
2 7 geological survey and the university of Iowa hygienic
2 8 laboratory.
2 9 c. Identification of groundwater quality issues and
2 10 conducting of research needed to address the issues. The
2 11 issues shall initially include, but not be limited to, all of
2 12 the following:
2 13 (1) Identification of storage and handling of hazardous
2 14 materials and facilities.
2 15 (2) The relative contribution of point and nonpoint
2 16 sources of groundwater contamination.
2 17 (3) Organic chemicals in unsaturated zones.
2 18 (4) The effects of large withdrawals on aquifers.
2 19 (5) Identification of recharge zones for all aquifers.
2 20 Sec. 3. APPROPRIATION. There is appropriated from the
2 21 general fund of the state to the department of natural
2 22 resources for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1998, and
2 23 ending June 30, 1999, the following amount, or so much thereof
2 24 as is necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
2 25 For the surface water and groundwater monitoring programs,
2 26 including salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous
2 27 purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
2 28 equivalent positions:
2 29 .................................................. $ 1,000,000
2 30 ............................................... FTEs 2.00
2 31 Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in this
2 32 section which remain unexpended or unobligated on June 30,
2 33 1999, shall not revert to the general fund of the state but
2 34 shall remain available for the purposes designated for the
2 35 fiscal year beginning July 1, 1999.
3 1 Sec. 4. APPROPRIATION. There is appropriated from the
3 2 general fund of the state to the department of agriculture and
3 3 land stewardship for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1998,
3 4 and ending June 30, 1999, the following amount, or so much
3 5 thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes
3 6 designated:
3 7 For the watershed program, including salaries, support,
3 8 maintenance, miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the
3 9 following full-time equivalent positions:
3 10 .................................................. $ 400,000
3 11 ............................................... FTEs 2.00
3 12 Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in this
3 13 section which remain unexpended or unobligated on June 30,
3 14 1999, shall not revert to the general fund of the state but
3 15 shall remain available for the purposes designated for the
3 16 fiscal year beginning July 1, 1999.
3 17 EXPLANATION
3 18 This bill requires the department of natural resources to
3 19 conduct long-term monitoring programs for surface water and
3 20 groundwater in the state. The bill requires the department of
3 21 agriculture and land stewardship to implement a watershed
3 22 program.
3 23 The bill provides that the surface water monitoring program
3 24 shall include a significant number of fixed monitoring sites,
3 25 the inclusion of lakes, reservoirs, ponds, and wetlands in
3 26 monitoring, high frequency sampling at fixed sites, analysis
3 27 for common pesticides and analysis of pesticide metabolites at
3 28 fixed sites at large river monitoring sites, implementation of
3 29 watershed-based rotational monitoring, and incorporation of
3 30 biological monitoring into the monitoring of all sites.
3 31 The bill provides that the groundwater monitoring program
3 32 shall include long-term fixed station monitoring to collect
3 33 baseline data for trend analysis in six major aquifers,
3 34 conduct an ambient rotational groundwater quality monitoring
3 35 program, and identify and research groundwater issues.
4 1 The bill provides that the department of agriculture and
4 2 land stewardship, division of soil conservation, shall develop
4 3 and implement a watershed program to address, examine, and
4 4 provide possible suggestions for issues involving soil
4 5 conservation, water quality protection, and flood control
4 6 objectives in all watersheds in the state. This information
4 7 shall be used by soil and water conservation districts to
4 8 develop and implement water quality and watershed projects in
4 9 the state.
4 10 The bill appropriates to the department of natural
4 11 resources $1 million for the surface water and groundwater
4 12 monitoring programs. The bill appropriates to the department
4 13 of agriculture and land stewardship $400,000 for the watershed
4 14 program.
4 15 LSB 3973XS 77
4 16 tm/sc/14
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