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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 contract with Iowa state
1 4 university or a private firm to establish and administer a
1 5 long-term surface water monitoring program which includes, at
1 6 a minimum, all of the following elements:
1 7 a. A significant number of fixed monitoring sites selected
1 8 to include a full array of geographical conditions and
1 9 watershed sizes.
1 10 b. Inclusion of lakes, reservoirs, ponds, and wetlands in
1 11 regular surface water monitoring.
1 12 c. High frequency of sampling at a significant number of
1 13 fixed station sites to provide information on contaminant
1 14 concentration and movement.
1 15 d. Establishment of an atmospheric deposition monitoring
1 16 network to measure pesticides and nutrients in rainwater.
1 17 e. Analysis of samples for common pesticides at all fixed
1 18 station sites and analysis of pesticide metabolites at all
1 19 fixed station sites located at large river monitoring sites.
1 20 f. Implementation of watershed-based rotational monitoring
1 21 where a portion of the watersheds are intensively monitored on
1 22 a cyclical basis of one out of every five years.
1 23 g. Incorporation of biological monitoring into the
1 24 monitoring for all sites.
1 25 h. Problem assessment and research.
1 26 2. The commission shall contract with Iowa state
1 27 university or a private firm to establish and administer a
1 28 long-term groundwater monitoring program which includes, at a
1 29 minimum, the following elements:
1 30 a. Fixed station and ambient rotational long-term
1 31 monitoring to collect baseline data for trend analysis in six
1 32 major aquifers. Water levels at the aquifer sites shall be
1 33 monitored and each site shall be regularly sampled for
1 34 inorganics, common pesticides and their metabolites, and
1 35 selected volatile organic compounds.
2 1 b. Identification of groundwater quality issues and
2 2 conducting of research needed to address the issues. The
2 3 issues shall initially include, but not be limited to, all of
2 4 the following:
2 5 (1) Identification of storage and handling of hazardous
2 6 materials and facilities.
2 7 (2) The relative contribution of point and nonpoint
2 8 sources of groundwater contamination.
2 9 (3) The effects of large withdrawals on aquifers.
2 10 (4) 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 support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes:
2 18 .................................................. $ 300,000
2 19 Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in this
2 20 section which remain unexpended or unobligated on June 30,
2 21 1999, shall not revert to the general fund of the state but
2 22 shall remain available for the purposes designated for the
2 23 fiscal year beginning July 1, 1999.
2 24 EXPLANATION
2 25 This bill requires the department of natural resources to
2 26 contract with Iowa state university or a private firm to
2 27 conduct long-term monitoring programs for surface water and
2 28 groundwater in the state.
2 29 The bill provides that the surface water monitoring program
2 30 shall include a significant number of fixed monitoring sites,
2 31 the inclusion of lakes, reservoirs, ponds, and wetlands in
2 32 monitoring, high frequency sampling at fixed sites,
2 33 establishing an atmospheric deposition monitoring network,
2 34 analysis for common pesticides and analysis of pesticide
2 35 metabolites at fixed sites at large river monitoring sites,
3 1 implementation of watershed-based rotational monitoring, and
3 2 incorporation of biological monitoring into the monitoring of
3 3 all sites.
3 4 The bill provides that the groundwater monitoring program
3 5 shall include long-term fixed station and rotational
3 6 monitoring to collect baseline data for trend analysis in six
3 7 major aquifers, and identify and research groundwater issues.
3 8 The bill appropriates to the department of natural
3 9 resources $300,000 for the surface water and groundwater
3 10 monitoring programs.
3 11 LSB 3842SV 77
3 12 tm/sc/14
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