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Figure
1
Citizen
volunteers and EERC personnel sampling the Red River in
September 2001 for the FM River Project.
Figure
2
Various
forms of artificial substrates used for macroinvertebrate
monitoring of the Red River during 2001.

Figure
3
Conceptual
FM River data management flowchart.

Figure
4
2000 River Keepers fecal coliform monitoring results and
the prior week's total rainfall for Fargo, North Dakota.

Figure
5
Geometric mean monthly Red River fecal coliform data
and monthly average rainfall for Fargo, North Dakota.

Table
1
Impaired Reaches of the Red River of the North in the Fargo-Moorhead area
from 1998 Minnesota and North Dakota Section 303(d) Lists.
| Reach |
Affected
Use |
Pollutant |
Listing
State |
Target
Completion |
| Wild
Rice River (ND) to F-M Dam |
Swimming |
Fecal
coliform |
MN |
2007 |
| Wild
Rice River (ND) to F-M Dam |
Aquatic
life |
Turbidity |
MN |
2004 |
| F-M
12th Ave. Bridge to Buffalo River |
Aquatic
life |
Ammonia*,
low DO** |
ND |
High
Priority |
| F-M
Dam A to Sheyenne River |
Aquatic
life |
Ammonia* |
MN |
1999 |
| F-M
Dam A to Sheyenne River |
Swimming |
Fecal
coliform |
MN |
2004
|
| Buffalo
River to Elm River |
Swimming |
Fecal
coliform |
MN
|
2004 |
| Buffalo
River to Elm River |
Aquatic
life |
Turbidity |
MN |
2008
|
* The wastewater
facility in this reach has been ugraded to meet permitted ammonia effluent
limits. If subsequent in-stream data are collected that demonstrate the
reach is no longer impaired for ammonia, the reach will be deleted from
this list.
**Low-oxygen
TMDL is dependent upon low flow conditions. The draft schedule may be
changed accordingly.
Table
2
Compilation of Fecal Coliform Data for the Red River at Fargo, North Dakota,
since 1990.
| Data
Source |
Site
ID |
Monitoring
Location |
Period
of Record |
Number
of Samples |
| MPCA |
RE-452 |
Main
Ave., Moorhead |
Jan
1990-Sept 1994 |
44
|
| NDDH |
380084 |
Cass
County 22 |
Jan
1990-Sept 1996 |
51
|
| NDDH |
380154 |
Not
available |
Jun
1994-Sept 1996 |
10
|
| NDDH |
385040 |
Not
available |
Mar
2000-Sept 2001 |
6
|
| River
Keepers |
South |
52nd
Ave. So., Fargo |
Jun
1999-Nov 1999 |
6
|
| River
Keepers |
North |
Clay
County 22 |
Jun
1999-Nov 1999 |
6
|
| River
Keepers |
Site
A |
Clay
County 8 |
Jun
2000-Sept 2000 |
18
|
| River
Keepers |
Site
B |
1st
Ave. N., Moorhead |
Jun
2000-Sept 2000 |
18
|
| River
Keepers |
Site
C |
15th
Ave. N., Moorhead |
Jun
2000-Sept 2000 |
18
|
| River
Keepers |
Site
D |
Clay
County 22 |
Jun
2000-Sept 2000 |
18
|
| FM
River |
1-RR |
Clay
County 8 |
Aug
2001-Feb 2002 |
11
|
| FM
River |
2-RR |
1st
Ave. N., Moorhead |
Aug
2001-Feb 2002 |
10
|
| FM
River |
3-RR |
Clay
County 26 |
Aug
2001-Feb 2002 |
10
|
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