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Performance Work Statement (PWS)

Lower Yakima River Monitoring to Support Water Quality Gaging

Bureau of Reclamation

Changes to the performance work statement are highlighted in yellow.

1.1 Scope

The Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) seeks Contractor services to conduct water quality monitoring on the lower Yakima River through June 2023. Samples shall be collected on a bi-weekly basis at 10 locations along the lower Yakima River as conditions allow. Two continuous water quality monitors will also be installed at two locations. These samples shall be analyzed for suspended solids, turbidity, nutrients, organic carbon, water temperature, dissolved oxygen, and alkalinity. In addition, as this project is in conjunction with another sampling project by the United States Geological Survey (USGS), the

Contractor will need to perform upkeep and calibration on multiple nitrate sensors that the USGS is monitoring. All data and results shall be submitted to the Washington State Department of Ecology’s

(Ecology) Environmental Information Management database for record keeping.

1.2 Project Background

USBR requires Contractor services to support the development of a water quality model of the lower

Yakima River that Ecology is developing. This model will then be used by USBR and will be coupled to an operations model to better understand how water operations might be used to lower water temperature and increase dissolved oxygen at key parts of the river system where salmon migration occurs.

The USGS is also installing two more continuous water quality monitoring gages in the lower Yakima in

2022 as a complementary monitoring effort. The goal of both sampling efforts is to collect enough data to properly calibrate the water quality model of the lower Yakima River.

To this end, the Contractor shall collect water quality data, field measurements, and water samples from the mainstem Lower Yakima River. The Contractor shall collect this data in contract with the USBR to support the continuous water quality monitoring in the Lower Yakima River by the USGS. The data will be part of a larger data set used to model and simulate water temperature and DO levels in the Lower

Yakima River Basin. The Contractor shall install continuous water quality monitoring sensors at several locations to fill in gaps of data collection and improve the understanding of data variability (Table 1).

Meters shall be installed and maintained following Ecology’s statewide ambient monitoring program protocols (Hallock, 2009) and continuous water quality monitoring protocols established by the USGS

(Wagner et al., 2006). Grab samples shall be analyzed back at the laboratory and all samples will meet the measurement quality objectives outlines in Ecology’s Programmatic Quality Assurance Project Plan

(QAPP; McCarthy and Mathieu, 2017). In addition, maintenance and calibration shall be performed on the nitrate sensors at the two USGS gages.

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2.0 References

Author

Title

Date

Source

Hallock, D. 2009 Quality Assurance Monitoring

Plan: Continuous Monitoring for

Oxygen, Temperature, pH, and

Conductivity in Statewide Rivers and Streams

2009 Publication No. 09-03-122. Washington

State Department of Ecology, Environmental Assessment Program, Olympia.

Wagner, R.J., Boulger, R.W., Jr., Oblinger, C.J., and Smith, B.A. 2006

Guidelines and standard procedures for continuous water-quality monitors—Station operation, record computation, and data reporting

2006 U.S. Geological Survey Techniques and

Methods 1–D3, 51 p. + 8 attachments.

Accessed January 21, 2016.

http://pubs.usgs.gov/tm/2006/tm1D3/pdf/T

M1D3.pdf.

McCarthy and

Mathieu, 2017

Programmatic Quality Assurance

Project Plan: Water Quality

Impairment Studies.

2017 Publication No. 17-03-107. Washington

State Department of Ecology, Olympia.

https://fortress.wa.gov/ecy/publications/Su mmaryPages/1703107.html.

3.0 Tasks

The Contractor shall complete the following tasks:

1. Collect biweekly samples of suspended solids, turbidity, nutrients, organic carbon, and alkalinity in the Lower Yakima River mainstem and major tributaries through November 2022 (dependent on weather and river conditions). A list of samples and sites are provided in Figure 1 and Table 1.

2. Monitor continuous (diel) temperature, turbidity, and DO at several stations. A list of samples and sites are provided in Figure 1 and Table 1.

3. Submit results of monitoring into Ecology’s Environmental Information Management database.

4. Assist with nitrate sensor calibration and upkeep at the two USGS-installed gages.

5. Perform water quality monitoring and sampling at all specified locations during 2023 runoff season should conditions allow.

http://pubs.usgs.gov/tm/2006/tm1D3/pdf/TM1D3.pdf http://pubs.usgs.gov/tm/2006/tm1D3/pdf/TM1D3.pdf https://fortress.wa.gov/ecy/publications/SummaryPages/1703107.html https://fortress.wa.gov/ecy/publications/SummaryPages/1703107.html

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Location Number Location Name Latitude Longitude

1 Yakima River at Selah Moxee Diversion 46.708060 -120.474455

2 Naches River near mouth 46.630095 -120.514969

3 Yakima River at Union Gap 46.534240 -120.467121

4 Yakima River below Granger 46.285465 -120.092219

5 Yakima River at Euclid 46.217204 -119.916962

6 Chandler Canal Diversion 46.212811 -119.774205

7 Yakima River above Chandler Return 46.264509 -119.590797

8 Chandler Canal Return 46.267586 -119.590937

9 Yakima River at Kiona 46.252902 -119.475403

10 Yakima River at Van Giesen 46.297412 -119.333529

Figure 1. Map and table of proposed monitoring locations.

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Table 1. A list of each site and the water quality parameters measured.

Site ID Monitoring Sites Sample type Cont. Turb/ HL DO meter

Field measurements

(temp, DO, pH, cond, turbidity)

Sample

(nutrients, TOC, DOC, alkalinity)

Chlorophyll a sample

Turb check/Light meter

Temp. tidbit logger

YKSM

Yakima River at Selah

Moxee Diversion LB grab

Ecology

TURB/HL

X X

Turb /

Light T

NACM

Naches River near mouth bridge 1X DO X X T

YKUG

Yakima River @

Union Gap LB grab USGS X X X Turb

YKEM

Yakima River below

Granger (Emerald) LB grab USGS X X X Turb

YKEU

Yakima River at

Euclid Bridge bridge 1X DO X X X T

YKPR Chandler Diversion LB grab Ecology

CHLa/HL X X X

Turb /

Light T

YKAC

Yakima River above

Chandler Return LB grab DO X X X T

CHAN Chandler Return bridge 1X DO X X X T

YKKO

Yakima River @

Kiona bridge 1X USGS X X X Turb

YKVG

Yakima River @ Van

Geisen bridge 1X USGS X X X Turb

Abbreviations:

grab = grab sample

TSS = total suspended solids

Turb. = turbidity comp. = composite sample

Cont. = continuous

Inst. = instantaneous

Temp. = temperature.

cond. = specific conductivity

TOC = total organic carbon

DOC = dissolved organic carbon

HL = Hydrolab multi-meter datalogger

DO = dissolved oxygen datalogger

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4.0 Performance Requirements Summary

Task Description

Performance

Indicator

Performance Standard

Minimum Acceptable Quality Level

1 - Collect bi-weekly samples

Water quality data from each location and date specified.

Precision and bias standards as stated in

Ecology’s QAPP

Data with acceptable precision and bias from greater than 95% of proposed samples.

2- Monitor continuous water quality at two stations

(Chandler

Diversion &

Selah)

Continuous water quality data from the two stations through

November

Precision and bias standards as stated in

Ecology’s QAPP

Data with acceptable precision and bias from greater than 95% of the measured timepoints.

3 – Upload data to Ecology’s database

Data is uploaded and made public by

March 31, 2024

Data is accessible to the public through Ecology’s database.

Data is uploaded and made public by

March 31, 2024

4 – Assist with upkeep and calibration on the nitrate sensors at the two USGS sites

USGS is able to collect continuous nitrate data through

November 2022

Nitrate data is within acceptable performance bounds as specified by

Ecology’s QAPP.

Data with acceptable precision and bias from greater than 95% of the measured timepoints.

5 – Monitor water quality during 2023

Spring runoff season

Continuous & grab water quality samples taken from each sampling location during Spring 2023 runoff.

Precision and bias standards as stated in

Ecology’s QAPP

Data with acceptable precision and bias from greater than 95% of proposed samples.

5.0 Data and Reports

The Contractor shall measure the water quality parameters listed in section 3.0 and Table 1. The data shall be uploaded into Ecology’s Environmental Information Management database and delivered via an Excel workbook to Reclamation. No reports will be written describing the data.

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Task #

Description

Content

Format

Medium

Delivery

1, 2, 4 and

Bi-weekly & continuous water quality samples

Water quality data from each site as described in the tasks section above

Electronic file Excel worksheet & uploaded to

Ecology’s database

Via email

3 Upload data to public database

Water quality data from each site as described in the tasks section above

Database Ecology’s

Environmental

Information

Management database

Email notification when complete. Link to database.

6.0 Contractor Qualifications

Qualifications shall include:

1. Laboratory facilities to perform water quality analyses up to the standards referenced in

Ecology’s QAPP (McCarthy and Mathieu, 2017).

2. Established relationships with the Yakama Nation and private-property owners as multiple sites are located on Yakama Nation land and private-property land.

3. Established relationship with the Department of Ecology to upload all water quality data to their database.

4. Established relationship with the USGS to assist in the calibration and maintenance of their nitrate sensors.

7.0 Government-Furnished Items

No Government-Furnished Items will be provided for the requested work.

8.0 Travel

This is a firm-fixed price contract; all travel costs associated are included in the award. No additional travel expenses will be reimbursed without prior written approval by the Contracting Officer (CO).