The goal of the Clean Water Act (cwa) is to restore and maintain the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of the Nation’s waters
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RecommendationsTo the extent possible, a natural flow regime should be restored to this segment of the Jones River to improve water quality conditions. Some specific recommendations can be found in the Jones River Watershed Study Final Report (GZA 2003). Restoration of the anadromous fishery in this segment of the Jones River would require fish passage at both the Silver Lake and Wapping Road dams. Future biological monitoring should be conducted utilizing an appropriate regional reference station and RBP III analysis (multihabitat sampling and genus/species level taxonomy) to better evaluate the status of the Aquatic Life Use. Candidate reference streams in the Jones River Subwatershed might include Pine and Furnace brooks based on benthos data that suggests relatively healthy biological communities in these waterbodies (Teal Ltd. 2000). Jones River (Segment MA94-13) Location: From dam near Wapping Road, Kingston to dam at Elm Street, Kingston. Segment Length: 0.9 miles Classification: Class B, Warm Water Fishery. Land-use estimates (top 3, excluding water) for the 20.0 mi2 subwatershed (including the subwatershed for MA94-12) (Figure 13): Forest 51% Residential 25% Open Land 11% This segment of Jones River is listed on the 2002 Integrated List of Waters in Category 3 due to insufficient information to make assessments for any of the designated uses (MassDEP 2003a). The fishway below Sylvia Place Road on Furnace Brook should be repaired (Reback et al. 2004). WMA water withdrawal Summary (APPENDIX E, TABLE E5)
*System-wide withdrawal, all sources are not necessarily within this segment. See also MA94-12 for additional withdrawals that may apply to this segment. Additionally, there are 953 acres of cranberry bog open space in this subwatershed, inclusive but not limited to WMA registered growers (UMass Amherst 1999). For the purpose of this report, a conservative estimate of water use for this bog area is approximately 8.5 MGD. However, the majority of this cranberry acreage (874 acres) is located in the upper subwatershed area (in Segment MA94-12). NPDES wastewater discharge summaryThere are no permitted direct discharges to this segment of the Jones River. Use AssessmentAquatic LifeHabitat and FlowFurnace Brook contributes to the improved streamflow in this segment of the Jones River, but the freshwater portion of the Jones River (i.e., above the Elm Street Dam) is flow-impaired (GZA 2003). In 2001 the fishway at the Elm Street Dam in Kingston was fitted with an aluminum steeppass insert at the recommendation of DMF and now river herring can now efficiently move beyond the dam (Reback et al. 2004). BiologyBenthic macroinvertebrate samples were collected from the Jones River in late September/early October 1998 and again in 1999 near Wapping Road (Station 2). Although RPB III analyses are not available, family level taxanomic data were reported (Teal Ltd. 2000). Chemistry – waterDWM conducted water quality monitoring (DO and % saturation, temperature, pH, conductivity, alkalinity, hardness, chlorides, nitrate-nitrite-nitrogen, ammonia-nitrogen and/or total phosphorus) in this segment of the Jones River just upstream from Elm Street bridge, Kingston (Station JR102), between June and October 2001 (Appendix A, Tables A6 and A7). Dissolved oxygen and percent saturation The DO ranged from 2.8 to 6.1 mg/L with saturations between 33 and 72% (n=7). These data represent both daytime and pre-dawn measurements. More than half of the measurements taken did not exceed 5.0 mg/L or 60% saturation. Temperature The maximum temperature was 23.9C. pH, hardness, and alkalinity The pH of the Jones River was low ranging from 6.1 to 6.6 SU (n=7). Hardness ranged from 23 to 25 mg/L and alkalinity ranged from 8 to 13 mg/L (n=4). Conductivity Specific conductance ranged from 135 to 153 S/cm (n=7). Ammonia-nitrogen No detectable concentrations of ammonia-nitrogen were found in this segment of the Jones River. Total phosphorus The total phosphorus concentrations were slightly elevated (0.029 to 0.085 mg/L) with an average concentration of 0.052 mg/L (n=5). The Aquatic Life Use is assessed as impaired based primarily on the lack of streamflow, which is a chronic problem for this segment of the Jones River, as well as the extremely low DO/saturation conditions. These problems result from flow regulation/modification associated with water withdrawals in this segment (including but not necessarily limited to the out of basin transfer of water from Silver Lake to the City of Brockton for public water supply). Although pH, hardness and alkalinities were also low, these conditions are considered to be naturally occurring. The elevated total phosphorus concentrations are also of concern. Evidence of enrichment along this segment of the Jones River included abundant macrophyte growth particularly in the impounded and slow moving areas along the river. Primary and Secondary Contact RECREATION and AestheticsDWM conducted bacteria sampling (fecal coliform, E coli. and Enterococci) in this segment of the Jones River between June and October 2001 ((Appendix A, Table A7) just upstream from the Elm Street Bridge, Kingston (Station JR102). None of the fecal coliform bacteria counts exceeded 180 cfu/100 ml. Field observations were made by DWM personnel during the surveys conducted in this segment of the Jones River between June and October 2001. Objectionable conditions (algal scums, dense macrophyte cover, turbidity) were noted (Station JR102; MassDEP 2001a). The bacteria counts were generally low in this segment of the Jones River, however the Primary and Secondary Contact Recreational and Aesthetic uses are assessed as impaired because of the aesthetically objectionable amounts of algae and macrophyte growth as well as turbidity. These conditions appear to be exacerbated by the lack of flow in the river resulting from flow regulation/modification associated with water withdrawals in this segment (including but not necessarily limited to the out of basin transfer of water from Silver Lake to the City of Brockton for public water supply). Jones River (MA94-13) Use Summary Table
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