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Spirit Lake Nation Water Quality Development

106 Water Quality

 

PO Box 99
Fort Totten, ND 58335
Phone: 701-766-1286 / Fax: 701-766-1218

 
 

Oliver J Gourd Jr. - Water Quality Development Coordinator
email: oliverjr@spiritlakenation.com

 
 

David Azure - Water Quality Technician

 

 
 

106 Water Quality Development

 

 
 

Funded by: United States Environmental Protection Agency
under the Clean Water Act-106

 

 
 

To conduct Scientific Investigative Water Analysis

To Plan, Design and Enact Water Quality Monitoring Procedures

To Protect the Spirit Lake Tribe Nations waters from becoming contaminated for human consumption

To plan design and establish procedures and manuals required by the United States Environmental Protection Agency

 

 
 

Special Project
Water Quality Analyst

 
 

In order for the Tribe to monitor their water quality within the sole source Warwick aquifer and the Tokio aquifer to formulate protection plans and policy based on sound science we must understand the hydrolic dynamics of the system.

The water quality analyst will be responsible for studying data samples acquired to determine the surface water and if it has been degraded. Also to study the underlying aquifers and how they interact with the surface water bodies.

A Spirit Lake Tribe Nation Tribal EPA office has recently complete a "Special Projects" Final Report and will be available in the near future.

 

 
     

Documents

² Spirit Lake Nation 2001 Wetlands Project: Water quality samples that have been collected and analyzed at some of the wetlands and lakes. Site Analysis Document

² Spirit Lake Nation Wetlands, Assessment and Monitoring Study 2003-2004: The project was undertaken to provide the technical experience necessary to understand the wetland systems of the reservation. Final Report

² Spirit Lake Nation Wetlands Status: Provides a comprehensive understanding of the efforts by the Spirit Lake Nation Environmental Protection Agency in the initial years of wetland evaluation. Report

² Spirit Lake Nation Hydrologic and Geochemical Conditions: The Tokio and Warwick Aquifers of the Spirit Lake Nation Reservation have been examined by various agencies during the past 36 years. Analysis

² The Spirit Lake Nation Tokio Aquifer: The Tokio Aquifer underlies about 74 square miles south of Fort Totten, North Dakota. The boundary of the aquifer has delineated based on new data generated during this study and the work prior by other scientists. Tokio Aquifer

² Spirit Lake Nation Surface Water Flow: The beginning documentation analysis of the surface water flow of the Spirit Lake Reservation. This work was undertaken during the 2003 and 2004 field seasons. Analysis

² Spirit Lake Nation Surface Water Flow Analysis Field Guide: This analysis is organized according to the different related flow systems within the reservation. Each flow system is represented on an individual page of this document.  Field Guide

² Spirit Lake Nation Leafy Spurge: Site Selection Analysis

² Spirit Lake Nation Ground Water Resources: Spirit Lake Nation EPA has build databases of water chemistry for ground and surface waters of the Spirit Lake Reservation. Resources

² Spirit Lake Nation Land Use Mapping Project: Cates Earth Science Technologies has completed a land use assessment of the southeastern portion of Spirit Lake Nation. Report

² Spirit Lake Nation Wetland Integration of the Water Level and Water Quality Data: During 2001 water level measurements were made at 20 surface water gage sites in the Warwick Aquifer area. Data

² Spirit Lake Nation Special Project Study of the Warwick and Tokio Aquifers: During the period 2002-2005 the Spirit Lake Nation Tribe Environmental conducted a study of the Warwick and Tokio Aquifers. Executive Summary

² Spirit Lake Nation Annual Environmental Activities Report: The Spirit Lake Nation Clean Water Program made significant progress in the development of scientific technical capacity and understanding of the natural environment of the reservation area. Activities Report