Baseline Water Quality Data Inventory and Analysis, Rocky Mountain National Park

National Park Service

This document presents the results of surface-water-quality data retrievals for Rocky Mountain National Park (ROMO) from six of the United States Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) national databases: 1)Storage and Retrieval (STORET); 2)River Reach File (RF3); 3)Industrial Facilities Discharge (IFD); 4)Drinking Water Supplies (DRINKS); 5) Water Gages (GAGES); 6)Water Impoundments (DAMS). This document is one product of a cooperative endeavor between the NPS's Service Wide Inventory and Monitoring Program, the NPS's Water Resources Division, and Horizon Systems Corp. to retrieve, format and analyze surface water quality data for all units of the NPS containing significant water resources. The primary goal of the project is to provide descriptive water quality information in a manner and format that is both consistent with the goals of the Servicewide Inventory and Monitoring Program and useable by park resource managers. In particular, this document provides: (1) a complete inventory of all retrieved water quality parameter data, water quality stations, and the entities responsible for data collection; (2) descriptive statistics and appropriate graphical plots of water quality data characterizing period of record, annual, seasonal central tendencies and trends; (3) a comparison of the park's water quality data to relevant EPA and WRD water quality screening criteria; and (4) an Inventory Data Evaluation and Analysis (IDEA) to determine what Servicewide Inventory and Monitoring Program "Level I" water quality parameters have been measured within the study area. Accompanying the report are disks containing digital copies of all data used in the report, as well as all components of the report (tables, figures, etc.).

Baseline Water Quality Data Inventory and Analysis, Rocky Mountain National Park

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