Would like to fund the continued collection of surface water samples from Sagehen Creek to support the USGS National Water Quality Network (NWQN). Currently the NWQN consists of 102 stream and river sites with long-term, consistent information on streamflow and water-quality conditions. Data are collected to assess the status and trends of water-quality conditions at large inland and coastal river sites, as well as in small streams indicative of urban, agricultural, and reference conditions. Sagehen is one of our reference sites to represent background or pristine site conditions. These data can be useful to local, regional, or national-scale studies related to multiple topics, including drinking water-quality, chemical fate and transport, and harmful algal blooms.

Approved