Recipient Organization
STATE UNIV OF NEW YORK
(N/A)
SYRACUSE,NY 13210
Performing Department
Environmental Studies
Non Technical Summary
This 2 + year project was to sample inflow and outflow water quality samples from the Combined Sewer outflow 018 before and after flow went through a three basin treatment wetland. The Onondaga County Water and Environmental Protection agency notified the sampling crew when there was enough storm flow to sample. The samples during storm events were acquired and transported to the Onondaga County Laboratory in Liverpool for analysis. The sampling was required because of the NYS DEC SPES permit to operate the treatment wetlands and to see which configuration of the treatment wetland would best reduce the water contaminates. In addition the SUNY/ESF sampling crew sampled the monitoring wells surrounding the treatment wetland to determine if contaminates were reaching the groundwater.Awarded Start Date: 9/1/14Award End Date: 3/15/17Sponsor: Fisher Associates PE LS PC
Animal Health Component
(N/A)
Research Effort Categories
Basic
100%
Applied
(N/A)
Developmental
(N/A)
Goals / Objectives
July 15, 2014 to August 2014In response to the NYS DEC permit requirements the following is needed work prior to actual monitoring work for CSO 018 Treatment wetlands:Revise QA/QC for monitoring work to address changes in 1) sampling frequencies, sampling locations, and water quality parameters of samples collected in the constructed wetlands during wet weather events; and 2) locations and parameters of groundwater monitoringWet weather plan for 018 CSOSampling plan for the constructed wetland outfallGroundwater monitoring planAcquire and set up equipment for monitoring wells and do baseline monitoringTake over sampling equipment and test programming for inflows and outflowsTraining (safety and sampling) for 2 graduate assistants who will do the sampling work.August 15, 2014 to April 14, 2015To do actual CSO 018 treatment wetland monitoring as outlined in the following amended reports:Quality Assurance Project Plan Harbor Brook CSO 018 Constructed Wetlands Pilot Treatment System July 2011Operations and Maintenance Plan Harbor Brook CSO 018 Constructed Wetlands Pilot Treatment System July 2011April 2015 to March 2016Only monitoring the groundwater wells and provides quarterly groundwater reports.
Project Methods
Methods for Water quality monitoring and flow gauging per the SPDES permit (NY 002 7081 draft):The SPDES permit requires monitoring of Influent and Effluent of the Harbor Brook CSO 018 Constructed Wetlands Treatment Facility. The (emergency) bypass converges with effluent at MH-19 in series operation, at MH-16, MH-17, and MH-19 in parallel operation, and at MH-17 and MH-19 in series-parallel operation. Minimum two sets of ISCO auto samplers/flow modules will be required for permit compliance monitoring, in addition to the sampler and flow meters installed in the Rowland Street trunk at the grit removal facility. WEP purchased and installed the auto samplers and flow meters. Software and small items to retrieve data from the auto samplers were provided by WEP together with the auto samplers.One DO meter is required to measure dissolved oxygen in-line at the outfall.On-site observation of floatable materials and calculating screenings from the grit removal facility will add minimal field work if graduated dumpsters are available.All the samples collected at the Wetlands Treatment Facility were sent to the County Department of Water Environment Protection laboratory for determination of 5-day BOD, TSS, settleable solids, oil & grease, fecal coliform, ammonia, TKN, and TP.The Permit requires quarterly groundwater monitoring at six wells. In addition to field measurements of pH and specific conductivity, groundwater samples were sent to the Water Environment Protection laboratory for determination of total dissolved solids, sulfate, hardness, turbidity, total ammonia, chloride, nitrite, nitrate, fecal and total coliforms, and total forms of aluminum, chromium, arsenic, cadmium, copper, iron, lead, manganese, mercury, nickel, selenium, and zinc.Hourly precipitation records will be collected at the Onondaga Weather Station located at the Upper Onondaga Park or the ESF Weather Station.