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Download Excel NPDES Self Monitoring Program
California Department of Fish and Game, and Merced Irrigation District Merced River Fish Hatchery
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Organization
California Department of Fish and Gameshow partners
Program website
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Plan contactDFG - Central Region
(559) 243-4005
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| Start date | 09/10/2004 |
| End date | None |
| Objectives | The hatchery is approximately 4 miles east of Snelling. Facilities consist of an office and maintenance building, one hatchery building, two 500 foot-long concrete raceways, one spawning channel, a spawning building, an ultraviolet treatment building, one freezer building, a full-flow settling basin, two outfalls, and a fish ladder. The hatchery discharges treated wastewater to the Merced River, a water of the United States, between McSwain Reservoir and the San Joaquin River. |
| Annual budget | None |
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Basins & sub-basins monitored
- San Joaquin River (Southeast)
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Sites Monitored
| Name |
Code |
Latitude |
Longitude |
Map |
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Merced River, entrance to the fishery intake pipe
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R-1 |
37.513666 |
-120.372124 |
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Merced River, 50 ft DS of outfall 002
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R-2 |
37.516285 |
-120.373133 |
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Parameters Monitored
| Group | Parameters | Frequency |
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| General Water Quality |
Dissolved Oxygen (DO), pH, Specific Conductance [EC @ 25 deg C], Temperature, Turbidity |
Monthly, Quarterly |
| Hydrology |
Flow |
Monthly |
| Mercury |
Mercury |
Other |
| Metals & Trace Elements |
Antimony , Arsenic , Beryllium , Cadmium , Chromium , Chromium VI, Copper , Lead , Nickel , Selenium , Silver , Thallium , Zinc |
Other |
| Water Toxicity |
Toxicity (chronic) - Ceriodaphnia, Toxicity (chronic) - Fathead minnow, Toxicity (chronic) - other |
Quarterly |
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Data Products Available
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