Alernative Stock Watering Systems. A Water Quality/Quantity Improvement Program.Final Report (ID-319h-VI-02)

摘要

The Scott River Watershed has been listed as an impaired water body by the NorthCoast Regional Water Quality Control Board (NCRWQCB). The listed water quality impairments of the Scott River are excessive water temperature and high sediment levels. The Siskiyou Resource Conservation District (RCD) believes the two impairment adversely affect each other. Some of the Scott River watersheds' high water temperatures are derived from excessive sediment contribution. Stream systems which have excessive sediment levels are often characterized by having unstable channels, braided channels, channels possessing poor width/depth ratios and channel aggradation. These are the same factors which make a stream susceptible to increased water temperatures.