mattaponi river
ecological monitoring program
The project partners have
established an ecological
monitoring plan to ensure that
the Mattaponi River is not
harmed by the proposed water
withdrawals needed to supply
the reservoir. American Shad spawning is
a major concern for this project,
and to minimize potential
impacts to them, a state-of-the-art
screened intake structure with
1-mm openings and an inflow
velocity of less than 0.15 feet per
second was designed to make
certain that shad eggs and larvae
are safe. In addition, the project
partners will not withdraw water
from the Mattaponi River during
the height of the spawning
season except under extreme
drought conditions.
CNU currently monitors river
quality at several points within the KWR watershed. Click on the tabs
below to view maps of the monitoring sites.
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CNU Sites |
VIMS Sites |
Citizen Sites |
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Beulahville |
Walkerton |
Mantua Ferry |
Wakema |
Little Island |
Sweet Hall Marsh |
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