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In October 2002, in order to protect its water resources
and fulfill its roll as a responsible land steward, Table Bluff Reservation –
Wiyot Tribe established a Water Pollution Control Program under authority of
Section 106 of the Clean Water Act, and with funding and assistance from the US
Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA). The
goal of the program is to assess and better understand the Tribe’s water
resources, to identify threats and negative stressors to water quality, and to
monitor and protect the quality of the Tribe’s water resources and their uses.
Since the initiation of the Water Pollution Control
Program, the Tribe has performed a Preliminary Water Quality Assessment, created
a Non-Point Source Assessment and Management Plan, and submitted to US EPA a
draft Quality Assurance Program Plan (QAPP) for the Tribe’s water quality
monitoring program. Once the Tribe
receives approval on its final QAPP, it can begin sampling its waters and
monitoring for contaminants.
Eventually, the Tribe wishes to produce its own water
quality standards, based on the designated uses of the Tribe’s water
resources. These standards,
however, can only be implemented after the Tribe has amassed a substantial
amount of water quality data over a reasonable period of time, which will
require a couple of years of monitoring.
View of Humboldt
Bay, from Table Bluff Reservation looking North.
Water
pollution Control Program
Background
Tribe's Water Resources
The Old Reservation
Threats
to the Old Reservation
Table Bluff Reservation Treats
to TBR Water
Indian
Island Threats to
Indian Island Water Water
Monitoring
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