STUDY NUMBER ; 4.1 



ORGANIZATION ; Montana Department of Health and Environmental 

 Sciences (MDHES) - Water Quality Bureau 



TITLE OF STUDY ; Lower Clark Fork River Monitoring 



CONTACTS ; Loren Bahls - Water Quality Project Leader - 

 444-2406 



Steve Pilcher - Water Quality Bureau Chief - 

 444-2406 

 Gary Ingman - Water Quality Specialist - 444-2406 



OBJECTIVE ; Establish a chemical, physical and biological 

 water quality baseline for the Clark Fork River below Rock 

 Creek. Utilize this information, in part, during preparation 

 of an EIS for Champion International's Wastewater Discharge 

 Permit. 



DURATION ; 1984 - 1987 



CURRENT STATUS ; From March 1984 to August 1985, a total of 

 twenty five monitoring runs were conducted (an approximate 

 frequency of once every three weeks) at the following sixteen 

 sampling stations; 



01 Clark Fork at Turah 



02 Blackfoot River at mouth 



03 Clark Fork below Milltown Dam 



04 Clark Fork above Missoula WWTP 



05 Missoula WWTP discharge 



06 Clark Fork at Sheffield's 



07 Bitterroot River near mouth 



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