MDNR/MDEQ Rouge River Water Quality Reports

The Rouge Project scanned several recent Rouge River reports dealing with various monitoring topics. Please contact the author directly for questions regarding these reports.

Johnson Creek Dissolved Oxygen Study (July - August 2000), Michigan Department of Environmental Quality - Surface Water Quality Division. March, 2002.

In-stream dissolved oxygen (DO) and water chemistry were monitored in the Johnson Creek watershed from July 18, 2000 through August 1, 2000. One purpose of the monitoring was to collect current site-specific DO concentration and diurnal variation data and water chemistry data during the critical summer season for use in effluent limit analyses associated with the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permitting system A second goal for the study was to determine if the in-stream coldwater DO standard was being met.

Biological Assessment of the Rouge River Oakland, Wayne and Washtenaw Counties, Michigan (June - July 2000), Michigan Department of Environmental Quality - Surface Water Quality Division. February, 2002.

Qualitative biological sampling of the Rouge River was conducted by the Great Lakes Environmental Assessment Section (GLEAS) between June and July 2000. The objective of this survey was to document the effects of land use practices and nonpoint and point source discharges to the biological, physical, and chemical parameters of the river. This survey focused on the Lower Rouge, Middle Rouge, Upper Rouge, and Rouge River watersheds from their headwaters to their confluence near the City of Dearborn.

Biological Assessment of the Walled Lake Branch Oakland County, Michigan (June - July 2000), Michigan Department of Environmental Quality - Surface Water Quality Division. December, 2001.

Qualitative biological sampling of the Walled Lake Branch was conducted by the Great Lakes Environmental Assessment Section (GLEAS) between June and July 2000. The objective of this survey was to document the effects of land use practices and nonpoint and point source discharges to the biological, physical, and chemical parameters of the river. This survey focused on the Walled Lake Branch and its tributaries, Thornton, Bishop, and Ingersoll Creeks, near the City of Northville, Michigan.

An Assessment of the Rouge River Fish Community (July-August 1995), Michigan Department of Natural Resources - Fisheries Division. June, 1996.

The objective of this study was to assess existing Rouge River fish communities and their aquatic habitats. Fish communities at 31 sites throughout the Rouge River watershed were assessed using Index of Biotic Integrity (IBI) (Karr 1981) and Department of Environmental Quality, Surface Water Division, Great Lakes Environmental Assessment Section (GLEAS), Procedure 51 methodologies. Three run depletion estimates (Zippen 1958) were conducted on two headwater and three mid-water streams. A two year seasonal variation study was conducted below Henry Ford Dam. Net and electro-fishing surveys were conducted on Newburgh, Wilcox and Phoenix Impoundments. Results indicated the main factors limiting the biotic integrity of the fish communities were flow regime, water quality and energetics.

Investigation and Evaluation of the Biological Communities Inhabiting the Rouge River Tributaries in Wayne-Oakland Counties, 1994. Michigan Department of Natural Resources. December, 1994.

Investigation and Evaluation of the Biological Communities Inhabiting the Rouge River Tributaries in Wayne County, June - July 1992. Michigan Department of Natural Resources. March, 1994.

River Rouge Nonpoint Source Pollution Demonstration Project: Chemical Analyses and Aquatic Toxisity Tests of the Bell Branch of the Rouge River, Fellows Creek, Johnson Drain, and Tonquish Creek, Wayne County, Michigan, August 1992 - June 1993. Michigan Department of Natural Resources. December, 1993.

Sediment Survey of the Rouge River Basin Wayne and Oakland Counties, Michigan, February - November, 1989. Michigan Department of Natural Resources. June, 1992.

Biological and Sediment Survey of Evans' Ditch, a Tributary to the Main Branch of the Rouge River, Oakland County, Michigan on October 4, 1989. Michigan Department of Natural Resources. May, 1990.

Biological Survey of the Upper Section of Johnson Drain in Washtenaw County, June 7, 1989. Michigan Department of Natural Resources. September, 1989.

Biological Survey of Johnson Drain, Washtenaw and Wayne Counties, Michigan, May 18, 1988. Michigan Department of Natural Resources. March, 1989.

Rouge River Sediment Evaluation. Michigan Department of Natural Resources. January, 1988.

Rouge River Quality, 1973 - 1986. Michigan Department of Natural Resources. September 1987.

Biological Investigation of the Rouge River, Wayne and Oakland Counties, May 17 to October 19, 1973. Michigan Water Resources Commission, Bureau of Water Management, Department of Natural Resources Environmental Protection Branch. October, 1975.

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The Rouge River National Wet Weather Demonstration Project is funded, in part, by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Grants #XP995743-01, -02, -03, -04, -05, -06, -08 and C-264000-01.