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DEQ to Provide Updates on Clarks Fork Yellowstone Water Monitoring Project
HELENA—The Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is hosting a public meeting to share results of a water quality monitoring project for the Clarks Fork Yellowstone Watershed and provide updates on future water quality monitoring efforts. Water quality monitoring from the 2022 season is part of a 3–4-year project to assess current water quality conditions and determine whether Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDL) are a necessary step to restore water quality. A TMDL defines the amount of a certain pollutant a waterbody can hold before it impacts water quality and beneficial uses such as agriculture, recreation and aquatic life. If DEQ determines TMDLs are needed, the agency will work with local stakeholders to outline a plan to reduce pollutants.
DEQ is hosting a hybrid public meeting at the Joliet Community Center on Feb. 16, 2023. The meeting will include a presentation from the Clarks Fork Yellowstone Partnership on the volunteer monitoring data collected from 2019-2022. The public can join the presentation in-person, by phone or online.
What: A hybrid presentation on water quality monitoring in the Clarks Fork Yellowstone Watershed
When: Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023 at 6:30 p.m.
Where: The hybrid meeting will have both an online and in-person option
- The in-person meeting will be held at the Joliet Community Center (209 E Front Ave., Joliet Mont.)
- To access the online or phone option, please visit: Water Quality | Public Meeting on Water Monitoring Project for the Clarks Fork Yellowstone | Montana DEQ (mt.gov)
For more information on DEQ’s water quality monitoring program, visit: https://deq.mt.gov/water/Programs/Monitoring