Water Quality

Friends of the Shenandoah River currently collect water data for two of the streams highlighted in my blog. Page Brook and Spout Run are currently under the Department of Environmental Quality's Impairment status. Below is a link to access their results.

Health of the Streams

Virginia DEQ Impairments

Spout Run and Page Brook are tagged as sites which require impairments due to inadequate water quality levels

Spout Run

(Nearest point to the Shenandoah River)

WATER_NAME = Spout Run
LOCATION = Spout Run from its confluence with Page Brook Run downstream to its confluence with the Shenandoah River.
IMPAIRMENT = Benthic-Macroinvertebrate Bioassessments, Fecal Coliform
SOURCE = Wildlife Other than Waterfowl, Source Unknown, Non-Point Source, Agriculture
AQU_LIFE = Not Supporting
FISH_CONSU = Not Assessed
PWS = Not Applicable
RECREATION = Not Supporting
WILDLIFE = Fully Supporting

Water Quality Testing
http://fosr.org/water/

Spout Run is site: FC02(Spout Run)

Page Brook Run

(North of Boyce, VA)

WATER_NAME = Page Brook Run
LOCATION = Page Brook Run and tributaries from the headwaters downstream to its confluence with Roseville Run.
IMPAIRMENT = Fecal Coliform
SOURCE = Wildlife Other than Waterfowl, Non-Point Source, Agriculture
AQU_LIFE = Fully Supporting
FISH_CONSU = Not Assessed
PWS = Not Applicable
RECREATION = Not Supporting
WILDLIFE = Fully Supporting

Page Brook site number: FC09(Page Brook)