King County DNRP Water Quality Index

STATION SNQDUVALL WATER YEAR 2020

GAUGE # 53aa Snoqualmie River @ Taylor Landing Overall Index 65
King County monitors water quality in the Snoqualmie River in Duvall a little downstream of NW Woodinville Duvall Rd. Sampling at this
station began in 2011. The Snoqualmie River is formed by its North, Middle, and South Forks which drain the west slope of the Cascade
Mountains in eastern King County. After the confluence of these steep headwater streams the Snoqualmie enters the broad Snoqualmie
River Valley that contains the communities of North Bend, Snoqualmie, Fall City, Carnation, and Duvall as well as significant agriculture
operations. As a result, TMDLs for temperature, dissolved oxygen, and bacteria were developed for the Snoqualmie between the
confluences of it three forks and the King County sampling station in Duvall.

Annual Water Quality Index Scores

Water quality was MODERATE based on data collected 10/1/2019 to 9/30/2020.

Overall

Fecal Coliform
Oxygen

pH

Temperature

Turbidity

TSS

Total Phos.

Total Nitrogen

0 20 40 60 80 100
< Poor > < Moderate > < Good >

Monthly Scores For Water Year 2020 About The Water Quality Index:
Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep The Water Quality Index (WQI) score is a
21 87 97 93 95 98 99 94 88 92 91 unit-less number ranging from 10 to 100:
the higher the number, the higher the water
WQI Score Comparison By Water Year
quality. Scores are calculated from data
co llected d u rin g th e mo n thly routine
100 sa mp l i n g. Fo r temp eratu re, p H , fecal
90 Good coliform bacteria, turbidity, and dissolved
80 oxygen, the index expresses results relative
70 to levels required to maintain beneficial uses
60 according to criteria in Washington’s Water
M oderate
50 Quality Standards, WAC 173-201A. For
nutrient and sediment measures where
40 there are no standard, results are expressed
30 relative to guidelines for this eco-region.
20 Poor Results from the eight parameters are
10 aggregated over time to produce a single
0 score for each sample station. In general,
stations scoring 80 and above did not fail
water quality standards or guidelines and
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are o f "low concern", scores 40 to 80

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indicate "moderate concern", and water

quality at stations with scores below 40 are
of "high concern". For more information
about the WQI please visit
For more information about this creek please visit our website at https://green2.kingcounty.gov/streamsdata/
http://green.kingcounty.gov/WLR/Waterres/StreamsData/streamlist.aspx WQI.aspx