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OSSPEEC Surface Water Quality / Quantity Projects
Charles Jason Tinant
OSSPEEC Project Director – OLCPhD Candidate Earth Science
MS Water Resources EngineeringBS Geological Engineering
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Community-Defined Needs in Surface Water Quality &
Quantity Many community concerns on
the Pine Ridge Reservation are centered around water – Questions of Sustainability
Drinking Water Quality Is the water safe to drink?
Stream Health How is the environment
around me changing?
Long-term Availability Mni Wiconi / Treaty Rights
regarding the Missouri River Compact
White River near Badlands Visitor Center – zero flow condition on July 23, 2012
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OSSPEEC Partnerships with Community Agencies around
Water
OST Environmental Protection Program Non-point Source Monitoring / Analysis (Tinant,
Benning – SDSMT, Kenner – SDSMT)
Natural Resources Regulatory Agency Well-drilling (Schwalm – OLC) Hydrogeology (Sawyer - SDSMT, Sanovia - OLC) Water budget development (Tinant)
OST Rural Water Existing relationship with SDSU in water
distribution research (Beck – SDSU Civil Engineering)
Thunder Valley Development Agency Floodplain modeling (Tinant) Design of net-zero water / wastewater treatment
(Berdanier, Fick, Pyatt – UC Boulder)
Dr. Schwalm (OLC), Calvin Cutschall, and James Means drilling core at an abandoned mine in Harding County, SD
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Pine Ridge Aquatic Ecology Project (PREP)
Engineering Need: Watershed health defined by analysis of chemical, biological, and physical parameters;
Concrete Experience: Guided WQ and biotic sampling, laboratory analysis;
Observation / Reflection: Analysis of macroinvertebrate data, field data, laboratory data, discussion on the bigger social picture;
Abstract Thinking (cross-disciplinary learning): biogeochemical cycling, anthropogenic perturbation, stability;
Testing Abstract Concepts: Best Management Practice (BMP) design using a systems approach;
Jake Fergusson water quality sampling
Delaine Peterson and Jake Fergusson sampling macroinvertebrates
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Streamflow Event Sampling
Engineering Need: Fecal coliform and sediment identified as impairments in Pine Ridge Reservation streams
Concrete Experience: Storm-water sampling, stream flow measurement,
Observation / Reflection: Capacity building with OST Environmental Protection Program, K-12 Outreach
Vertical integration: Collaborative project with an MS candidate, SDSMT Senior, and OLC freshman
Abstract Concepts: Best Management Practice (BMP) design; storm flows
Shane Herrod and Nick Marnach teaching OLC Freshman Engineering and high school students how to measure stream flow.
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Practical Irrigable Land Estimation for Pine Ridge
Reservation
• Engineering Need: OST should quantify future agricultural water needs as part of treaty negotiations with Federal government;
• Concrete Experience: Joni Tobacco was formerly Water Director for OST Natural Resources Regulatory Agency;
• Abstract Thinking: Modeled PIA from effective rainfall in ArcGIS