Bliss Nitrate Project Area
Final Report 2011
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When the Idaho State Department of Agriculture conducted monitoring in an area north
of Bliss, the well and spring water was found to have elevated levels of nitrate. There were times when the levels even
exceeded the 10mg/L allowed by the EPA and state drinking water standards.
Since this area is within the boundaries of the Gooding Soil Conservation District, the District partnered with other
agencies to discover the cause of these elevated nitrates. The District and its partners applied for and received a 319 Grant
and with the money, a technician was hired. Mike Tucker, technician & Joe Schwarzbach, IASCD employee began
sampling existing wells and storing the data, then began drilling test wells and storing the data from those wells.
The Bliss Nitrate Project area lends itself to this kind of study, because of its position
and geology, this is where Joe Schwarzbach our expert stepped in and explained that this area is a unique
hydrologic system held within a rather small bowl shaped area. It was thought that this would make an ideal area
to test the possibility of locating the problem, and reversing it.
Mike
& Joe's carefully collected and stored data will soon divulge the secret of the high nitrate levels.
The Final Report
