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Water Quality Monitoring in the Source Water Areas for NYC PHASE I Monitoring Sites

Site 3 - West Branch Delaware River at South Kortright - WBDSKORT - IMAGE Gallery Watershed Characteristics - Nutrient Chemistry - Molecular Tracers - Macroinvertebrates

Watershed Land Use/Land Cover Characteristics - Data Methodology Description Latitude(dd): 42.34367 Longitude(dd): -74.719800 Watershed Area: 122.7 km2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ West of Hudson Land Use/Cover Map Impervious Agriculture Forest Water Wetland 0.58% 55.14% 43.61% 0.67% 1.35% -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------   1990 2000 Total Population 2735 2753 Population Density (ind./km2) 22.30 22.44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------   2000 2001 2002 # of SPDES Dischargers 2 2 2 Total Annual Volume (normalized for watershed area) 0.62 cm 0.41 cm 0.49 cm Ions, Nutrients, DOC/BDOC, and Particulates - click here for abbreviations/units Sampling Dates and Discharge (Q) - Realtime Flow Monitoring   Ions/Nutr & DOC/BDOC Organic Particles Date Q - m3/s Date Q - m3/s 2000 07SEP00 0.3695 24OCT00 0.935 2001 08AUG01 0.1822 08AUG01 0.1822 2002 13JUN02 2.8328 13JUN02 2.8328 Data Table - Methodology   2000 QUAL 2001 QUAL 2002 QUAL pH 8.2   7.8   7.3   ALKL 31   39   24   COND 95   139   82   CA 11   .   .   MG 2.1   2.8   1.7   NA 3.4   6   9   K 1.3   2   1   CL 3.5   8.3   4.6   SO4 6.6   9.1   5.3   NH4N 0.009 B 0.01   0.004 B NO3N 0.3   1.2   0.5   ORGN 0.2   0.1   0.2   SKN 0.2   0.1   0.2   TKN 0.3   0.2   0.3   SRP 0.015   0.03   0.019   TDP 0.018   0.03   0.02   TP 0.02   0.04   0.03   DOC 2357   1443   3068   BDOC .   251   355   TSS 0.7 B 1.5   3.2   TSS05 0.5 B 0.8   2   TSS10 0.05 B 0.3   0.4   TSS20 0.1   0.6   1.3   VSS 0.4   0.6   0.9   VSS05 0.3 B 0.4 B 0.6   VSS10 0.04 B 0.07   0.08   VSS20 0.04   0.1   0.3   Molecular Tracer Analysis - click here for abbreviations/units Sampling Dates and Discharges (Q) - Realtime Flow Monitoring   Summer Baseflow Winter Baseflow Date Q - m3/s Date Q - m3/s 2000 26JUL00 0.4682 --- --- 2001 08AUG01 0.1822 --- --- 2002 10JUN02 3.3579 --- --- 2003     --- --- Data Table - Methodology   2000(SB) QUAL 2001(WB) QUAL 2001(SB) QUAL 2002(WB) QUAL 2002(SB) QUAL 2003(WB) QUAL FLU 0.0018 E .   0.0006 HE .   0 NE .   PHE 0.004 E .   0.002 HE .   0.02   .   ANT 0.0003 E .   0.0004 HE .   0 NE .   2MP 0.004   .   0.002 HE .   0.03 E .   1MP 0 NE .   0.0002 HE .   0.02   .   FLR 0.008   .   0.002 HE .   0.02 E .   PYR 0.006   .   0.0011 HE .   0.07   .   BAA 0.03   .   0.013   .   0.006   .   CHR 0 NE .   0.013   .   0 NE .   BBF 0.0017 E .   0.0007 HE .   0 NE .   BKF 0.003 E .   0.0008 HE .   0 NE .   BAP 0.004 E .   0.0008 HE .   0.007 E .   HHCB 0.02   .   0.002 HE .   0.02   .   AHTN 0 NE .   0.0016 HE .   0.02   .   CAF 0.01 E .   0.0014 HE .   0 E .   bCOP 0.03 E .   0.018   .   0.1   .   EPI 0.009 E .   0.005   .   0.03   .   CHO 0.6 E .   0.5   .   1.1   .   aCOP 0.1 E .   0.1   .   0.2   .   aONE 0.03 E .   0.016   .   0 NE .   bONE 0.03 E .   0.02   .   0.09   .   SNOL 0.07 E .   0.04   .   0.1   .     Benthic Macroinvertebrates - Methodology Water Quality Score - WQS Definition