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


Site 7- West Brook near Walton- WBDWSTBK - IMAGE Gallery
Watershed Characteristics - Nutrient Chemistry - Molecular Tracers - Macroinvertebrates


Watershed Land Use/Land Cover Characteristics - Data Methodology Description

Latitude(dd): 42.198677
Longitude(dd): -74.121183
Watershed Area: 34.8 km2




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West of Hudson Land Use/Cover Map
Impervious Agriculture Forest Water Wetland
0.31% 49.24% 49.51% 0.94% 1.40%
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1990
2000

Total Population

318
317
Population Density (ind./km2)
9.15
9.11
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2000
2001
2002
# of SPDES Dischargers
0
0
0
Total Annual Volume
(normalized for watershed area)
0.00 cm
0.00 cm
0.00 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
06SEP00
0.1168
06SEP00
0.1168
2001
09AUG01
0.0474
09AUG01
0.0474
2002
13JUN02
0.8035
13JUN02
0.8035

Data Table - Methodology
  2000 QUAL 2001 QUAL 2002 QUAL
pH 7.6   7.1   7.1  
ALKL 23   26   18  
COND 86   119   81  
CA 7.9   .   .  
MG 2.4   2.8   2  
NA 5.9   8.1   5.2  
K 1.6   2.1   1  
CL 9   14   6.2  
SO4 7.7   7.3   6.9  
NH4N 0.009 B 0.02   0.015  
NO3N 0.4   0.4   0.5  
ORGN 0.08   0.1   0.1  
SKN 0.09 B 0.2   0.2  
TKN 0.1   0.2   0.2  
SRP 0.014   0.016   0.014  
TDP 0.015   0.02   0.02  
TP 0.02   0.02   0.02  
DOC 1508   1572   2213  
BDOC .   321   296  
TSS 0.4 B 2   4.3  
TSS05 0.3 B 1.6   2.2  
TSS10 0.003 B 0.3   0.6  
TSS20 0.09   0.5   1.1  
VSS 0.2 B 0.7   1.3  
VSS05 0.1 B 0.5   0.8  
VSS10 0.004 B 0.08   0.2  
VSS20 0.03   0.2   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
25JUL00
0.1384
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2001
08AUG01
0.0517
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2002
10JUN02
0.9553
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2003    
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Data Table - Methodology
  2000(SB) QUAL 2001(WB) QUAL 2001(SB) QUAL 2002(WB) QUAL 2002(SB) QUAL 2003(WB) QUAL
FLU 0 NE .   0.002 HE .   0.003 E .  
PHE 0.003 E .   0.007 HE .   0.006 E .  
ANT 0.0004 E .   0.0015 HE .   0.005 E .  
2MP 0.004   .   0.002 HE .   0.003 E .  
1MP 0 NE .   0.0006 HE .   0.014 E .  
FLR 0.003 E .   0.006 HE .   0.004 E .  
PYR 0.0019 E .   0.004 HE .   0.003 E .  
BAA 0 NE .   0.0006 HE .   0.002 E .  
CHR 0 NE .   0.0007 HE .   0.0015 E .  
BBF 0.0012 E .   0.003 HE .   0.0016 E .  
BKF 0.001 E .   0.002 HE .   0.0015 E .  
BAP 0.0014   .   0.003 HE .   0.002 E .  
HHCB 0.003   .   0.003 HE .   0.015 E .  
AHTN 0 NE .   0.005 HE .   0.05 E .  
CAF 0.006 E .   0.0011 E .   0.01   .  
bCOP 0.009 E .   0.009 HE .   0.03   .  
EPI 0.003 E .   0.0018 HE .   0.01   .  
CHO 0.6 E .   0.6 HE .   0.3   .  
aCOP 0.06 E .   0.04 HE .   0.1   .  
aONE 0.02 E .   0.007 HE .   0.006 E .  
bONE 0.019 E .   0.01 HE .   0.02   .  
SNOL 0.04 E .   0.016 HE .   0.05   .  

 

Benthic Macroinvertebrates - Methodology

Water Quality Score - WQS Definition



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