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

Site 11 - Bush Kill near Arkville - EBDBUSHK - IMAGE Gallery Watershed Characteristics - Nutrient Chemistry - Molecular Tracers - Macroinvertebrates

Watershed Land Use/Land Cover Characteristics - Data Methodology Description Latitude(dd): 42.150721 Longitude(dd): -74.601627 Watershed Area: 121.1 km2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ West of Hudson Land Use/Cover Map Impervious Agriculture Forest Water Wetland 0.00% 14.65% 85.27% 0.09% 0.54% -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------   1990 2000 Total Population 995 1256 Population Density (ind./km2) 8.22 10.37 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------   2000 2001 2002 # of SPDES Dischargers 1 1 1 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 01AUG00 0.8154 01AUG00 0.8154 2001 12JUL01 0.5224 25JUL01 0.5224 2002 26JUN02 1.3494 26JUN02 1.3494 Data Table - Methodology   2000 QUAL 2001 QUAL 2002 QUAL pH 7.7   6.7   7.4   ALKL 19   24   18   COND 69   89   71   CA 6.8   .   .   MG 1.4   1.7   1.4   NA 4.1   5.6   4   K 0.5   0.6   0.5   CL 5   9   5.4   SO4 5.2   5.3   6.5   NH4N 0.007 B 0.009 B 0.013   NO3N 0.1   0.2   0.1   ORGN 0.06   0.04   0.05   SKN 0.06 B 0.05   0.07 B TKN 0.09 B 0.07   0.1   SRP 0.014   0.01   0.01   TDP 0.013   0.011   0.012   TP 0.016   0.013   0.014   DOC 1359   1036   1497   BDOC .   194   406   TSS 2.6   0.9 B 1.7   TSS05 2.3   0.6   1   TSS10 0.2   0.2 B 0.3   TSS20 0.1   0.4   0.7   VSS 0.9   0.3   0.6   VSS05 0.8   0.2 B 0.5   VSS10 0.07   0.05 B 0.08   VSS20 0.03   0.1 B 0.2     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 24JUL00 0.8375 --- --- 2001 12JUL01 0.5224 08FEB01 1.2091 2002 24JUN02 1.7926 04FEB02 4.8624 2003     15JAN03 --- Data Table - Methodology   2000(SB) QUAL 2001(WB) QUAL 2001(SB) QUAL 2002(WB) QUAL 2002(SB) QUAL 2003(WB) QUAL FLU 0.0013 E 0.001 HE 0.0009 E 0.0005 E 0.0012 E 0.0008 E PHE 0.005   0.004 HE 0.002 E 0.0014 E 0.007 E 0.006 E ANT 0.0011 E 0.0004 HE 0.001 E 0.0009 E 0.0008 E 0.006 E 2MP 0.007 E 0.002 HE 0.003 E 0.0013 E 0.08   0.006 E 1MP 0.0003 E 0.0015 HE 0.0008 E 0.00018 E 0.05   0.003 E FLR 0.0016 E 0.0019 HE 0.002 E 0.0012 E 0.04   0.005 E PYR 0.001 E 0.0014 HE 0.001 E 0.001 E 0.3   0.004 E BAA 0.0014 E 0.0005 HE 0.0004 E 0.0005 E 0.0014 E 0 NE CHR 0.0004 E 0.0005 HE 0.0005 E 0.0006 E 0.0017 E 0 NE BBF 0.0013 E 0.0002 HE 0.0004 E 0.0009 E 0.0013 E 0 NE BKF 0.0009 E 0.00016 HE 0.0004 E 0.0009 E 0.0011 E 0 NE BAP 0.0016 E 0 NE 0.0003 E 0.0009 E 0.0012 E 0 NE HHCB 0.0012 E 0.006   0.005 E 0.003 E 0.004 E 0.005 E AHTN 0.01 E 0.03 HE 0.017   0.0011 E 0.005 E 0.01 E CAF 0.004 E 0.003 HE 0.0019 E 0.009   0.02   0.014 E bCOP 0.03 E 0.011   0.014 E 0.04   0.04   0.014 E EPI 0.02   0.0013   0.002 E 0.003 E 0.004   0.007 E CHO 0.4   0.09   0.3   0.1   0.4   0.1   aCOP 0.08 E 0.013   0.04   0.03   0.1   0.03   aONE 0.006 E 0 NE 0 NE 0.0018 E 0.011   0 NE bONE 0.03   0.014   0 NE 0.019   0.03   0 NE SNOL 0.05 E 0.02   0.02   0.05   0.06   0.03     Benthic Macroinvertebrates - Methodology Water Quality Score - WQS Definition