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

Site 17 - Schoharie Creek near Jewett Center - SCHJEWET - IMAGE Gallery Watershed Characteristics - Nutrient Chemistry - Molecular Tracers - Macroinvertebrates

Watershed Land Use/Land Cover Characteristics - Data Methodology Description Latitude(dd): 42.228239 Longitude(dd): -74.284268 Watershed Area: 133.2 km2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ West of Hudson Land Use/Cover Map Impervious Agriculture Forest Water Wetland 0.97% 8.48% 89.95% 0.60% 1.32% -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------   1990 2000 Total Population 1713 1894 Population Density (ind./km2) 12.86 14.22 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------   2000 2001 2002 # of SPDES Dischargers 9 9 9 Total Annual Volume (normalized for watershed area) 0.36 cm 0.29 cm 0.33 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 08AUG00 0.7729 08AUG00 0.7729 2001 25JUL01 0.1590 25JUL01 0.1590 2002 17JUL02 0.1624 17JUL02 0.1624 Data Table - Methodology   2000 QUAL 2001 QUAL 2002 QUAL pH 8.7   7.1   8.3   ALKL 18   27   26   COND 69   123   114   CA 6.4   .   .   MG 0.9   1.5   1.4   NA 4.9   10   9.6   K 0.3 B 0.6   0.5   CL 6.8   16   14   SO4 5.3   5.9   5.7   NH4N 0.006 B 0.014   0.007 B NO3N 0.1   0.2   0.1   ORGN 0.06   0.06   0.1   SKN 0.07 B 0.08   0.1   TKN 0.1 B 0.1   0.1   SRP 0.002 B 0 B 0.002 B TDP 0.004 B 0.004 B 0.003 B TP 0.006 B 0.005 B 0.006 B DOC 1629   1472   1555   BDOC .   200   242   TSS 0.8 B 1 B 2.3   TSS05 0.7 B 0.8   1.8   TSS10 0.05 B 0.1 B 0.2   TSS20 0.05   0.2 B 0.3 B VSS 0.3 B 0.5   0.6   VSS05 0.2 B 0.5   0.5   VSS10 0.03 B 0.05 B 0.05 B VSS20 0.015   0.07 B 0.09 B   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 08AUG00 0.7729 --- --- 2001 30JUL01 0.2119 21FEB01 2.2847 2002 16JUL02 0.1780 13FEB02 2.8861 2003     28JAN03 0.4813 Data Table - Methodology   2000(SB) QUAL 2001(WB) QUAL 2001(SB) QUAL 2002(WB) QUAL 2002(SB) QUAL 2003(WB) QUAL FLU 0.0002 E 0.0008 HE 0.0004 E 0.0011 E 0.002 E 0.0013 E PHE 0.0011   0.002   0.0012 E 0.004 E 0.007 E 0.002 E ANT 0.00018 E 0.0005 HE 0.0005 E 0.008 E 0.008 E 0.0005 E 2MP 0.003 E 0.001 HE 0.008 E 0.003 E 0.012 E 0.003 E 1MP 0.00019 E 0 NE 0.0002 E 0.0005 E 0.007 E 0.0003 E FLR 0.001 E 0 E 0.0012 E 0.003 E 0.0012 E 0.0009 E PYR 0.0004 E 0.001 HE 0.0004 E 0.002 E 0.04 E 0.0006 E BAA 0.013 E 0.0006 HE 0.0007 E 0.0004 E 0.001 E 0.0003 E CHR 0.0008 E 0.0005 HE 0.0004 E 0.0006 E 0.0017 E 0 E BBF 0.0007 E 0.0003 HE 0.0003 E 0.001 E 0.002 E 0.0006 E BKF 0.0004 E 0 E 0.00019 E 0.0004 E 0.003 E 0.005 E BAP 0.0007 E 0.003   0.0003 E 0.0005 E 0.0011 E 0 E HHCB 0.005 E 0.011   0.0019 E 0.015   0.017 E 0.008 E AHTN 0.03 E 0.014   0.0019 E 0.0015 E 0.006 E 0.0012 E CAF 0.003 E 0.016   0.009 E 0.005 E 0.019   0.05   bCOP 0.009 E 0.013   0.009 E 0.017   0.02   0.017   EPI 0.005 E 0.005 HE 0.0012 E 0.003 E 0.006   0.004 E CHO 0.4   0.08   0.2 E 0.09   0.6   0.2   aCOP 0.06 E 0.015   0.04 E 0.02   0.1   0.019   aONE 0.006   0.002 HE 0.007 E 0.0009 E 0.03 E 0.05 E bONE 0.009 E 0.012 HE 0.012 E 0.008 E 0.05   0.04 E SNOL 0.04   0.02   0.019 E 0.05   0.07 E 0.03     Benthic Macroinvertebrates - Methodology Water Quality Score - WQS Definition