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


Site 20 - Batavia Kill near Prattsville- SCHBATAV - IMAGE Gallery
Watershed Characteristics - Nutrient Chemistry - Molecular Tracers - Macroinvertebrates


Watershed Land Use/Land Cover Characteristics - Data Methodology Description

Latitude(dd): 42.303657
Longitude(dd): -74.418487
Watershed Area: 189.4 km2




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West of Hudson Land Use/Cover Map
Impervious Agriculture Forest Water Wetland
0.60% 19.05% 80.09% 0.26%

1.25%

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1990
2000

Total Population

2596
2511
Population Density (ind./km2)
13.70
13.26
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2000
2001
2002
# of SPDES Dischargers
4
4
4
Total Annual Volume
(normalized for watershed area)
0.03 cm
0.02 cm
0.03 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
1.0988
08AUG00
1.0988
2001
25JUL01
0.2260
25JUL01
0.2260
2002
17JUL02
0.2309
17JUL02
0.2309

Data Table - Methodology
  2000 QUAL 2001 QUAL 2002 QUAL
pH 8.7   8.7   9.3  
ALKL 23   29   26  
COND 100   150   154  
CA 7.9   .   .  
MG 1.7   2.2   2.3  
NA 8.2   12   13  
K 0.6   1   0.9  
CL 14   23   25  
SO4 6   6.3   7  
NH4N 0.005 B 0.013   0.004 B
NO3N 0.05   0.03   0.013 B
ORGN 0.08   0.1   0.2  
SKN 0.08 B 0.1   0.2  
TKN 0.07 B 0.2   0.2  
SRP 0.004   0 B 0.003  
TDP 0.006 B 0.004 B 0.004 B
TP 0.009 B 0.01   0.009 B
DOC 1433   1563   1703  
BDOC .   418   367  
TSS 1.4   2.9   2.7  
TSS05 1.1 B 2.4   2.7  
TSS10 0.2   0.4   0.2  
TSS20 0.08   0.6   0.2 B
VSS 0.5   0.7   0.6  
VSS05 0.4   0.6   0.6  
VSS10 0.08   0.09   0.05 B
VSS20 0.016   0.1 B 0.06 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
11OCT00
0.7355
2001
30JUL01
0.3012
21FEB01
3.2481
2002
16JUL02
0.2531
13FEB02
4.1030
2003    
28JAN03
0.6842

Data Table - Methodology
  2000(SB) QUAL 2001(WB) QUAL 2001(SB) QUAL 2002(WB) QUAL 2002(SB) QUAL 2003(WB) QUAL
FLU 0.0008 NHE 0.0009 HE 0.0011 E 0.0009 E 0.0007 E 0.0009 E
PHE 0 NE 0.002 HE 0.003 E 0.0006 E 0.002 E 0.003 E
ANT 0.002 HE 0.0007 HE 0.0011 E 0 NE 0.0003 E 0.003 E
2MP 0.003 HE 0.003 HE 0.004 E 0.008 E 0.0003 E 0.01 E
1MP 0.0002 NHE 0.0003 HE 0.001 E 0.005 E 0.0002 E 0.007 E
FLR 0.003 HE 0.002 HE 0.0011 E 0.005 E 0.004 E 0.01 E
PYR 0 NE 0.0016   0.0005 E 0.02 E 0.0008 E 0.05  
BAA 0 NE 0.0008 HE 0.0011 E 0.0006 E 0.0009 E 0.00016 E
CHR 0 NE 0.0007 HE 0.0006 E 0 NE 0.0003 E 0.00016 E
BBF 0.0003 NHE 0.0006 HE 0.0002 E 0.0009 E 0.0005 E 0.006 E
BKF 0 NE 0.0002 HE 0.0002 E 0 NE 0.0002 E 0.019  
BAP 0 NE 0 NE 0.0006 E 0 NE 0.0001 E 0.01  
HHCB 0.003   0.007   0.005 E 0.005 E 0.003 E 0.004 E
AHTN 0.009 HE 0.013 HE 0.016 E 0.003 E 0.005 E 0.006 E
CAF 0 NE 0.012   0.006 E 0.008   0.006 E 0.04 E
bCOP 0.2   0.015   0.007 E 0.02   0.02   0.02  
EPI 0.04   0.008 HE 0.0016 E 0 NE 0.006   0.003 E
CHO 0.2   0.09   0.5   0.2   0.9   0.2  
aCOP 0.05   0.015   0.06   0.03   0.1   0.02  
aONE 0.05 HE 0.01 HE 0.018 HE 0.009 E 0.03   0.015 E
bONE 0.014 NHE 0.014   0.012 HE 0.02   0.05   0.05  
SNOL 0.04   0.02   0.03   0.04   0.06   0.04  

 

Benthic Macroinvertebrates - Methodology

Water Quality Score - WQS Definition



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