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

Site 26 - Esopus Creek near Mount Tremper - ESPMTTRP - IMAGE Gallery Watershed Characteristics - Nutrient Chemistry - Molecular Tracers - Macroinvertebrates

Watershed Land Use/Land Cover Characteristics - Data Methodology Description Latitude(dd): 42.039750 Longitude(dd): -74.281761 Watershed Area: 438.8 km2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ West of Hudson Land Use/Cover Map Impervious Agriculture Forest Water Wetland 0.03% 2.61% 97.12% 0.24% 0.49% -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------   1990 2000 Total Population 3503 3775 Population Density (ind./km2) 7.98 8.60 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------   2000 2001 2002 # of SPDES Dischargers 4 4 4 Total Annual Volume (normalized for watershed area) 0.05 cm 0.04 cm 0.04 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 4.5374 08AUG00 4.5374 2001 11JUL01 2.4060 11JUL01 2.4060 2002 27JUN02 5.2038 27JUN02 5.2038 Data Table - Methodology   2000 QUAL 2001 QUAL 2002 QUAL pH 7.8   6.7   7.3   ALKL 15   16   17   COND 56   70   72   CA 5.7   .   .   MG 1   1.1   1.2   NA 3.1   4.6   4.7   K 0.3 B 0.5   0.4   CL 4   6   6.3   SO4 5.6   5.8   6   NH4N 0.004 B 0.006 B 0.008 B NO3N 0.2   0.2   0.1   ORGN 0.1   0.06   0.07   SKN 0.1   0.07   0.08 B TKN 0.1   0.2   0.1   SRP 0.003   0.003   0.001 B TDP 0.006 B 0.004 B 0.003 B TP 0.009 B 0.009 B 0.006 B DOC 1902   1626   1783   BDOC .   196   255   TSS 3.7   12   3.6   TSS05 3.3   5.5   2.4   TSS10 0.3   0.9   0.5   TSS20 0.2   3   1   VSS 0.9   1.4   0.8   VSS05 0.7   0.4   0.6   VSS10 0.1   0.1   0.08   VSS20 0.04   0.4   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 08AUG00 4.5374 2001 13JUL01 2.0623 --- --- 2002 24JUN02 7.3286 --- --- 2003     --- --- Data Table - Methodology   2000(SB) QUAL 2001(WB) QUAL 2001(SB) QUAL 2002(WB) QUAL 2002(SB) QUAL 2003(WB) QUAL FLU 0 NE .   0.0005 E .   0.0017 E .   PHE 0.0011 HE .   0.0017 E .   0.012 E .   ANT 0.00019 HE .   0.0004 E .   0.03   .   2MP 0.005 HE .   0.002 E .   0.8   .   1MP 0.0014 HE .   0.0004 E .   0.6   .   FLR 0.0008 HE .   0.001 E .   0.2   .   PYR 0.0006   .   0.0007 E .   1.8   .   BAA 0 NE .   0.0003 E .   0.04   .   CHR 0 NE .   0.0005 E .   0.0006 E .   BBF 0 NE .   0.0004 E .   0.00012 E .   BKF 0 NE .   0.0003 E .   0.00005 E .   BAP 0.00007 HE .   0 NE .   0.0008 E .   HHCB 0.002   .   0.0007 E .   0.009 E .   AHTN 0 NE .   0.003 E .   0.02   .   CAF 0 NE .   0.0011 E .   0.014 E .   bCOP 0.008   .   0.002 E .   0.0004 E .   EPI 0 NE .   0.0007 E .   0.014 E .   CHO 0.4   .   0.3 E .   0.6 E .   aCOP 0.06   .   0.02 E .   0.1 E .   aONE 0.002   .   0.003 E .   0.01 E .   bONE 0.003 HE .   0.008 E .   0.02 E .   SNOL 0.05   .   0.008 E .   0.06 E .     Benthic Macroinvertebrates - Methodology Water Quality Score - WQS Definition