970 Spencer Road
Avondale, PA 19311
610.268.2153 / 610.268.0490 (fax)

dedicated to the study of streams and rivers

    Home | About Stroud | Research | Education | Press Room | Support Stroud | Contact Us | Directions

Go:

Leaf Pack Network

Kresge Challenge

Calendar of Events

River Resources

Employment


Give a gift
to clean water.
DONATE NOW


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


Site 28 - East Branch Neversink near Claryville - NVRETBRH - IMAGE Gallery
Watershed Characteristics - Nutrient Chemistry - Molecular Tracers - Macroinvertebrates


Watershed Land Use/Land Cover Characteristics - Data Methodology Description

Latitude(dd): 41.917600
Longitude(dd): -74.573459
Watershed Area: 71.1 km2




------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
West of Hudson Land Use/Cover Map
Impervious Agriculture Forest Water Wetland
0.05% 0.85% 98.54% 0.56%

0.18%

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
1990
2000

Total Population

205
205
Population Density (ind./km2)
2.89
2.88
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
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
07AUG00
2.2569
07AUG00
2.2569
2001
24JUL01
0.4408
24JUL01
0.4408
2002
25JUN02
1.3067
25JUN02
1.3067

Data Table - Methodology
  2000 QUAL 2001 QUAL 2002 QUAL
pH 6.2   5.6   6.4  
ALKL 2.4   3.6   2.9  
COND 23   31   27  
CA 1.6   .   .  
MG 0.5   0.6   0.6  
NA 1.6   2.2   1.5 B
K 0.2 B 0.3   0.3 B
CL 12 Q 3   2.1  
SO4 6.2   4.2   5.2  
NH4N 0.002 B 0.008 B 0.008 B
NO3N 0.06   0.2   0.1  
ORGN 0.07   0.04   0.008  
SKN 0.07 B 0.05   0.016 B
TKN 0.07 B 0.013   0.05 B
SRP 0.002 B 0.001 B 0.001 B
TDP 0.002 B 0.004 B 0.002 B
TP 0.002 B 0.004 B 0.003 B
DOC 1792   1041   1369  
BDOC .   200   217  
TSS 4   0.4 B 0.6 B
TSS05 3.3   0.2 B 0.7  
TSS10 0.7   .   0.1 B
TSS20 0.07   0.1 B 0.3 B
VSS 1.4   0.3   0.4  
VSS05 1.1   0.2 B 0.5  
VSS10 0.2   .   0.06 B
VSS20 0.03   0.07 B 0.1 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
07AUG00
2.2569
2001
19SEP01
0.1852
---
---
2002
24JUN02
1.7333
---
---
2003    
---
---

Data Table - Methodology
  2000(SB) QUAL 2001(WB) QUAL 2001(SB) QUAL 2002(WB) QUAL 2002(SB) QUAL 2003(WB) QUAL
FLU 0.00003 E .   0.0007 E .   0.0005 E .  
PHE 0.0013   .   0.0015 E .   0.0013 E .  
ANT 0.002 E .   0.0003 E .   0.00018 E .  
2MP 0.0005 E .   0.0011 E .   0.0006 E .  
1MP 0.0003 E .   0.00018 E .   0.0002 E .  
FLR 0.0003 E .   0.0004 E .   0.002 E .  
PYR 0.00009 E .   0.0002 E .   0.0003 E .  
BAA 0.0019 E .   0.00013 E .   0.0004 E .  
CHR 0.0006 E .   0.00015 E .   0.00012 E .  
BBF 0.0012 E .   0.0002 E .   0.0005 E .  
BKF 0.0006 E .   0.0001 E .   0.001 E .  
BAP 0.0004 E .   0.0002 E .   0.00018 E .  
HHCB 0.004   .   0.003 E .   0.003 E .  
AHTN 0.02   .   0.005 E .   0.003 E .  
CAF 0.00015 E .   0.0007 E .   0.03 E .  
bCOP 0.005 E .   0.004 E .   0.001 E .  
EPI 0.012 E .   0.0007 E .   0.0006 E .  
CHO 0.09   .   0.2   .   0.1   .  
aCOP 0.019 E .   0.017   .   0.05   .  
aONE 0.012 E .   0.003 E .   0.012   .  
bONE 0.04 E .   0.006 E .   0.016   .  
SNOL 0.02 E .   0.017   .   0.04   .  

 

Benthic Macroinvertebrates - Methodology

Water Quality Score - WQS Definition



Home | About Stroud | Research | Education | Support Stroud | Press Room | Contact Us | Directions
Leaf Pack Network | Kresge Challenge | Calendar of Events | River Resources | Employment

Copyright ©2002-2004 Stroud Water Research Center