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

Site 30 - Rondout Creek near Lowes Corner - RNDLOWES - IMAGE Gallery Watershed Characteristics - Nutrient Chemistry - Molecular Tracers - Macroinvertebrates

Watershed Land Use/Land Cover Characteristics - Data Methodology Description Latitude(dd): 41.866889 Longitude(dd): -74.486683 Watershed Area: 100.3 km2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ West of Hudson Land Use/Cover Map Impervious Agriculture Forest Water Wetland 0.00% 3.14% 96.78% 0.09% 0.18% -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------   1990 2000 Total Population 401 396 Population Density (ind./km2) 4.00 3.95 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------   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 03OCT00 1.3964 03OCT00 1.3964 2001 12JUL01 1.0783 12JUL01 1.0783 2002 25JUN02 1.8423 25JUN02 1.8423 Data Table - Methodology   2000 QUAL 2001 QUAL 2002 QUAL pH 6.4   6.1   6.5   ALKL 5.7   6.6   4.9   COND 35   42   38   CA 2.9   .   .   MG 0.7   0.9   0.6   NA 1.6   2.2   1.3 B K 0.4 B 0.5   0.3 B CL 1.5   4   1.8   SO4 5.7   5.9   5   NH4N 0.007 B 0.004 B 0.01 B NO3N 0.1   0.3   0.1   ORGN 0.006   0.011   0.012   SKN 0.013 B 0.015   0.02 B TKN 0.013 B 0.03   0.1 B SRP 0.002 B 0.005   0.002 B TDP 0.004 B 0.005 B 0.003 B TP 0.005 B 0.006 B 0.003 B DOC 852   827   1030   BDOC .   122   223   TSS 0.1 B 0.6 B 2.2   TSS05 0.07 B 0.5 B 0.8   TSS10 0 B 0.2 B 0.2   TSS20 0.07   0.7   1.2   VSS 0.2 B 0.3   0.6   VSS05 0.1 B 0.2 B 0.3 B VSS10 0.04 B 0.06   0.06   VSS20 0.03   0.09 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 03OCT00 1.3946 2001 12JUL01 1.0783 06FEB01 1.0623 2002 24JUN02 2.4436 04FEB02 2.9059 2003     15JAN03 1.8181 Data Table - Methodology   2000(SB) QUAL 2001(WB) QUAL 2001(SB) QUAL 2002(WB) QUAL 2002(SB) QUAL 2003(WB) QUAL FLU 0 NE 0.0008 HE 0.0007 E 0.002 E 0 NE 0.0006 E PHE 0 NE 0.003 HE 0.0014 E 0.007 E 0.0018 E 0.006 E ANT 0 NE 0 NE 0.0005 E 0.0008 E 0 NE 0.004 E 2MP 0.0008 HE 0.003 HE 0.0016 E 0.004 E 0.009 E 0.005 E 1MP 0.00018 HE 0.003   0.0004 E 0.0018 E 0.0015 E 0.003 E FLR 0.0017 HE 0.0007 HE 0.0012 E 0.004 E 0.004 E 0.005 E PYR 0 NE 0.0005 HE 0.0006 E 0.006 E 0.02 E 0.004 E BAA 0 NE 0.0003 HE 0.00015 E 0.0004 E 0.0007 E 0 NE CHR 0.0011 HE 0.00018 HE 0.00004 E 0.0003 E 0.0006 E 0 NE BBF 0 NE 0 NE 0.00019 E 0.0005 E 0 NE 0 NE BKF 0 NE 0 NE 0.00014 E 0.0005 E 0 NE 0 NE BAP 0 NE 0 NE 0.00004 E 0.0004 E 0.0014 E 0.003 E HHCB 0.003   0.009   0.003 E 0.02   0.003 E 0.005 E AHTN 0.002 HE 0.06 HE 0.004 E 0.03   0.004 E 0.013 E CAF 0 NE 0 NE 0.003 E 0.004 E 0.3 E 0.5   bCOP 0.002   0.003 HE 0.05   0.03   0.1 E 0 NE EPI 0.007 HE 0 NE 0.005   0.01   0 NE 0.005 E CHO 0.1   0.06   0.2   0.09   0.6 E 0.05   aCOP 0.015 HE 0.006   0.02   0.02   0.05   0.014   aONE 0 NE 0 NE 0.005 E 0.004 E 0 NE 0.016 E bONE 0 NE 0.012   0.03   0.05   0 NE 0.7   SNOL 0.012 HE 0.008   0.02   0.05 E 0.03   0.3     Benthic Macroinvertebrates - Methodology Water Quality Score - WQS Definition