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


Site 31 - West Patterson Creek near Patterson - WBDWTPAT - IMAGE Gallery
Watershed Characteristics - Nutrient Chemistry - Molecular Tracers - Macroinvertebrates


Watershed Land Use/Land Cover Characteristics - Data Methodology Description

Latitude(dd): 41.511920
Longitude(dd): -73.622452
Watershed Area: 11.0 km2




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East of Hudson Land Use/Cover Map
Impervious Agriculture Forest Water Wetland
1.86% 4.52% 89.49% 1.37%

5.24%

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1990
2000

Total Population

711
939
Population Density (ind./km2)
64.72
85.46
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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
21AUG00
0.0458
21AUG00
0.0458
2001
21AUG01
0.0249
21AUG01
0.0249
2002
16JUL02
0.0066
16JUL02
0.0066

Data Table - Methodology
  2000 QUAL 2001 QUAL 2002 QUAL
pH 8.2   8.2   8  
ALKL 81   96   82  
COND 263   360   316  
CA 26   .   .  
MG 6.8   9.1   7.7  
NA 17   24   22  
K 2.8   3.1   2.3  
CL 28   47   42  
SO4 9.4   14   8.9  
NH4N 0.008 B 0.007 B 0.008 B
NO3N 0.2   0.4   0.3  
ORGN 0.2   0.2   0.2  
SKN 0.2   0.2   0.2  
TKN 0.2   0.2   0.2  
SRP 0.02   0.014   0.013  
TDP 0.03   0.018   0.015  
TP 0.017   0.02   0.015  
DOC 5389   2686   2959  
BDOC .   41   178  
TSS 13   1.1 B 1.5  
TSS05 11   0.5   0.8  
TSS10 1.7   0.2   0.2  
TSS20 0.3   0.3 B 0.6  
VSS 3.9   0.4   0.6  
VSS05 3.2   0.3 B 0.4  
VSS10 0.6   0.09   0.08  
VSS20 0.09   0.1 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
21AUG00
0.0458
2001
22AUG00
0.0227
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2002
15JUL02
0.0086
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2003    
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Data Table - Methodology
  2000(SB) QUAL 2001(WB) QUAL 2001(SB) QUAL 2002(WB) QUAL 2002(SB) QUAL 2003(WB) QUAL
FLU 0.0007 E .   0.0007 E .   0.0015 E .  
PHE 0.003 E .   0.002 E .   0.014 E .  
ANT 0.0018 E .   0.0014 E .   0.003 E .  
2MP 0 NE .   0.0006 E .   0.004 E .  
1MP 0 E .   0.0002 E .   0.003 E .  
FLR 0.002   .   0.002 E .   0.03   .  
PYR 0.0016 E .   0.0013 E .   0.03 E .  
BAA 0 NE .   0.0005 E .   0.02   .  
CHR 0 NE .   0.0005 E .   0.019   .  
BBF 0 NE .   0.0006 E .   0.018   .  
BKF 0.0006 E .   0.0005 E .   0.019   .  
BAP 0.002 E .   0.0006 E .   0.02   .  
HHCB 0.003   .   0.0014 E .   0.004 E .  
AHTN 0 NE .   0.003 E .   0.005 E .  
CAF 0.008 E .   0.008   .   0.014   .  
bCOP 0.1 E .   0.003 E .   0.013 E .  
EPI 0.02 E .   0.0003 E .   0.005   .  
CHO 1.5 E .   0.3   .   0.5   .  
aCOP 0.3 E .   0.03   .   0.07   .  
aONE 0.04 E .   0.007 E .   0.015   .  
bONE 0.07 E .   0.006   .   0.03   .  
SNOL 0.2 E .   0.018   .   0.05   .  

 

Benthic Macroinvertebrates - Methodology

Water Quality Score - WQS Definition



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