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


Site 39 - Tributary to E. Branch Croton R. nr Brewster - EBCUTRB1 - IMAGE Gallery
Watershed Characteristics - Nutrient Chemistry - Molecular Tracers - Macroinvertebrates


Watershed Land Use/Land Cover Characteristics - Data Methodology Description

Latitude(dd): 41.406456
Longitude(dd): -73.593218
Watershed Area: 1.5 km2




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East of Hudson Land Use/Cover Map
Impervious Agriculture Forest Water Wetland
49.49% 4.48% 46.02% 0.00%

0.59%

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1990
2000

Total Population

1010
964
Population Density (ind./km2)
676.99
645.98
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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
0.0062
21AUG00
0.0062
2001
22AUG01
0.0031
22AUG01
0.0031
2002
14AUG02

0.0014

14AUG02
0.0014

Data Table - Methodology
  2000 QUAL 2001 QUAL 2002 QUAL
pH 8.2   7.8   7.9  
ALKL 114   109   117  
COND 593   547   755  
CA 45   .   .  
MG 15   15   18  
NA 54   41   59  
K 3.7   3.9   4.7  
CL 94   91   145  
SO4 19   20   19  
NH4N 0.007 B 0.011   0.006 B
NO3N 1.9   1.4   1.9  
ORGN 0.2   0.2   0.2  
SKN 0.2   0.3   0.2  
TKN 0.2   0.3   0.2  
SRP 0.03   0.03   0.03  
TDP 0.03   0.04   0.03  
TP 0.03   0.05   0.03  
DOC 1735   2043   1996  
BDOC .   . V 68  
TSS 6.9   9.1   1.9  
TSS05 4.6   2   0.9  
TSS10 2.1   1.2   0.3  
TSS20 0.2   5   0.4  
VSS 2.4   1.2   0.9  
VSS05 1.6   0.3 B 0.4  
VSS10 0.7   0.1   0.1  
VSS20 0.06   0.6   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
21AUG00
0.0062
2001
23AUG01
0.0027
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2002
30JUL02
0.0017
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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 0.002   .   0.003 HE .   0.003 E .  
PHE 0.006   .   0.006 HE .   0.016   .  
ANT 0.002   .   0.003 HE .   0.006 E .  
2MP 0 NE .   0.0007 HE .   0.005 E .  
1MP 0 NE .   0.0005 HE .   0.005 E .  
FLR 0.012   .   0.011 HE .   0.02 E .  
PYR 0.009   .   0.008 HE .   0.02 E .  
BAA 0.006 HE .   0.003 HE .   0.014   .  
CHR 0.004   .   0.003 HE .   0.014   .  
BBF 0.005   .   0.003 HE .   0.012 E .  
BKF 0.003   .   0.002 HE .   0.013   .  
BAP 0.005   .   0.002 HE .   0.013   .  
HHCB 0.005   .   0.004 HE .   0.014   .  
AHTN 0.002 HE .   0.006 HE .   0.011 E .  
CAF 0 NE .   0.002 HE .   0.006 E .  
bCOP 0 NE .   0.0013 HE .   0.016   .  
EPI 0 NE .   0.0006 HE .   0.016   .  
CHO 1.7 HE .   0.3   .   0.2   .  
aCOP 0.3 HE .   0.03   .   0.04   .  
aONE 0 NE .   0.008   .   0.02   .  
bONE 0 NE .   0 NE .   0.03   .  
SNOL 0.2 HE .   0.02   .   0.04   .  

 

Benthic Macroinvertebrates - Methodology

Water Quality Score - WQS Definition



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