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


Site 42 - Holly Stream near Deans Corner - EBCHOLLY - IMAGE Gallery
Watershed Characteristics - Nutrient Chemistry - Molecular Tracers - Macroinvertebrates


Watershed Land Use/Land Cover Characteristics - Data Methodology Description

Latitude(dd): 41.376373
Longitude(dd): -73.631460
Watershed Area: 11.9 km2




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East of Hudson Land Use/Cover Map
Impervious Agriculture Forest Water Wetland
14.97% 10.21% 74.24% 0.58%

6.97%

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1990
2000

Total Population

862
1040
Population Density (ind./km2)
72.25
87.17
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2000
2001
2002
# of SPDES Dischargers
2
2
2
Total Annual Volume
(normalized for watershed area)
0.07 cm
0.14 cm
0.03 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
22AUG00
0.0410
22AUG00
0.0410
2001
23AUG01
0.0212
23AUG01
0.0212
2002
31JUL02

0.0100

31JUL02
0.0100

Data Table - Methodology
  2000 QUAL 2001 QUAL 2002 QUAL
pH 7.8   7.6   7.4  
ALKL 101   105   96  
COND 398   477   414  
CA 37   .   .  
MG 11   12   9.9  
NA 27   35   29  
K 2.7   3.3   2.8  
CL 49   76   60  
SO4 13   14   13  
NH4N 0.03   0.04   0.04  
NO3N 0.9   1   0.3  
ORGN 0.2   0.3   0.2  
SKN 0.2   0.3   0.3  
TKN 0.2   0.3   0.3  
SRP 0.012   0.006   0.011  
TDP 0.014   0.011   0.014  
TP 0.02   0.03   0.03  
DOC 2431   2438   4806  
BDOC .   233   974  
TSS 8.5   6.9   7.2  
TSS05 5.4   6   4.8  
TSS10 3   1.1   1.3  
TSS20 0.1   0.7   1  
VSS 3   2.1   2  
VSS05 1.7   1.8   1.3  
VSS10 1.2   0.3   0.3  
VSS20 0.05   0.2   0.3  

 

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
0.0497
2001
23AUG01
0.0212
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2002
29JUL02
0.0198
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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 NE .   0.003 HE .   0.005 E .  
PHE 0 NE .   0.009 HE .   0.013 E .  
ANT 0.004   .   0.0016 HE .   0.003 E .  
2MP 0.003 HE .   0.004 HE .   0.0014 E .  
1MP 0.001 HE .   0.0007 HE .   0.0014 E .  
FLR 0.004   .   0.014 HE .   0.03   .  
PYR 0.003   .   0.009 HE .   0.017 E .  
BAA 0.005 HE .   0.003 HE .   0.008   .  
CHR 0.001 HE .   0.004   .   0.01 E .  
BBF 0.002 HE .   0.004 HE .   0.011 E .  
BKF 0.0017 HE .   0.003 HE .   0.011   .  
BAP 0.003   .   0.004 HE .   0.011   .  
HHCB 0.003   .   0.002 HE .   0.011 E .  
AHTN 0.01 HE .   0.002 HE .   0.004 E .  
CAF 0.019 HE .   0.006 HE .   0.02 E .  
bCOP 0.03 HE .   0.04   .   0.06 E .  
EPI 0.04 HE .   0.0017 HE .   0.03 E .  
CHO 0.4 HE .   0.3   .   3.1 E .  
aCOP 0.05 HE .   0.06   .   0.3 E .  
aONE 0.01 HE .   0.003 HE .   0.07 E .  
bONE 0.013 HE .   0.008 HE .   0.2 E .  
SNOL 0.05 HE .   0.05   .   0.2   .  

 

Benthic Macroinvertebrates - Methodology

Water Quality Score - WQS Definition



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