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


Site 55 - Kisco River nr Stanwood - KISSTANW - IMAGE Gallery
Watershed Characteristics - Nutrient Chemistry - Molecular Tracers - Macroinvertebrates


Watershed Land Use/Land Cover Characteristics - Data Methodology Description

Latitude(dd): 41.228980
Longitude(dd): -73.743563

Watershed Area: 45.5 km2




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East of Hudson Land Use/Cover Map
Impervious Agriculture Forest Water Wetland
21.00% 8.31% 69.86% 0.61%

5.45%

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1990
2000

Total Population

15764
17323
Population Density (ind./km2)
346.18
380.41
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2000
2001
2002
# of SPDES Dischargers
1
1
1
Total Annual Volume
(normalized for watershed area)
0.07 cm
0.07 cm
0.07 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
11SEP00
0.0779
11SEP00
0.0779
2001
06SEP01
0.0402
06SEP01
0.0402
2002
13AUG02

0.0437

13AUG02
0.0437

Data Table - Methodology
  2000 QUAL 2001 QUAL 2002 QUAL
pH 8.1   8   7.7  
ALKL 94   100   103  
COND 401   465   556  
CA 34   .   .  
MG 10   13   14  
NA 27   34   39  
K 3.5   3.7   4.7  
CL 57   75   96  
SO4 13   14   17  
NH4N 0.09   0.005 B 0.019  
NO3N 0.7   0.7   1.1  
ORGN 0.4   0.2   0.4  
SKN 0.5   0.2   0.4  
TKN 0.5   0.3   0.4  
SRP 0.02   0.03   0.07  
TDP 0.03   0.04   0.08  
TP 0.05   0.05   0.09  
DOC 4014   3003   2859  
BDOC .   74   205  
TSS 0.7 B 1 B 1.4  
TSS05 0.5 B 1   1  
TSS10 0 B 0.2 B 0.2 B
TSS20 0.2   0.3 B 1  
VSS 0.3 B 0.4   0.4  
VSS05 0.2 B 0.4   0.4  
VSS10 0.007 B 0.06   0.07  
VSS20 0.06   0.07 B 0.08 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
12OCT00
0.0826
2001
06SEP01
0.0402
08MAR01
0.9854
2002
13AUG02
0.0437
21FEB02
0.2574
2003    
11FEB01
.

Data Table - Methodology
  2000(SB) QUAL 2001(WB) QUAL 2001(SB) QUAL 2002(WB) QUAL 2002(SB) QUAL 2003(WB) QUAL
FLU 0.002 HE 0.005 HE 0.0009 HE 0.018   0.007 E 0.003 E
PHE 0.003 HE 0.03   0.0019 HE 0.03   0.014 E 0.03  
ANT 0.004 HE 0.004 HE 0.0013 HE 0.003 E 0.015 E 0.02  
2MP 0.0004 HE 0.005 HE 0.0015 HE 0.03 E 0.017 E 0.018 E
1MP 0.0008 HE 0.002 HE 0.0003 HE 0.002 E 0.016 E 0.017 E
FLR 0.004 HE 0.03   0.003 HE 0.05   0.2   0.04  
PYR 0.004 HE 0.02   0.003 HE 0.03 E 0.2   0.03 E
BAA 0.005 HE 0.006 HE 0.00011 HE 0.008 E 0.09   0.016 E
CHR 0.0011 HE 0.012   0.001 HE 0.03   0.1   0.02  
BBF 0.0011 HE 0.014   0.0006 HE 0.03   0.2   0.02 E
BKF 0.0008 HE 0.011   0.00019 HE 0.02   0.1   0.005 E
BAP 0.0013 HE 0.007   0.0005 HE 0.012   0.1   0.02 E
HHCB 0.02   0.011   0.01   0 NE 0.08 E 0.03  
AHTN 0.008 HE 0.014 HE 0.008 HE 0.009 E 0.05   0.03  
CAF 0.02   0.06   0.014   0.09   0.08   0.2  
bCOP 0.03   0.03   0.09   0.04   0.4   0.05  
EPI 0.003   0.007 HE 0.014 HE 0.01   0.04   0.03 E
CHO 0.3   0.3   0.4   1.2   1.3   0.4  
aCOP 0.04   0.05   0.04   0.2   0.3   0.1  
aONE 0.02 HE 0.008 HE 0.006   0.016 E 0.04 E 0.05  
bONE 0.02   0.02 HE 0.03   0.03   0.1   0.07  
SNOL 0.05   0.04   0.03   0.2   0.2   0.07  

 

Benthic Macroinvertebrates - Methodology

Water Quality Score - WQS Definition



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