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


Site 60 - Tributary of Kensico Reservoir near WCA - KENUTRB2 - IMAGE Gallery
Watershed Characteristics - Nutrient Chemistry - Molecular Tracers - Macroinvertebrates


Watershed Land Use/Land Cover Characteristics - Data Methodology Description

Latitude(dd): 41.069169
Longitude(dd): -73.717890

Watershed Area: 0.4 km2




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East of Hudson Land Use/Cover Map
Impervious Agriculture Forest Water Wetland
46.64% 25.10% 26.37% 0.00%

2.46%

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1990
2000

Total Population

54
37
Population Density (ind./km2)
124.61
86.51
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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
11SEP00
0.0007
12SEP00
0.0007
2001
18SEP01
0.0006
18SEP01
0.0006
2002
13AUG02

0.0004

13AUG02
flow too low

Data Table - Methodology
  2000 QUAL 2001 QUAL 2002 QUAL
pH 7.6   7.7   7.4  
ALKL 175   185   195  
COND 404   438   465  
CA 46   .   .  
MG 18   20   20  
NA 12   15   15  
K 3.1   3.5   3.5  
CL 17   8   25  
SO4 13   14   14  
NH4N 0.019   0.009 B 0.009 B
NO3N 0.2   0.2   0.2  
ORGN 0.08   0.1   0.2  
SKN 0.1   0.1   0.2  
TKN 0.1   0.2   0.2  
SRP 0.003   0.002 B 0.001 B
TDP 0.003 B 0.004 B 0.004 B
TP 0.01   0.008 B 0.006 B
DOC 3352   2832   3101  
BDOC .   . V 118  
TSS 1.7   1.4   .  
TSS05 1.2 B .   .  
TSS10 0.06 B .   .  
TSS20 0.5   .   .  
VSS 0.4   0.5   .  
VSS05 0.3 B .   .  
VSS10 0.011 B .   .  
VSS20 0.1   .   .  

 

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

11SEP00

0.0007
2001
06SEP01
0.0004
08MAR01
0.0093
2002
13AUG02
flow too low
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flow too low
2003    
12FEB03
.

Data Table - Methodology
  2000(SB) QUAL 2001(WB) QUAL 2001(SB) QUAL 2002(WB) QUAL 2002(SB) QUAL 2003(WB) QUAL
FLU 0.0017 HE 0.0012 HE 0.0006 HE .   .   0.02 E
PHE 0.004 HE 0.002 HE 0.0016 HE .   .   0.02 E
ANT 0.003   0.004   0.006 HE .   .   0.013 E
2MP 0.006 HE 0.004 HE 0.005 HE .   .   0.04 E
1MP 0.0013 HE 0.0005 HE 0.0011 HE .   .   0.018 E
FLR 0.003 HE 0.003   0.003 HE .   .   0.013 E
PYR 0.003   0.002   0.003 HE .   .   0.01 E
BAA 0 NE 0.0018 HE 0.00018 HE .   .   0.01 E
CHR 0.0014 HE 0.0012 HE 0.0019 HE .   .   0.009 E
BBF 0.0018   0.002 HE 0.0014 HE .   .   0.019 E
BKF 0.0014   0.0012 HE 0.0013 HE .   .   0.013  
BAP 0.001 HE 0.0013 HE 0.0015 HE .   .   0.016 E
HHCB 0 NE 0.0018 HE 0.0019 HE .   .   0.017 E
AHTN 0.006   0.012 HE 0.006 HE .   .   0.02 E
CAF 0.005   0.01   0.001 HE .   .   0.05  
bCOP 0 NE 0.006 HE 0.004 HE .   .   0.03 E
EPI 0 NE 0 NE 0.0006 HE .   .   0.04 E
CHO 0.3   0.1   0.3   .   .   0.2  
aCOP 0.03 HE 0.02   0.05   .   .   0.07 E
aONE 0 NE 0 NE 0.011   .   .   0.06 E
bONE 0 NE 0.015   0.002 HE .   .   0.06 E
SNOL 0.02 HE 0.02   0.02   .   .   0.07  

 

Benthic Macroinvertebrates - Methodology

Water Quality Score - WQS Definition



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