Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative

New York City Water Supply Reservoir Monitoring: Monthly Reservoir Sampling

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Metadata Provider

  • Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative

    • Address:
      705 Spear Street
      South Burlington, Vermont 05403
      United States of America

      Phone: (802) 391-4135
      Email: femc@uvm.edu
      Website: www.uvm.edu/femc

Abstract

    Routine, ongoing, and regularly updated limnology assessments to monitor the drinking water supply in NYCDEP reservoirs.

People

  • Andrew Bader: Principal Investigator

  • Steven Schindler: Content Provider

  • Joy Damon: Content Provider

Keywords

  • catskills, limnology, new york city, reservoirs, water,

Organizations

  • NYC Department of Environmental Protection : lead

Geographic Coverage

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    Data Table

    • Title: Monthly Reservoir Sampling
    • Start Date: 1987-01-01
    • Description: Sampling occurs on a monthly basis between April and November. The variables collected are Ammonia (as N), Apparent Color, Chloride, Chlorophyll a, Fecal Coliform, Total Coliform, Dissolved Oxygen, Nitrate/Nitrite (as N), Total Nitrogen (as N), Total Dissolved Nitrogen (as N), Dissolved Organic Carbon, Total Organic Carbon, pH, Total Phosphorus (as P), Total Dissolved Phosphorus (as P), Photic Zone Depth, Total Phytoplankton, Secchi Disk, Silica, Total Suspended Solids, Soluble Reactive Phosphorus (as P), Specific Conductance, Temperature, Turbidity and Total Plankton.

    • Purpose: The objectives of these efforts are to monitor the drinking water supply in NYCDEP reservoirs and guide operational changes in routing or water supply intake depth.

    • Condensed Title:

    • Object Name: VMC.1284.2550

    • Data Type: mySQL
    • Citation: Bader, A. (Ongoing) Monthly Reservoir Sampling. NYCDEP.

    • Online Distribution: https://vmc.w3.uvm.edu/vmcdevel/data/archive/project/NYC_DEP_Reservoirs_Limnology/dataset/monthly-reservoir-limnology

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