Mohawk River: % Samples Achieving EPA Safe Swimming Guideline Samples collected and processed by SUNY Cobleskill, SUNY Polyt
May-October, 2015-2019.Rome- EPA's Delta recommended Lake outlet 4% Beach Action Value 96% Rome- Barge Canal at city boat ramp 33% 67% Rome- Bellamy Harbor Park 44% 56% Whitestown- Route 32 Bridge 54% 46% Oriskany- Oriskany Creek tributary* echnic and Riverkeeper.59% Results are based on 11-32 samples41% per site Utica- Barge Canal at Historic Utica Marina 31% 69% Utica- Reall Creek tributary* (BAV) is a guideline83% for day-to-day beach management.17% Utica- Park & Ride fishing access 69% 31% Frankfort- Dyke Road Bridge 76% 24% Schuyler- Frankfort Harbor* 79% 21% Schuyler- Moyers Creek tributary* 83% ,17% collected from Ilion boat launch* 67% 33% Herkimer- Gems Along the Mohawk kayak launch 57% 43% Herkimer- I-90 bridge*** 64% 36% Herkimer- Fishing access at STP 75% 25% Herkimer- West Canada Creek at East German St. Ext 68% 32% German Flatts- Barge Canal at Lock 18 25% 75% Little Falls- Canal Harbor boat launch at Rotary Park 36% 64% Manheim- East Canada Creek at Route 5 Bridge 54% 46% Minden- Barge Canal at Lock 16 19% 81% Fort Plain- Lock 15 kayak launch 52% 48% Canajoharie- DEC boat launch at Route 10 37% 63% Glen- Riverside Drive kayak access 42% 58%
% Beach Advisory (>60 cells/100 mL) % Acceptable (0-60 cells/100 mL)
Sampling began in *2016, **2017, ***2018 2/25/20 Mohawk River: % Samples Achieving EPA Safe Swimming Guideline Samples collected and processed by SUNY Cobleskill, SUNY Polyt
Middleburgh-May-October, Schoharie 2015-2019. Creek at TimothyEPA's recommended Murphy Park* Beach Action Value45% 55% Charleston- Schoharie Creek at Burtonsville fishing access 43% 57% Glen- Schoharie Creek at Mohawk Crossing boat launch 43% 57% Florida- Old Erie Lock 28 kayak launch 58% 42% echnic and Riverkeeper. Results are based on 11-32 samples per site Amsterdam- North Chuctanunda Creek at Forest Ave.** 88% 12% Amsterdam- North Chuctanunda Creek at Shuttleworth Park** 88% 12% (BAV) is a guideline for day-to-day beach management. Amsterdam- Public dock at Riverlink Park 52% 48% Amsterdam- Quist Road boat launch* 48% 52% Florida- Lock 10 boat launch 22% 78% Glenville- Lock 9 boat launch 28% 72% , collected from Rotterdam- Lock 8 16% 84% Schenectady- Mohawk Harbor* 48% 52% Schenectady STP* 40% 60% Niskayuna- Aqueduct Park rowing docks 34% 66% Niskayuna- Lock 7 boat launch 19% 81% Halfmoon- I-87 crossing* 30% 70% Waterford- Flightlocks Road boat launch 23% 77% Waterford- Tail Race fishing area* 76% 24% Cohoes- Van Schaick Island at Heartt Ave informal access* 84% 16% Cohoes- Van Schaick Island at Mohawk-Hudson bike/hike trail* 88% 12% Green Island- Silhouette Boathouse* 88% 12% Waterford Harbor 89% 11%
% Beach Advisory (>60 cells/100 mL) % Acceptable (0-60 cells/100 mL)
Sampling began in *2016, **2017, ***2018 2/25/20 Mohawk River: Geometric Means of Enterococcus Counts Samples collected and processed by SUNY Cobleskill, SUNY Polyt
Rome- Delta Lake outlet 12.8 Rome- Barge Canal at city boat ramp 18.2 May-October, 2015-2019. The geometric mean (geom Rome- Bellamy Harbor Park 48.2 Whitestown- Route 32 Bridge 60.5 Oriskany- Oriskany Creek tributary* echnic and105.3 Riverkeeper. Results are based on 11-32 samples per site Utica- Barge Canal at Historic Utica Marina 32.9 Utica- Reall Creek tributary* 270.0 ean) is a weighted long-term average. Utica- Park & Ride fishing access 183.4 Frankfort- Dyke Road Bridge 289.2 Schuyler- Frankfort Harbor* 235.5 Schuyler- Moyers Creek tributary* 179.8 Ilion boat launch* 212.0 , collected from Herkimer- Gems Along the Mohawk kayak launch 80.6 Herkimer- I-90 bridge*** 140.5 Herkimer- Fishing access at STP 221.2 Herkimer- West Canada Creek at East German St. Ext 99.1 German Flatts- Barge Canal at Lock 18 17.2 Little Falls- Canal Harbor boat launch at Rotary Park 34.1 Manheim- East Canada Creek at Route 5 Bridge 90.4 Minden- Barge Canal at Lock 16 7.8 Fort Plain- Lock 15 kayak launch 68.0 Canajoharie- DEC boat launch at Route 10 34.8 Glen- Riverside Drive kayak access 38.0
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Geomean (Blue = Tributary) EPA Geomean Criterion (30 cells/100 mL)
Sampling began in *2016, **2017, ***2018 2/25/20 Mohawk River: Geometric Means of Enterococcus Counts Samples collected and processed by SUNY Cobleskill, SUNY Polyt
Middleburgh- Schoharie Creek at Timothy Murphy Park* 64.3 Charleston- Schoharie CreekMay-October, at Burtonsville 2015-2019. fishing access The geometric47.6 mean (geom Glen- Schoharie Creek at Mohawk Crossing boat launch 41.4 Florida- Old Erie Lock 28 kayak launch 98.6 echnic and Riverkeeper. Results are based on 11-32 samples per site Amsterdam- North Chuctanunda Creek at Forest Ave.** 607.6 Amsterdam- North Chuctanunda Creek at Shuttleworth Park** 333.0 Amsterdam- Public dock at Riverlink Park 69.7 ean) is a weighted long-term average. Amsterdam- Quist Road boat launch* 51.3 Florida- Lock 10 boat launch 31.9 Glenville- Lock 9 boat launch 25.1 Rotterdam- Lock 8 13.9 , collected from Schenectady- Mohawk Harbor* 60.0 Schenectady STP* 34.5 Niskayuna- Aqueduct Park rowing docks 26.4 Niskayuna- Lock 7 boat launch 20.3 Halfmoon- I-87 crossing* 34.9 Waterford- Flightlocks Road boat launch 20.9 Waterford- Tail Race fishing area* 139.3 Cohoes- Van Schaick Island at Heartt Ave informal access* 318.0 Cohoes- Van Schaick Island at Mohawk-Hudson bike/hike trail* 306.2 Green Island- Silhouette Boathouse* 347.3 Waterford Harbor 432.5
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Geomean (Blue = Tributary) EPA Geomean Criterion (30 cells/100 mL)
Sampling began in *2016, **2017, ***2018 2/25/20 Mohawk River Enterococcus Monitoring Results Year-by-Year Comparison, 2015-2019 Samples collected and processed by SUNY Cobleskill, SUNY Poly, and Riverkeeper. Results are based on 102- 285 samples per year collected from May-October. Sampling locations have changed slightly from year to year. The geometric mean (geomean) is a weighted long-term average. Wet weather is defined as greater than or equal to 0.25" of total rainfall on the day of sampling plus three prior days.
2015 20% 80%
2016 47% 53%
2017 51% 49%
2018 55% 45%
2019 61% 39%
% Beach Advisory (>60) % Acceptable (0-60)
2015 14.1
2016 42.2
2017 68.7
2018 91.9
2019 136.8
Geometric Mean EPA Geometric Mean Criterion
80% 160 70% 140 60% 120 50% 100 40% 80 30% 60 20% 40
Percentage of of Percentage Samples 10% 20 Entero Count (cells/100mL)
Classified as "Wet Weather" 0% 0 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
% Samples Classified as 'Wet Weather' Geometric Mean (All Sites) 2/25/2020