Continuous Monitoring of the Hackensack River: Data Usage January 21, 2009 NJ Water Monitoring Council

Edward Konsevick, Senior Environmental Scientist

New Jersey Meadowlands Commission Environmental Research Institute Objectives of Network (2003 Workplan) Record semi-diurnal tidal variations and excursions such as – DO depletion – Storm surges Data and derived products for Environmental Management Research Education Consumers of Information October 1, 2008 to January 16, 2009

Consultants Government Universities ENSR Bergen NJIT ELM USEPA Lamont Doherty HDR Alaska Limno Tech Stevens Institute Rutgers Ramapo Tracking Website Usage

https://www.google.com/analytics Continuous Web Interface http://merigis.njmeadowlands.gov/vdv/Index.php Missing Kearny Berry's Creek Mill Creek FDU

Date Temp Depth DO pH Cond/Sal Temp Depth DO pH Cond/Sal Turbidity Temp Depth DO pH Cond/Sal Turbidity Temp Depth DO pH Cond/Sal Turbidity Validating Data: 9/20/12 9/23/12 9/25/12 9/26/12 Daily Checklist 9/27/12 9/30/12 10/2/12 10/3/12 10/4/12 10/7/12 Key 10/8/12 10/9/12 10/11/12 Pass 10/15/12 10/16/12 Fail 10/17/12 10/21/12 10/22/12 Missing 10/23/12 10/24/12 10/25/12 10/29/12 10/30/12 10/31/12 Time Temp (F) Salinity pH DO (mg/L) 11/1/12 1 1/18/09 5:00 32.0 0.63 6.02 11.4 11/4/12 2 1/18/09 6:00 31.9 0.57 6.02 11.8 11/6/12 3 1/18/09 7:00 31.9 0.57 6.02 11.8 4 1/18/09 8:00 31.9 0.57 6.02 11.8 11/7/12 5 1/18/09 9:00 31.9 0.57 6.02 11.8 11/8/12 6 1/18/09 10:00 31.9 0.57 6.02 11.8 11/11/12 7 1/18/09 11:00 32.0 0.47 6.06 12.3 11/13/12 8 1/18/09 12:00 32.0 0.52 6.22 11.8 11/15/12 9 1/18/09 13:00 32.0 0.57 6.01 11.4 11/18/12 10 1/18/09 14:00 32.0 0.61 5.95 10.9 11/19/12 11 1/18/09 15:00 32.0 0.63 5.91 9.05 11/20/12 12 1/18/09 16:00 32.0 0.64 5.88 9.76 11/21/12 13 1/18/09 17:00 32.1 0.61 5.91 11.1 11/22/12 14 1/18/09 18:00 32.0 0.57 5.90 11.5 11/25/12 15 1/18/09 19:00 32.0 0.53 5.92 11.8 11/26/12 16 1/18/09 20:00 32.0 0.50 5.89 12.0 11/27/12 17 1/18/09 21:00 32.0 0.49 5.87 11.8 18 1/18/09 22:00 32.0 0.49 5.82 11.2 12/2/12 19 1/18/09 23:00 32.0 0.49 5.82 11.2 12/3/12 20 1/19/09 0:00 32.0 0.49 5.82 11.2 12/4/12 21 1/19/09 1:00 32.0 0.49 5.82 11.2 12/5/12 22 1/19/09 2:00 32.0 0.49 5.82 11.2 12/6/12 23 1/19/09 3:00 32.0 0.65 5.83 10.4 12/9/12 24 1/19/09 4:00 32.0 0.71 5.81 9.67 12/11/12 12/12/12 12/13/12 Oyster Reef Sustainability in the NY/NJ Harbor Study Beth Ravit, PhD (Rutgers) / Dr. Peddrick Weis (UMDNJ)

NJMC will support the installation of continuous water monitoring equipment to determine if physical parameters affect oyster survivability

Temperature Salinity Dissolved oxygen Proposed Oyster Study Area Data Generation Comparison

Salinity (ppt) in the Lower Hackensack

Min Max Mean 12 Years of Low Tide Seasonal Monitoring 4.8 17.9 12.1

Two Years of Surface Salinity GN1 5.7 22.8 15.5 S1 9.2 18.3 14.0 T1 10.8 22.5 17.2 One Year of Continuous Monitoring 9.6 Berry’s Creek Study Area Community Update

Spring 2009: RI/FS

During planning for investigation activities, we reviewed the data to get a sense of the conditions within Berry’s Creek. We will continue to use the data for understanding site conditions and for making comparisons with other stations in the area. Mike McNally, ELM Inc. Summary of FDU Station Data for Northeast NJ Watershed Alliance (NNJWA) November 21, 2007 February 12, 2008 10.6 3.5 10.4 3.0 10.2 2.5 10.0 2.0 9.8 1.5 9.6 1.0 9.4 0.5 Salinity (ppt) 9.2 0.0 9.0 pH (SU) 00 00 300 400 500 600 700 8 900 200 100 200 300 1200 1300 1400 1500 1600 2300 1000 11 1200 1300 1900 2000 2100 2 2300 2400

9.0 8.0 Providing technical support for 7.0 6.0 the NNJWA focus on long 5.0 4.0 3.0 range planning of watershed 2.0 DO (mg/L) 1.0 management and environmental 0.0

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I hope to continue to generate interest in [the site’s] availability and usage…Tony DeCandia, Bergen County DOH Meeting the Objectives??

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