c Esopus Creek: % Samples Achieving EPA Safe Swimming Guideline Samples collected by watershed residents, Ashokan Center staff, and Marbletown CAC members Samples processed by Riverkeeper Results are based on 13-53 samples per site, collected from May-October, 2011-2018 EPA's recommended Beach Action Value (BAV) is a guideline for day-to-day beach management
Marbletown- Ashokan Reservoir seepage 39% 61%
Marbletown- Little Beaver Kill source waters 17% 83%
Marbletown- Tongore Creek tributary 50% 50%
Marbletown- Mill Pond swim and boat access 29% 71%
Marbletown-Tongore Park swimming beach 37% 63%
Marbletown- Fording Place Road fishing access 46% 54%
Hurley- Route 209 fishing access 48% 52%
Hurley- Wyncoop Rd Bridge Fire Dept intake 47% 53%
Kingston- Washington Avenue Bridge boat launch 35% 65%
Lincoln Park- Orlando Park 51% 49%
Lake Katrine- Sawkill Creek tributary 67% 33%
Lake Katrine- Leggs Mill Bridge 54% 46%
Lake Katrine- Plattekill Creek tributary 53% 47%
Mt Marion- USGS Streamgage 42% 58%
Saugerties Village Beach 30% 70%
Saugerties- Cantines Island beach 62% 38%
Esopus Creek Entrance 37% 63%
% Beach Advisory (>60 cells/100 mL) % Acceptable (0-60 cells/100 mL) 2/8/19 c Esopus Creek: Geometric Means of Enterococcus Counts Samples collected by watershed residents Ashokan Center staff, and Marbletown CAC members Samples processed by Riverkeeper Results are based on 11-27 samples per site, collected from May-October, 2011-2018 The geometric mean (geomean) is a weighted long-term average.
Marbletown- Ashokan Reservoir seepage 43 Marbletown- Little Beaver Kill source waters 14 Marbletown- Tongore Creek tributary 50 Marbletown- Mill Pond swim and boat access 21 Marbletown-Tongore Park swimming beach 44 Marbletown- Fording Place Road fishing access 72 Hurley- Route 209 fishing access 103 Hurley- Wyncoop Rd Bridge Fire Dept intake 67 Kingston- Washington Avenue Bridge boat launch 47 Lincoln Park- Orlando Park 77 Lake Katrine- Sawkill Creek tributary 107 Lake Katrine- Leggs Mill Bridge 72 Lake Katrine- Plattekill Creek tributary 73 Mt Marion- USGS Streamgage 56 Saugerties Village Beach 32 Saugerties- Cantines Island beach 92 Esopus Creek Entrance 36
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Geomean (Gray = Tributary, Blue = Tidal) EPA Geomean Criterion (30 cells/100 mL) 2/8/19 c Entero Count (cells/100 mL) 100 150 200 250 300 50 0 35 10-31 samples samples per site 10-31 3-25 samples samples 3-25 per site LITTLE BEAVER KILL Wet weather: weather: Wet Dry weather: Dry weather:
MILL POND
The geometric mean(geomean) a is Samples collected by watershed residents, Ashokan Center staff, and Marbletown CAC members CAC Marbletown and staff, Center Ashokan residents, watershed by collected Samples Wet weather is defined as greater than orequal 0.25"to of Samples processed by Riverkeeper processed by Samples Results are based on 13-53 samples per si samples per 13-53 based on Results are Esopus Creek: Geometric Means of Means Geometric Creek: Esopus Wet Weather (0.25"+ rain) (0.25"+ Weather Wet 30 25
TONGORE BEACH
FORDING PLACE weighted long-term average
ROUTE 209 te, collected from May-October, 2011-2018 20 Dry Weather (<0.25" rain) Miles Upstream frommouth
WYNCOOP RD Enterococcus total rainfall on the day of sampling plus three prior days 15
WASH. AVE onsi e r Weather & Dry Wet Counts in
ORLANDO PARK 10 EPA Geomean CriterionEPA Geomean
LEGGS MILL BRIDGE 5 USGS STREAMGAGE
VILLAGE BEACH
4/30/19 CANTINES BEACH 0 CREEK ENTRANCE Esopus Creek Enterococcus Monitoring Results Year-by-Year Comparison, 2012-2018 Samples collected by watershed residents, Ashokan Center staff, and Marbletown CAC members Samples processed by Riverkeeper Results are based on 49-90 samples per year, collected from May-October, 2012-2018. Several sampling locations were added in 2015, and others may 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
2012 35% 65%
2013 26% 74%
2014 36% 64%
2015 19% 81%
2016 47% 53%
2017 63% 37%
2018 66% 34%
% Beach Advisory (>60) % Acceptable (0-60)
2012 38 2013 27 2014 44 2015 23 2016 59 2017 95 2018 148 Geometric Mean EPA Geometric Mean Criterion
80% 160 70% 140 60% 120 50% 100 40% 80 30% 60 20% 40 10% 20
Percentage of Samples 0% 0 Classified as "Wet Weather"
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 (cells/100 Count mL) Entero % Samples Classified as 'Wet Weather' Geometric Mean (All Non-tidal Sites) 4/29/2019 Enterococcus Monitoring Results: Hudson River Watershed Snapshot Enterococcus is an indicator of fecal contamination. Bars show the geometric mean, a weighted average, of all non-tidal samples. Results are from 14-937 samples collected May-October, 2010-2018. Date ranges vary by watershed. Samples were collected and processed by a network of community scientists and labs.
Upper Hudson River 33
Mohawk River 54
Poesten Kill 83
Wynants Kill 246
Quackenderry Creek 506
Mill Creek 323
Moordener Kill 221
Catskill Creek 47
Roeliff Jansen Kill 27
Sawyer Kill 235
Esopus Creek 53
Saw Kill 38
Rondout Creek 170
Wallkill River 502
Quassaick Creek 321
Pocantico River 385
Sparkill Creek 779
Saw Mill River 369
Bronx River 420
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Geometric Mean EPA Threshold (30 cells/100 mL)