Mohawk River: % Samples Achieving EPA Safe Swimming Guideline Samples collected and processed by SUNY Cobleskill, SUNY Polytechnic and Riverkeeper. Results are based on 11-32 samples per site, collected from May-October, 2015-2019. EPA's recommended Beach Action Value (BAV) is a guideline for day-to-day beach management. Rome- Delta Lake outlet 4% 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* 59% 41% Utica- Barge Canal at Historic Utica Marina 31% 69% Utica- Reall Creek tributary* 83% 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% 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 Polytechnic and Riverkeeper. Results are based on 11-32 samples per site, collected from May-October, 2015-2019. EPA's recommended Beach Action Value (BAV) is a guideline for day-to-day beach management. Middleburgh- Schoharie Creek at Timothy Murphy Park* 45% 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% Amsterdam- North Chuctanunda Creek at Forest Ave.** 88% 12% Amsterdam- North Chuctanunda Creek at Shuttleworth Park** 88% 12% 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% 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 Polytechnic and Riverkeeper. Results are based on 11-32 samples per site, collected from May-October, 2015-2019. The geometric mean (geomean) is a weighted long-term average. Rome- Delta Lake outlet 12.8 Rome- Barge Canal at city boat ramp 18.2 Rome- Bellamy Harbor Park 48.2 Whitestown- Route 32 Bridge 60.5 Oriskany- Oriskany Creek tributary* 105.3 Utica- Barge Canal at Historic Utica Marina 32.9 Utica- Reall Creek tributary* 270.0 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 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 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 Entero Count (cells/100 mL) 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 Polytechnic and Riverkeeper. Results are based on 11-32 samples per site, collected from May-October, 2015-2019. The geometric mean (geomean) is a weighted long-term average. Middleburgh- Schoharie Creek at Timothy Murphy Park* 64.3 Charleston- Schoharie Creek at Burtonsville fishing access 47.6 Glen- Schoharie Creek at Mohawk Crossing boat launch 41.4 Florida- Old Erie Lock 28 kayak launch 98.6 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 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 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 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 Entero Count (cells/100 mL) 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.