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 County 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 Turbidity 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 Estuary 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 Superfund 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 3.5 3.0 2.5 2.0 November 21, 2007 1.5 1.0 0.5 0.0 Watershed Alliance (NNJWA) 300 400 9.0 500 8.0 7.0 600 Salinity (ppt) 6.0 700 5.0 4.0 800 3.0 900 2.0 1.0 1000 0.0 1100 1200 300 1300 400 1900 500 2000 600 DO (mg/L) I hope to continue to generate intere 2100 10.6 700 2200 10.4 usage… 800 2300 10.2 10.0 900 2400 February 12, 2008 1000 9.8 9.6 1100 9.4 1200 9.2 Tony DeCandia, Bergen1300 County DOH 9.0 1900 2000 100 200 300 1200 1300 1400 1500 1600 2300 2100 2200 Providing technical support for 2300 the NNJWA focus on long 2400 range planning of watershedpH (SU) management and environmental issues… st in [the site’s] availability and Meeting the Objectives?? Data and derived products for Environmental Management Research Education.