c Bronx River: % Samples Achieving EPA Safe Swimming Guideline Samples collected by volunteers and processed by the Sarah Lawrence College Center for the Urban River at Beczak Results are based on 11-17 samples per site, collected from May-October, 2017-2018 EPA's recommended Beach Action Value (BAV) is a guideline for day-to-day beach management BR-WC 10 / Mount Pleasant- Highclere Lane 93% 7% BR-WC 8 / Mount Pleasant- S Kensico Ave at Pat Henry Field 100% BR-WC 7 / White Plains- Westchester County Center 100% BR-WC 6 / Greenburgh- Greenacres Avenue 100% BR-WC 4 / Eastchester- Bronx River Parkway at Leewood Drive 100% BR-GS 1 / Bronxville- Sprain Brook at Palmer and Millard Ave 100% 0% BR-WC 3 / Bronxville- Below Grassy Sprain Brook confluence 82% BR-SWS-21 / Yonkers- Muskrat Cove outfall 92% 8% BR-SWS-02 / Yonkers- Bronx R Pkwy btwn McLean & Wakefield 100% BR-SWS-06 / Bronx- Burke Avenue Bridge 93% 7% BR-SWS-11 / Bronx- River Park at 182nd Street 100% BR-SWS-14N / Starlight Park North dock 100% BR-SWS-16 / Hunts Point Riverside Park beach & dock 67% 33% BR-BxR-009 / Soundview Park- HP-009 CSO outfall 73% 27% BR-SWS-01 / Soundview Park- Mouth of river 73% 27% % Beach Advisory (>60 cells/100 mL) % Acceptable (0-60 cells/100 mL) 2/13/19 c Bronx River: Geometric Means of Enterococcus Counts Samples collected by volunteers and processed by the Sarah Lawrence College Center for the Urban River at Beczak Results are based on 11-17 samples per site, collected from May-October, 2017-2018 The geometric mean (geomean) is a weighted long-term average BR-WC 10 / Mount Pleasant- Highclere Lane 309 BR-WC 8 / Mount Pleasant- S Kensico Ave at Pat Henry Field 686 BR-WC 7 / White Plains- Westchester County Center 671 BR-WC 6 / Greenburgh- Greenacres Avenue 381 BR-WC 4 / Eastchester- Bronx River Parkway at Leewood Drive 337 BR-GS 1 / Bronxville- Sprain Brook at Palmer and Millard Ave 922 BR-WC 3 / Bronxville- Below Grassy Sprain Brook confluence 303 BR-SWS-21 / Yonkers- Muskrat Cove outfall 647 BR-SWS-02 / Yonkers- Bronx R Pkwy btwn McLean & Wakefield 363 BR-SWS-06 / Bronx- Burke Avenue Bridge 337 BR-SWS-11 / Bronx- River Park at 182nd Street 278 BR-SWS-14N / Starlight Park North dock 281 BR-SWS-16 / Hunts Point Riverside Park beach & dock 180 BR-BxR-009 / Soundview Park- HP-009 CSO outfall 134 BR-SWS-01 / Soundview Park- Mouth of river 116 0 200 400 600 800 1000 Entero Count (cells/100 mL) Geomean (Gray = Tributary, Blue = Tidal, Orange = Outfall) EPA Geomean Criterion (30 cells/100 mL) 2/13/19 c Bronx River: Geometric Means of Enterococcus Counts in Wet & Dry Weather Samples collected by volunteers and processed by the Sarah Lawrence College Center for the Urban River at Beczak Results are based on 11-17 samples per site, collected from May-October, 2017-2018 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 1400 Wet weather: 6-11 samples per site Dry weather: 1200 4-8 samples per site 1000 NR GRASSY SPRAIN BK 800 600 PAT HENRY FIELD BURKE AV BR BURKE AV GREENACRES AVE COUNTY CENTER BRONX R PKWY LEEWOOD HIGHCLERE LN BRONX R PKWY YONKERS Entero Count (cells/100 mL) Count (cells/100 Entero STARLIGHT 400 RIVER PK RIVER MOUTH 200 HUNTS PT 0 25 20 15 10 5 0 Miles Upstream from mouth Wet Weather (0.25"+ rain) Dry Weather (<0.25" rain) EPA Geomean Criterion 4/30/19 Bronx River Enterococcus Monitoring Results Year-by-Year Comparison, 2017-2018 Samples collected by volunteers and processed by the Sarah Lawrence College Center for the Urban River at Beczak. Results are based on 51-94 samples per year, collected from May-October, 2017-2018. 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. 2017 90% 10% 2018 100% % Beach Advisory (>60) % Acceptable (0-60) 2017 231 2018 580 Geometric Mean EPA Geometric Mean Criterion 2/14/2019 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 0 200 400 600 800 1000 Entero Count (cells/100 mL) Geometric Mean EPA Threshold (30 cells/100 mL).