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Introduction Ongoing efforts to improve the health of New York's South Shore Estuary Reserve (SSER) require continuously recorded water-quality data to understand the short-term effects of stormwater runoff and other pollution sources. To document the diel and tidal variability of water quality in the western bays of the SSER, the USGS monitors select physical and chemical parameters at two sites within the SSER. One site, station 01310740 on Reynolds Channel at Point Lookout, is near the estuary mouth and operated in cooperation with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) and Town of Hempstead Department of Conservation & Waterways. The second, station 01311143...
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Tags: Coastal Science,
Coastal Science,
Cooperative Water Program,
New York,
Reynolds Channel, Hog Island Channel, Long Island, All tags...
Stormwater,
Stormwater,
Stormwater,
Surface-Water Quality Monitoring,
Surface-Water Quality Monitoring,
Surface-Water-Quality Monitoring,
Tide and Wave Hydrodynamics,
Tide and Wave Hydrodynamics,
Tide and Wave Hydrodynamics,
USGS New York Water Science Center,
WSC,
Water Quality,
Water Quality,
Water Quality,
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The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is collaborating with the New York Department of State (NYDOS) Office of Planning and Development to prepare a new Long Island South Shore Estuary Reserve (SSER) Coordinated Water Resources Monitoring Strategy (CWRMS). Since 2000, when the last CWRMS was published, numerous research projects and studies are demonstrating several new threats to the ecologic health and resilience of the SSER. Contemporary threats include: Eutrophic conditions brought on by high levels of nutrients from sewage treatment plant discharges, stormwater runoff, groundwater seepage, and atmospheric contributions; Increased occurrences of harmful algal blooms in the past 15 years; and, Growing concern...
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Tags: Biogeochemical and Hydrologic Assessment,
Biogeochemical and Hydrologic Assessment,
BiogeochemicalandHydrologicAssessment,
Climate and Land-Use Change,
Climate and Land-Use Change, All tags...
Climate and Land-Use Change,
Coastal Science,
Coastal Science,
Contaminants, HABS,
Contaminants, HABS,
Contaminants, HABs,
Cooperative Water Program,
Ecological Assessment of Human and Natural Impacts,
Ecological Assessment of Human and Natural Impacts,
Ecological Assessment of Human and Natural Impacts,
Ecosystem Health,
Ecosystem Health,
Flood Hazards,
Flood Hazards,
Flood Hazards,
Groundwater and Streamflow Information,
Groundwater and Streamflow Information,
Nearshore Environmental Health,
Nearshore Environmental Health,
Nearshore Environmental Health,
New York,
South Shore Estuary Reserve, Long Island,
Surface-Water Monitoring,
Surface-Water Monitoring,
Surface-Water Monitoring,
USGS New York Water Science Center,
WSC,
Water Quality,
Water Quality,
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Background The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the Village of Patchogue and the New York Department of State, collected water-quality samples from 10 shallow wells within the village to document the effects of onsite wastewater disposal on groundwater discharging into the Patchogue River. The onsite disposal of wastewater within the Patchogue River basin - a riverine estuary that discharges into Great South Bay, Suffolk County, Long Island, NY - has adversely affected water quality and aquatic habitats within both the tidal and non-tidal portions of the river. Of particular concern are increased loads of nutrients (nitrate, nitrite, ammonia, and phosphorus) to the shallow groundwater system which...
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Coastal Science,
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Contaminants, Organic,
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Contaminants, organic,
Cooperative Water Program,
Focused Assessments,
Focused Assessments,
Focused Assessments,
Groundwater-Quality Monitoring,
Groundwater-Quality Monitoring,
Groundwater-Quality Monitoring,
Nearshore Environmental Health,
Nearshore Environmental Health,
Nearshore Environmental Health,
New York,
Patchogue,
Suffolk County,
USGS New York Water Science Center,
WSC,
Wastewater,
Wastewater,
Wastewater,
Water Quality,
Water Quality,
Water Quality,
Water quality, Fewer tags
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Problem - Geomorphologic techniques for stream channel and bank restoration are fast becoming the techniques of choice among federal, state, county, and local agencies to reduce suspended sediment loads, reduce flood damage, improve aquatic habitat, and generally stabilize stream channels. One reason for this upswing in use is that appropriate application of these techniques has been shown to reduce the need for repetitive visits to a reach to remove sediments or repair stream banks, and thus reduce long-term channel maintenance expenses. Geomorphologic restoration projects require data that define what a stable stream channel should look like in a given region. Regional hydrologic curves and regional channel-geomorphologic...
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Basin & Hydrogeologic Characterization,
Basin & Hydrogeologic Characterization,
Biogeochemical and Hydrologic Assessment,
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BiogeochemicalandHydrologicAssessment,
Completed,
Cooperative Water Program,
Ecosystem Health,
Ecosystem Health,
Geospatial Applications,
Geospatial Applications,
New York,
Stream Hydraulics,
Stream Hydraulics,
Stream hydraulics,
USGS New York Water Science Center,
WSC, Fewer tags
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