Water-quality data from the Providence Water Supply Board for tributary streams to the Scituate Reservoir (ver. 3.0, November 2023)
Dates
Publication Date
2021-05-18
Start Date
2017-10-01
End Date
2022-09-30
Revision
2022-07-14
Last Revision
2023-11-28
Citation
Smith, K.P., and Spaetzel, A.B., 2021, Water-quality data from the Providence Water Supply Board for tributary streams to the Scituate Reservoir (ver. 3.0, November 2023): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9WK8N0F.
Summary
Water-quality data were collected by the Providence Water Supply Board (PWSB) from tributaries in the Scituate Reservoir drainage area, October 1, 2017 through September 30, 2022 (water years 2018 through 2022). Water-quality samples were collected by the PWSB either monthly or quarterly at fixed stations on 38 tributaries in the Scituate Reservoir drainage area, Rhode Island. These data were used to calculate instantaneous loads and yields of constituents in reports by the U.S. Geological Survey. Water-quality samples were collected following a strict sampling schedule so that water-quality samples would be representative of various weather conditions. Samples were analyzed at the PWSB water-quality laboratory at the P.J. Holton Water [...]
Summary
Water-quality data were collected by the Providence Water Supply Board (PWSB) from tributaries in the Scituate Reservoir drainage area, October 1, 2017 through September 30, 2022 (water years 2018 through 2022). Water-quality samples were collected by the PWSB either monthly or quarterly at fixed stations on 38 tributaries in the Scituate Reservoir drainage area, Rhode Island. These data were used to calculate instantaneous loads and yields of constituents in reports by the U.S. Geological Survey. Water-quality samples were collected following a strict sampling schedule so that water-quality samples would be representative of various weather conditions. Samples were analyzed at the PWSB water-quality laboratory at the P.J. Holton Water Purification Plant in Scituate, Rhode Island. Water-quality properties and constituent concentrations were measured by using unfiltered water samples. These water-quality properties included pH, alkalinity, color, turbidity, and concentrations of chloride, nitrite, nitrate, orthophosphate, and bacteria (Escherichia coli [E. coli] and total coliform). This data release will be updated annually to append additional water-quality data collected by the PWSB.
First posted May 2021, ver. 1.0
Revised July 2022, ver. 2.0
Revised November 2023, ver. 3.0
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Scituate_PWSBdata.xml Original FGDC Metadata
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Related External Resources
Type: Related Primary Publication
Smith, K.P., 2022, Streamflow, water quality, and constituent loads and yields, Scituate Reservoir drainage area, Rhode Island, water year 2019: U.S. Geological Survey Data Report 1145, 35 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/dr1145.
Smith, K.P., 2022, Streamflow, water quality, and constituent loads and yields, Scituate Reservoir drainage area, Rhode Island, water year 2018: U.S. Geological Survey Data Report 1144, 36 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/dr1144.
Smith, K.P., 2024, Streamflow, water quality, and constituent loads and yields, Scituate Reservoir drainage area, Rhode Island, water year 2020: U.S. Geological Survey Data Report 1192, 31 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/dr1192.
Water-quality samples were collected monthly or quarterly at 38 sampling stations in the Scituate Reservoir drainage area by the Providence Water Supply Board during water years 2018 through 2022 as part of a long-term sampling program. Data are released here in digital form to support their use in annual U.S. Geological Survey reports on annual streamflow, water quality, and constituent loads and yields in the Scituate Reservoir drainage basin.
Revision 3.0 by Alana Spaetzel on November 28, 2023. To review the changes that were made, see “RevisionHistory_Scituate_PWSBdata.txt” in the attached files section.
