Projects & Programs - Watershed Planning & Implementation

Agency/
Description

Number
of Sites
(Location)

Number
of Data
Points

Storage & Retrieval (STORET) Data Warehouse

450 (River & Tributaries)

50,371 (Water Quality)

NOTE: STORET covers multiple agencies and monitoring groups, and multiple parameters.

3,999 (Habitat)

7,322 (Biological

Mussel Watch – East Coast
(Organics, Trace Elements, PBDE, Dioxins/Furans)

3 (Bay)

6,499

Mussel Watch – HRE (Bio-Effects)
(Organics, Trace Metals, Sediment Toxicity)

117 (River/Bay)

3,365

Mussel Watch – RAR (BS)
(Organics, Trace Metals)

5 (Bay)

1,384 (Benthic Surveillance)

USGS Water Quality Gages

27

USGS Flow Monitoring/Gages

16

NY/NJ Contaminant Assessment & Reduction Program (CARP)
(Organics, Metals)

3 (River)

~2,000

NJ  Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP)

Aquatic Pesticides (Permits & Active Ingredients)

35

51

Combined Sewer Overflows

13

N/A (Location Only)

Known Contaminated Sites (2012)

1,048 (Watershed)

1,048

Surface Water Dischargers (NJPDES)

363

363 (Type of Discharge)

Journal Articles, Reports & Dissertations

N/A

65 (Documents)