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The water quality of New Jersey's water bodies is monitored by the USGS New Jersey Water Science Center to characterize waters, identify trends over time, identify emerging problems, determine whether pollution control programs are working, help direct pollution control efforts to where they are most needed, and respond to emergencies such as floods and spills.
All New Jersey data collected by the USGS are stored and made available to the Nation through the public NWISWeb portal which provide access to water-resources data collected at approximately 1.5 million sites in all 50 States. Annually, the USGS finalizes and publishes the daily data in a series of Annual Water Data Reports.
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Ambient Surface-Water-Quality Monitoring Network
Ambient Groundwater-Quality Monitoring Network
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Diurnal variations in water quality at surface-water-quality stations in New Jersey
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Resources
- USEPA Drinking Water Standards and Health Advisories
- USGS Water-Quality Information Pages
- National Water Quality Assessment (NAWQA): Program • Summary
- Toxic Substances Hydrology Program (Toxics)
Below are other science projects associated with this project.
Long-term Water Monitoring Networks in New Jersey
Diurnal variations in water quality at surface-water-quality stations
Research and Investigations
New Jersey Ambient Surface-Water-Quality Monitoring Network
New Jersey Ambient Groundwater-Quality Monitoring Network
Below are data or web applications associated with this project.
USGS Water-Quality Data for New Jersey
At selected surface-water and ground-water sites, the USGS maintains instruments that continuously record physical and chemical characteristics of the water including pH, specific conductance, temperature, dissolved oxygen, turbidity, and percent dissolved-oxygen saturation. At sites where this information is transmitted automatically, data are available from the real-time data system.
Below are publications associated with this project.
Water Quality of Streams in and near the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, 2002-04
Occurrence of Organic Compounds and Trace Elements in the Upper Passaic and Elizabeth Rivers and Their Tributaries in New Jersey, July 2003 to February 2004: Phase II of the New Jersey Toxics Reduction Workplan for New York-New Jersey Harbor
Occurrence of radium-224, radium-226 and radium-228 in water from the Vincentown and Wenonah-Mount Laurel aquifers, the Englishtown aquifer system, and the Hornerstown and Red Bank Sands, southwestern and south-central New Jersey
Guidelines and standard procedures for continuous water-quality monitors: Station operation, record computation, and data reporting
A hydrologic primer for New Jersey watershed management
- Overview
The water quality of New Jersey's water bodies is monitored by the USGS New Jersey Water Science Center to characterize waters, identify trends over time, identify emerging problems, determine whether pollution control programs are working, help direct pollution control efforts to where they are most needed, and respond to emergencies such as floods and spills.
All New Jersey data collected by the USGS are stored and made available to the Nation through the public NWISWeb portal which provide access to water-resources data collected at approximately 1.5 million sites in all 50 States. Annually, the USGS finalizes and publishes the daily data in a series of Annual Water Data Reports.
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Ambient Surface-Water-Quality Monitoring Network
Ambient Groundwater-Quality Monitoring Network
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Diurnal variations in water quality at surface-water-quality stations in New Jersey
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Resources
- USEPA Drinking Water Standards and Health Advisories
- USGS Water-Quality Information Pages
- National Water Quality Assessment (NAWQA): Program • Summary
- Toxic Substances Hydrology Program (Toxics)
- Science
Below are other science projects associated with this project.
Long-term Water Monitoring Networks in New Jersey
The accurate, long-term monitoring networks of New Jersey Water Science Center provide valuable data in real-time and historical perspective to compare that data to. The longer a monitoring location is in operation, the more valuable it becomes, since more statistical comparisons can be performed. Our field technicians continuously make field measurements and maintain these networks.Diurnal variations in water quality at surface-water-quality stations
Two primary causes of diurnal variations in dissolved-oxygen concentration (DO), pH, and specific conductance are photosynthesis and aerobic respiration. Photosynthesis is driven by sunlight and produces free oxygen, which causes an increase in DO during the day. Algal, microbial, and plant respiration consumes free oxygen, which causes a decrease in DO, and releases carbon dioxide during the...Research and Investigations
The NJWSC conducts research and investigations related to topics such as groundwater and surface-water quality related to anthropogenic and agricultural activities, hydraulic and hydrologic modeling, tracking the movement of groundwater contamination, groundwater resource assessments and modeling, ecological assessments and response to urbanization, and estimating water-use for human and...New Jersey Ambient Surface-Water-Quality Monitoring Network
The USGS New Jersey Water Science Center, in cooperation with the NJ Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP), New Jersey Water Supply Authority, and the Delaware River Basin Commission, maintain the New Jersey Ambient Surface-Water-Quality Monitoring Network (ASWQMN) — a collection of monitoring stations on streams throughout New Jersey. Constituent concentration data from the ASWQMN are...New Jersey Ambient Groundwater-Quality Monitoring Network
The USGS, in cooperation with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, New Jersey Geological and Water Survey, Ambient Groundwater-Quality Monitoring Network (AGWQMN), which is designed to characterize the status of groundwater quality at or near the water table as a function of land use. Shallow groundwater is generally the first and most significantly affected part of the... - Data
Below are data or web applications associated with this project.
USGS Water-Quality Data for New Jersey
At selected surface-water and ground-water sites, the USGS maintains instruments that continuously record physical and chemical characteristics of the water including pH, specific conductance, temperature, dissolved oxygen, turbidity, and percent dissolved-oxygen saturation. At sites where this information is transmitted automatically, data are available from the real-time data system.
- Publications
Below are publications associated with this project.
Water Quality of Streams in and near the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, 2002-04
Water samples were collected during 2002-04 at monitoring stations on 14 streams either within or entering the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area. The samples were collected from April through December of each year, mostly under low (base-flow) conditions, and were analyzed for major ions and nutrients (nitrogen and phosphorus). Results of the analyses, in concert with land-use informatioAuthorsR. Edward Hickman, Jeffrey M. FischerOccurrence of Organic Compounds and Trace Elements in the Upper Passaic and Elizabeth Rivers and Their Tributaries in New Jersey, July 2003 to February 2004: Phase II of the New Jersey Toxics Reduction Workplan for New York-New Jersey Harbor
Samples of surface water and suspended sediment were collected from the Passaic and Elizabeth Rivers and their tributaries in New Jersey from July 2003 to February 2004 to determine the concentrations of selected chlorinated organic and inorganic constituents. This sampling and analysis was conducted as Phase II of the New York-New Jersey Harbor Estuary Workplan?Contaminant Assessment and ReductioAuthorsTimothy P. Wilson, Jennifer L. BoninOccurrence of radium-224, radium-226 and radium-228 in water from the Vincentown and Wenonah-Mount Laurel aquifers, the Englishtown aquifer system, and the Hornerstown and Red Bank Sands, southwestern and south-central New Jersey
This investigation is the first regionally focused study of the presence of natural radioactivity in water from the Vincentown and Wenonah-Mount Laurel aquifers, Englishtown aquifer system, and the Hornerstown and Red Bank Sands. Geologic materials composing the Vincentown and Wenonah-Mount Laurel aquifers and the Hornerstown and Red Bank Sands previously have been reported to contain radioactiveAuthorsVincent T. dePaul, Zoltan SzaboGuidelines and standard procedures for continuous water-quality monitors: Station operation, record computation, and data reporting
The U.S. Geological Survey uses continuous water-quality monitors to assess the quality of the Nation's surface water. A common monitoring-system configuration for water-quality data collection is the four-parameter monitoring system, which collects temperature, specific conductance, dissolved oxygen, and pH data. Such systems also can be configured to measure other properties, such as turbidity oAuthorsRichard J. Wagner, Robert W. Boulger, Carolyn J. Oblinger, Brett A. SmithA hydrologic primer for New Jersey watershed management
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the N.J. Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP), and many other agencies and organizations are striving to educate the public about New Jersey’s water resources. In 1996, the NJDEP began implementing a “watershed management approach” to maintain the physical, chemical, and biological integrity of New Jersey’s waters. This approach concentrates on managAuthorsMartha K. Watt