A group of 5th graders from a New York City school in the Bronx learn about how contaminants spilled on the ground travel through a sandy aquifer and can impact nearby waterways from USGS hydrologist Shawn Fisher as part of the Urban Waters Initiative community outreach at Roberto Clemente State Park during the week-long Harlem River Festival.
Stephen Terracciano (Former Employee)
Science and Products
Urban Waters Federal Partnership—Bronx and Harlem River Watersheds (New York, N.Y.)
The Harlem and Bronx Rivers provide ecological and social resources in an intensively urban area. Connecting people to rivers requires clean water—the USGS is helping to assess the efficacy of green infrastructure to improve the quality of stormwater that flows into the rivers.
Sentinel Monitoring for New and Legacy Pesticides in the Shallow Groundwater of Long Island
Problem The shallow groundwater of Nassau and Suffolk Counties is prone to contamination from current land-use, including agricultural, residential, and recreational. The aquifer system of Long Island is highly susceptible to human-derived contamination, in particular, because the soils and underlying sediments are generally composed of sandy, permeable materials that allow contaminants to move
Urban Waters Initiative community outreach
A group of 5th graders from a New York City school in the Bronx learn about how contaminants spilled on the ground travel through a sandy aquifer and can impact nearby waterways from USGS hydrologist Shawn Fisher as part of the Urban Waters Initiative community outreach at Roberto Clemente State Park during the week-long Harlem River Festival.
Science and Products
Urban Waters Federal Partnership—Bronx and Harlem River Watersheds (New York, N.Y.)
The Harlem and Bronx Rivers provide ecological and social resources in an intensively urban area. Connecting people to rivers requires clean water—the USGS is helping to assess the efficacy of green infrastructure to improve the quality of stormwater that flows into the rivers.
Sentinel Monitoring for New and Legacy Pesticides in the Shallow Groundwater of Long Island
Problem The shallow groundwater of Nassau and Suffolk Counties is prone to contamination from current land-use, including agricultural, residential, and recreational. The aquifer system of Long Island is highly susceptible to human-derived contamination, in particular, because the soils and underlying sediments are generally composed of sandy, permeable materials that allow contaminants to move
Urban Waters Initiative community outreach
A group of 5th graders from a New York City school in the Bronx learn about how contaminants spilled on the ground travel through a sandy aquifer and can impact nearby waterways from USGS hydrologist Shawn Fisher as part of the Urban Waters Initiative community outreach at Roberto Clemente State Park during the week-long Harlem River Festival.
A group of 5th graders from a New York City school in the Bronx learn about how contaminants spilled on the ground travel through a sandy aquifer and can impact nearby waterways from USGS hydrologist Shawn Fisher as part of the Urban Waters Initiative community outreach at Roberto Clemente State Park during the week-long Harlem River Festival.