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Water Quality Data

Water Quality Sampling: Bronx River in Westchester County

Four County of Westchester departments worked together to conduct a year-long water quality monitoring program for the Bronx River in Westchester County.  The Westchester County Department of Planning teamed up with the Department of Health and Department of Laboratories and Research, with cooperation from the Department of Parks, Recreation and Conservation, to collect and analyze samples each month at eight locations along the Bronx River in Westchester County from April 2006 through April 2007. 

As recommended by the Department of Health, the following parameters were determined from “grab” samples collected by the Department of Health and analyzed by the Department of Laboratories and Research at each of the eight sites along the Bronx River in Westchester:

1.     total coliform 

2.     fecal coliform

3.     E. Coli

4.     enterococci

5.     ammonia

6.     nitrates

7.     nitrites

8.     phosphorus

9.     total suspended solids

10.  dissolved oxygen

11.  pH

12.  temperature

 

The sampling data and locations are contained below:

(click on underlining to access data) 

SAMPLE LOCATION #1: Bronx River Parkway between McLean Avenue

and Wakefield Avenue, Yonkers

GPS Coordinate Location: 40^o 54’ 03.7” N. Lat. 73^o 51’ 36.6” W. Long

 

 SAMPLE LOCATION #2: Bronx River Parkway south of Cross County Parkway, Yonkers

GPS Coordinate Location: 40^o 55’ 23.0” N. Lat. 73^o 50’ 38.9” W. Long.

 

SAMPLE LOCATION #3: Dewitt Avenue/ Paxton Avenue at the confluence

with the Grassy Sprain Brook, Bronxville

GPS Coordinate Location: 40^o 56’ 19.5” N. Lat. 73^o 50’ 15.7” W. Long.

 

SAMPLE LOCATION #4: Bronx River Parkway at Leewood Drive, Eastchester

GPS Coordinate Location: 40^o 58’ 08.1” N. Lat. 73^o 49’ W. Long.

 

SAMPLE LOCATION #5: Intersection of Popham and Garth Road, Scarsdale

GPS Coordinate Location: 40^o 59’ 17.6” N. Lat. 73^o 48’ 38” W. Long.

 

SAMPLE LOCATION #6: Greenacres Avenue, Hartsdale

GPS Coordinate Location: 41^o 00’ 47.9” N. Lat. 73^o 47’ 33.9” W. Long.

 

SAMPLE LOCATION #7: Westchester County Center, Bronx River Parkway, White Plains

GPS Coordinate Location: 41^o 02’ 13.5” N. Lat. 73^o 46’ 40.5” W. Long.

 

SAMPLE LOCATION #8: South Kensico Avenue, Valhalla

GPS Coordinate Location: 41^o 04’ 00.8” N. Lat. 73^o 46’ 25.4” W. Long.