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Hoosic River<>Hudson River

Stillwater NY

 site with West bank Hudson River... beyond the point of land is confluencing Waters

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"Enterococcus is an EPA-approved fecal contamination indicator.

Samples taken by citizen scientists and processed at laboratories that aren't directly affiliated with Riverkeeper, using methods and study designs that are consistent with Riverkeeper's Hudson River and Citizen Testing programs.

Rainfall data comes from wunderground.com. Wet weather is a common trigger of fecal contamination.

What do the Numbers Mean?

Water Quality scoring is based on the 2012 Recreational Water Quality Criteria from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for safe swimming. ,"

- https://www.riverkeeper.org/water-quality/citizen-data/upper-hudson-river/schaghticoke-hoosic-river-hudson-confluence/

“The water quality study measures salinity, oxygen, temperature, suspended sediment, chlorophyll, and the sewage indicating bacterium Enteroccocus.

We use a lab equipped with the IDEXX Enterolert system to test for Enterococcus. Our water quality scoring is based on EPA’s Federal Recreational Water Quality Criteria for safe primary contact (swimming and immersion).

Water from about 30 cm below the surface is continuously pumped over the side and then past an array of sensors on a Hydrolab DS5 data sonde. As the water flows past the sensors, the Hydrolab records temperature, salinity, and turbidity, as well as the oxygen and chlorophyll concentrations. The Hydrolab is interfaced with a GPS unit so that the time and location of each measurement (in latitude and longitude) are also recorded.” 

- https://www.riverkeeper.org/water-quality/testing/what/

5 Years After Hoosick Falls Water Crisis, Millions of NYers Still Don’t Know What’s in Their Drinking Water

For Immediate Release: December 8, 2020

Legislators Pledge Action if Dept. of Health Fails to Test for Unregulated Contaminants 

Albany – Five years have passed since the US EPA informed residents of Hoosick Falls, NY that their water was unsafe to drink because of toxic PFOA contamination. Yet in that time, the NYS Department of Health (DOH) has failed to implement a landmark law that was intended to prevent future situations like Hoosick Falls from happening by expanding drinking water testing for unregulated contaminants to millions of New Yorkers.

Should the Department fail to act, Senator James Skoufis and Assembly Member Richard Gottfried have committed to passing their bill (S.6625/A.7839) to jump start testing for unregulated contaminants during the upcoming legislative session.

For years, Hoosick Falls residents were in the dark about the cancer-causing chemical in their drinking water. Because the Hoosick Falls water system serves fewer than 10,000 people, the village was not required to test for a suite of unregulated contaminants, which included PFOA, in 2013. Had testing been required, Hoosick Falls residents would have been alerted to and protected from PFOA much earlier.

In response, Governor Cuomo’s administration promised swift action to close the testing loophole. In 2017, the Governor signed the Emerging Contaminant Monitoring Act, which directs DOH to create and regularly update a list of unregulated contaminants that every water system, regardless of size, would be required to test for and notify the public if high levels were discovered. However, DOH has failed to follow through. Approximately 2,000 small water systems have not been tested for unregulated contaminants like strontium, chromium-6, or vanadium. 2.5 million New Yorkers still don’t know if there are chemicals in their water that could make them sick. ..."... - https://eany.org/press_release/5-years-after-hoosick-falls-water-crisis-millions-of-nyers-still-dont-know-whats-in-their-drinking-water/

 

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