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Marbletown- Tongore Park swimming beach

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Physical/Chemical Data

Physical, chemical and biological properties of the surface water that are measured continuously while the patrol boat is underway.

Entero Count (fecal indicator) and Rainfall

72 Samples taken

Sample Date [i] Enterococcus Count
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Entero Count

Enterococcus (“Entero”) is a fecal indicating bacterium that lives in the intestines of humans and other warm-blooded animals. It is the EPA preferred indicator for sewage contamination.

Quality Rain, day of (in) Prior Day 2 Days Prior 3 Days Prior Rain 4 Days Total Rain
Sort Sort Sort Sort Sort Sort Sort Sort
10/03/2023 21 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.4
09/12/2023 214 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.2 0.5
08/08/2023 261 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.9 0.0 0.0 0.9
07/18/2023 144 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.2 0.9 0.1 1.2
06/06/2023 71 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
05/23/2023 6 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.3
10/04/2022 91 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
09/06/2022 >2420 Beach Advisory 1.3 1.0 0.5 0.0 2.8
08/02/2022 130 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
07/12/2022 214 Beach Advisory 0.0 1.7 1.0 0.1 2.8
06/01/2022 184 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
05/03/2022 1 Acceptable 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.2
10/14/2021 69 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.3 0.5 0.6 1.4
09/09/2021 326 Beach Advisory 0.3 0.6 0.2 0.3 1.3
08/12/2021 184 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
07/08/2021 2420 Beach Advisory 1.3 0.0 0.1 0.0 1.4
06/10/2021 261 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.6
05/13/2021 2 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
10/15/2020 411 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.0 0.7
09/17/2020 219 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
08/20/2020 411 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1
07/23/2020 980 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.3
06/30/2020 613 Beach Advisory 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.5
10/10/2019 68 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.7 0.8
09/12/2019 770 Beach Advisory 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3
08/08/2019 1046 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.5
07/11/2019 272 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
06/13/2019 980 Beach Advisory 0.2 0.0 0.2 1.0 1.4
05/09/2019 20 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.1 0.4
10/11/2018 13 Acceptable 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2
09/06/2018 38 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
08/09/2018 1046 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.9 0.0 0.0 0.9
07/12/2018 358 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
06/07/2018 39 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.3
05/10/2018 3 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
10/12/2017 112 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.7
09/07/2017 361 Beach Advisory 0.1 0.5 0.1 0.0 0.7
08/10/2017 187 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3
07/06/2017 914 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
06/08/2017 32 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
05/11/2017 7 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
10/13/2016 96 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
09/15/2016 70 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
08/18/2016 649 Beach Advisory 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3
07/14/2016 579 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
06/16/2016 687 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
05/19/2016 83 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
10/30/2015 1046 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
09/25/2015 4 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
08/28/2015 13 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
07/24/2015 14 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
06/26/2015 23 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.2
05/29/2015 6 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.3
10/24/2014 39 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
09/13/2014 98 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
08/22/2014 16 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
07/18/2014 4 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
06/23/2014 8 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
05/23/2014 11 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
10/24/2013 8 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
09/26/2013 24 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
08/22/2013 46 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
07/25/2013 20 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.4
06/27/2013 11 Acceptable 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.8
06/06/2013 461 Beach Advisory 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.4
10/18/2012 2 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.4
09/18/2012 1300 Beach Advisory 2.2 0.0 0.0 0.2 2.4
08/21/2012 45 Acceptable 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1
07/24/2012 7 Acceptable 0.0 1.2 0.0 0.0 1.2
06/19/2012 6 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
05/23/2012 25 Acceptable 0.0 0.5 1.1 0.0 1.6
04/24/2012 53 Acceptable 0.0 0.4 0.8 0.9 2.1

Entero Count (fecal indicator) and Rainfall Correlation

72 Samples taken

Water Quality*

Acceptable (0–60) Beach Advisory (61+)

*Single sample thresholds;
Enterococcus count per 100mL

Prior Four Day Rainfall
(in inches)

Dry Weather (0–0.25) Wet Weather (0.25+)

Enterococcus is an EPA-approved fecal contamination indicator.

Samples taken by citizen scientists trained by Riverkeeper, and processed on the Riverkeeper vessel, according to the 2014 Quality Assurance Project Plan.

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. Learn More

About this location:

This town swimming beach is at the Marbletown Recreation Park on Tongore Road. There is a lot of agricultural land use in the area.

Agencies Responsible:

Ulster County Dept. of Health: 845-340-3010; NYSDEC Region 3: 845-256-3000

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