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Hell’s Kitchen- Pier 66 dock, Hudson River Park

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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

187 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
09/07/2023 <10 Acceptable 0.3 0.0 0.5 0.2 1.0
08/24/2023 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
08/10/2023 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.1 1.1
08/10/2023 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.1 1.1
08/03/2023 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
08/03/2023 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
07/27/2023 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.4
07/20/2023 41 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1
07/13/2023 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
07/06/2023 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.4 1.0
06/29/2023 645 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.5 0.8
06/22/2023 30 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
06/02/2023 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
05/25/2023 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
05/18/2023 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
09/29/2022 20 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
09/22/2022 20 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1
09/15/2022 84 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.8 1.2
09/08/2022 10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1
09/01/2022 20 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1
08/25/2022 20 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.2
08/18/2022 41 Acceptable 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.3
08/11/2022 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
08/04/2022 10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
07/28/2022 10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0
07/21/2022 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.9 1.9
07/14/2022 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
07/07/2022 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1
06/30/2022 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.3
06/23/2022 20 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1
06/16/2022 52 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
06/02/2022 160 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.7
05/26/2022 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
05/19/2022 20 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1
09/24/2020 52 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
09/17/2020 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
09/10/2020 836 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
09/03/2020 41 Acceptable 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.4
08/27/2020 30 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.4
08/20/2020 52 Acceptable 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.5
08/13/2020 41 Acceptable 0.0 1.8 0.0 0.0 1.8
08/06/2020 10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.5 1.1
07/30/2020 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
10/03/2019 110 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
09/26/2019 20 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1
09/19/2019 10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
09/12/2019 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
09/05/2019 52 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.3
08/29/2019 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1
08/22/2019 52 Acceptable 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1
08/15/2019 10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1
08/08/2019 315 Beach Advisory 0.2 1.2 0.0 0.0 1.4
08/01/2019 132 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.4
07/18/2019 712 Beach Advisory 0.5 1.8 0.0 0.0 2.3
07/11/2019 10 Acceptable 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.8
06/20/2019 158 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.1 0.7 0.0 0.8
06/13/2019 173 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.6 1.1
06/06/2019 41 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
05/30/2019 495 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.8 0.2 0.0 1.0
05/23/2019 31 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
09/27/2018 31 Acceptable 0.0 0.2 2.0 0.0 2.2
09/20/2018 41 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 1.2 0.0 1.2
09/13/2018 108 Beach Advisory 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.9 1.2
09/06/2018 20 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
08/30/2018 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
08/23/2018 20 Acceptable 0.0 0.7 0.1 0.0 0.8
08/16/2018 20 Acceptable 0.0 0.8 0.7 0.0 1.5
08/09/2018 52 Acceptable 0.6 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.9
08/02/2018 63 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.4 0.5
07/26/2018 41 Acceptable 0.0 0.7 0.0 0.2 0.9
07/19/2018 145 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.0 2.2 0.0 2.2
06/28/2018 31 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
06/21/2018 75 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2
06/14/2018 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
06/07/2018 10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.2
05/31/2018 31 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
05/24/2018 41 Acceptable 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.6
09/28/2017 108 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
09/21/2017 30 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.2
09/14/2017 20 Acceptable 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1
09/07/2017 31 Acceptable 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.4
08/31/2017 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1
06/15/2017 30 Acceptable 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.3
06/08/2017 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1
06/01/2017 20 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.2
05/25/2017 10 Acceptable 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.6 1.2
05/18/2017 10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
09/29/2016 10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.2
09/22/2016 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.7
09/01/2016 10 Acceptable 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5
08/25/2016 10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
08/18/2016 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.2
08/11/2016 10 Acceptable 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.2
08/04/2016 10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
07/28/2016 132 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0
07/21/2016 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.4
07/14/2016 <10 Acceptable 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.6
06/30/2016 31 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.5 0.6
06/23/2016 20 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
06/16/2016 20 Acceptable 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2
06/09/2016 10 Acceptable 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.5
06/02/2016 74 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.7 1.7
05/26/2016 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.2
05/19/2016 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
10/01/2015 86 Beach Advisory 0.1 1.3 0.1 0.0 1.5
09/24/2015 20 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
09/17/2015 31 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
09/10/2015 364 Beach Advisory 1.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.6
09/03/2015 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
08/27/2015 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
08/20/2015 30 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.3
08/13/2015 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 1.2 0.0 1.2
08/06/2015 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.4
07/30/2015 <10 Acceptable 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 2.3
07/23/2015 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
07/16/2015 31 Acceptable 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.0 0.5
07/09/2015 10 Acceptable 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.4
07/01/2015 63 Beach Advisory 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.7
06/25/2015 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
06/18/2015 31 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.6 0.8
06/11/2015 10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1
06/04/2015 63 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.7 1.1
05/28/2015 41 Acceptable 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1
05/21/2015 31 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
10/02/2014 75 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
09/25/2014 74 Beach Advisory 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3
09/18/2014 20 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.4
09/11/2014 10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
09/04/2014 10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
08/21/2014 20 Acceptable 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4
08/14/2014 31 Acceptable 0.0 0.5 0.2 0.0 0.7
07/31/2014 10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.2
07/24/2014 94 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.2
07/17/2014 226 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.0 1.3 0.5 1.8
07/10/2014 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.0 0.5
07/02/2014 10 Acceptable 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0
06/26/2014 10 Acceptable 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.2
06/19/2014 20 Acceptable 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2
06/12/2014 20 Acceptable 0.1 0.0 0.0 1.6 1.7
06/05/2014 488 Beach Advisory 0.9 0.0 0.1 0.0 1.0
05/29/2014 52 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
05/22/2014 173 Beach Advisory 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2
10/03/2013 31 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
09/26/2013 253 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
09/19/2013 10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
09/12/2013 10 Acceptable 1.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.6
09/05/2013 10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1
08/29/2013 272 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.5
08/22/2013 331 Beach Advisory 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3
08/15/2013 31 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.9 0.1 0.9
08/08/2013 31 Acceptable 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5
07/25/2013 63 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.1 0.4
07/18/2013 52 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
07/11/2013 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.5
07/02/2013 241 Beach Advisory 0.1 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.9
06/27/2013 10 Acceptable 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.3
06/20/2013 2254 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.2
06/13/2013 62 Beach Advisory 1.3 0.0 0.1 1.4 2.7
06/06/2013 20 Acceptable 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.9 1.0
05/30/2013 31 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.5
05/23/2013 <10 Acceptable 1.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.8
09/27/2012 31 Acceptable 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
09/20/2012 98 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.0 1.5 0.0 1.5
09/13/2012 41 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
09/06/2012 31 Acceptable 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.2
08/30/2012 20 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.6 0.8
08/23/2012 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
08/16/2012 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.6
08/09/2012 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
08/02/2012 20 Acceptable 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.6
07/26/2012 <10 Acceptable 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.8
07/19/2012 145 Beach Advisory 0.0 1.8 0.0 0.0 1.8
07/12/2012 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
07/05/2012 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1
06/28/2012 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.2
06/21/2012 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
06/14/2012 10 Acceptable 0.0 0.3 1.0 0.0 1.4
06/07/2012 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.2
05/31/2012 41 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.2
05/24/2012 10 Acceptable 1.0 0.0 0.2 1.4 2.6
05/17/2012 63 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.1 0.5 0.0 0.6
12/01/2011 50 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.5
11/21/2011 1 Acceptable 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
11/17/2011 45 Acceptable 0.7 0.7 0.0 0.0 1.4
11/09/2011 98 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
10/27/2011 2 Acceptable 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.6
10/20/2011 3 Acceptable 0.0 1.1 0.0 0.0 1.1

Entero Count (fecal indicator) and Rainfall Correlation

187 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 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. Learn More

About this location:

This site is next to a community garden and composting center run by the Gowanus Canal Conservancy. This site is no longer actively sampled. NYC WTA Partner: Gowanus Dredgers (sponsor); Site Coordinator: Eymund Diegel

Agencies Responsible:

NYCDEP: 212-639-9675; NYSDEC Region 2: 718-482-4933

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