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Hoboken Cove (Maxwell Place) Beach boathouse

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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

144 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
09/21/2023 479 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.1 1.1
09/14/2023 63 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.3 0.0 1.4 1.7
09/07/2023 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.2
08/10/2023 10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.6
08/10/2023 10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.6
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 0.3 0.0 0.3
07/13/2023 20 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
07/06/2023 41 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.9 0.3 1.2
06/29/2023 30 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.8 1.1
06/22/2023 20 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
06/15/2023 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.4
06/02/2023 20 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
05/25/2023 30 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 <10 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 41 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.8 1.2
09/08/2022 183 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1
09/01/2022 10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1
08/25/2022 40 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.2
08/18/2022 108 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.3
08/11/2022 31 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
08/04/2022 145 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
07/28/2022 1076 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0
07/21/2022 40 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.9 1.9
07/14/2022 75 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
06/30/2022 10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.3
06/23/2022 31 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1
06/16/2022 269 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
06/09/2022 279 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1
06/02/2022 269 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 393 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1
10/03/2019 63 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 75 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
09/05/2019 71 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.3
08/29/2019 74 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1
08/22/2019 41 Acceptable 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1
08/15/2019 122 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1
08/08/2019 379 Beach Advisory 0.2 1.2 0.0 0.0 1.4
08/01/2019 185 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.4
07/18/2019 884 Beach Advisory 0.5 1.8 0.0 0.0 2.3
06/20/2019 52 Acceptable 0.0 0.1 0.7 0.0 0.8
06/13/2019 1314 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 984 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.8 0.2 0.0 1.0
05/23/2019 156 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
10/04/2018 122 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.0 0.7
09/27/2018 20 Acceptable 0.0 0.2 2.0 0.0 2.2
09/13/2018 246 Beach Advisory 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.9 1.2
09/06/2018 40 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
08/30/2018 1254 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
08/23/2018 110 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.7 0.1 0.0 0.8
08/16/2018 110 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.8 0.7 0.0 1.5
08/02/2018 86 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.4 0.5
07/26/2018 17329 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.7 0.0 0.2 0.9
07/19/2018 121 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.0 2.2 0.0 2.2
07/12/2018 305 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
07/05/2018 41 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
06/28/2018 373 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
06/21/2018 98 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2
06/14/2018 108 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
06/07/2018 145 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.2
05/31/2018 717 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
05/24/2018 86 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.6
09/28/2017 20 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
09/14/2017 52 Acceptable 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1
09/07/2017 63 Beach Advisory 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
08/24/2017 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.3
08/17/2017 20 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.5
08/10/2017 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.8 0.8
08/03/2017 173 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1
07/27/2017 10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.7
07/20/2017 235 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
07/13/2017 63 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
07/06/2017 203 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.5
06/29/2017 52 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.2
06/22/2017 109 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.4 1.4
06/15/2017 441 Beach Advisory 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 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.2
05/25/2017 1607 Beach Advisory 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.8
05/18/2017 52 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
09/29/2016 3873 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.2
09/22/2016 20 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.7
09/15/2016 226 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.6
09/08/2016 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
09/01/2016 311 Beach Advisory 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5
08/25/2016 20 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
08/18/2016 52 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 41 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
07/28/2016 85 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0
07/21/2016 160 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.4
07/14/2016 85 Beach Advisory 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.6
07/07/2016 4611 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.5 1.2
06/30/2016 228 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.5 0.6
06/23/2016 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
06/16/2016 959 Beach Advisory 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2
06/02/2016 845 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.7 1.7
05/19/2016 345 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
10/01/2015 206 Beach Advisory 0.1 1.3 0.1 0.0 1.5
09/24/2015 31 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
09/17/2015 20 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
09/10/2015 63 Beach Advisory 1.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.6
08/27/2015 41 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
08/20/2015 52 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.3
08/13/2015 41 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 1.2 0.0 1.2
08/06/2015 41 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.4
07/30/2015 51 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 75 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.0 0.5
07/09/2015 20 Acceptable 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.4
07/01/2015 110 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 20 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 31 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.7 1.1
05/28/2015 171 Beach Advisory 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 156 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
09/25/2014 41 Acceptable 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3
09/18/2014 41 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.4
09/11/2014 213 Beach Advisory 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 98 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.5 0.2 0.0 0.7
08/07/2014 52 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
07/31/2014 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.2
07/24/2014 223 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.2
07/17/2014 41 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 1.3 0.5 1.8
07/10/2014 1455 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.0 0.5
07/02/2014 155 Beach Advisory 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0
06/26/2014 63 Beach Advisory 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.2
06/19/2014 201 Beach Advisory 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2
06/12/2014 41 Acceptable 0.1 0.0 0.0 1.6 1.7
06/05/2014 857 Beach Advisory 0.9 0.0 0.1 0.0 1.0
05/29/2014 31 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Entero Count (fecal indicator) and Rainfall Correlation

144 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:

Site Coordinator: Eymund Diegel. Site Sponsor: Gowanus Dredgers. These samples are processed by The River Project.

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