Water Quality

Last week Riverkeeper submitted Enterococcus data collected in partnership with community scientists to NYS DEC’s Division of Water, as part of the state’s biennial statewide waterbody assessment process. In most of the places we monitor, our data is the sole publicly available source of fecal contamination information, the most important parameter for determining a waterway’s fitness for recreation. The data we submitted cover a large geographic area and a solid stretch of time, but a more impressive aspect of the submission was that it highlighted our broad and committed group […]

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