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- Lakes, Ponds & Reservoirs
- Rivers & streams
- Bays, salt ponds & harbors
Link
to Bathymetric Maps of Some RI Ponds
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Communities
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Quality Factsheets
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Connections
Aquatic Invasive Species
Cyanobacteria (Algal Blooms)
Success Stories
Additional Resources
- Science
Fair - Water Projects
- Volunteer Monitoring
- Educational -
Water Facts
- Agencies (Including URI)
- Organizations
New
England Lakes Conference, June 7 & 8, 2013 Standish,
ME
Registration
now open!!!
click
here for info
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URI
Watershed Watch Monitoring
Data and Results
Overview
The
URI Watershed Watch Program produces quality data for a broad
range of parameters for over 200 monitoring sites statewide.
Produced using well established methods, and processed in
state certified laboratories, this information is used by the
Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management
for
assessing
the
State's
waters,
as
well as by municipal
governments, associations, consulting firms and residents for
more effective management of local resources. Click
here for our Field and Laboratory Quality Assurance Project Plans
(QAPP).
Available
monitoring data includes the following parameters:
Water Clarity
(Secchi depth - lakes and ponds) |
Chlorophyll (lakes
and ponds) |
| Water Depth |
Total and Dissolved
Phosphorus |
| Water Temperature |
Total, Nitrate-,
and Ammonium- Nitrogen |
| Dissolved Oxygen
(deep sites/streams) |
Chloride |
| pH |
Fecal coliform and
enterococci bacteria |
| Alkalinity |
Salinity (estuarine
sites) |
Click
here for links to the monitoring data
Sample
collection interval is dependant upon volunteer effort and monitoring
environment (i.e. bacteria available monthly for rivers, tri-seasonally
for lakes and ponds).
Water quality data is available online
as pdf documents, or upon request in either hard copy or in electronic
spreadsheet form. In addition annual/biennial reports covering
1988 through 1998 are housed in numerous local libraries, as
well as the Pell Marine Library
at URI's
Narragansett
Bay
Campus.
To request data, contact:
Elizabeth
Herron,
RM 105 CIK,
One Greenhouse Rd.,
Kingston, RI 02881
phone: (401) 874-4552,
fax: (401) 874-4561,
email: emh@uri.edu
We are actively working to get
both the current and legacy data onto our website. Starting
in 2002,
we began posting bacteria data, with results usually posted
within one
week of
sample collection.
We try to have Secchi depth, chlorophyll and temperature/dissolved
oxygen data charts available as soon after the end of a
monitoring season as possible, and will continue adding older
data as
time permits.
If you don't see data for your monitoring
site, please contact us - it may just be an oversight, or we
may be in process of getting it online.
Given the large amount of data we
manage, it is difficult to include it all on our website. We
are seeking suggestions on what information internet users would
find most valuable, and encourage you to contact Elizabeth with
your suggestions.
Click here to enter your field
data online
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