A Model for the Evaluation and Management of Contaminants of ...

MATRIX
Table 3a. Summary of NYSDEC ambient water, sediment, and biota sampling plan
NUMBER OF
STATIONS
SAMPLING
FREQUENCY
PARAMETERS
Near-Bottom Water
Column
30 seasonal (3-4 times per year) Dissolved & particulate
concentrations, DOC, POC, TSS, pH, S
Near-Surface
18
4 occasions PCBs, pesticides, PAHs
Water Column (including boundaries)
Sediment Cores 40 once (for initial conditions) Particulate concentrations, DOC, POC, grain sizes,
AVS, radio tracers
Zooplankton 9 Tows once during spring PCBs, dioxin, furan, PAHs, Hg, Cd, etc.
Benthic Invertibrates 8 Seasonal PCBs, dioxin, furan, PAHs, Hg, Cd, etc.
Fish/Crustaceans 8 areas Seasonal PCBs, dioxin, furan, PAHs, Hg, Cd, etc.
Table 3b. Summary of NYSDEC Contaminant loading sampling plan (excluding trackdown monitoring)
LOADING SOURCES
SAMPLING FREQUENCY
All STPs
~6 STPs
once per year (summer)
2 dry-weather; 2 wet-weather
20 Industrial Dischargers
~3 Industrial Dischargers
15 CSOs
3 CSOs
5 Major Tributaries
3 Minor Tributaries
Air Monitoring (research being conducted by Dr. Steven
Eisenreich, Rutgers U., will be used to quantify air deposition)
once per year (summer)
seasonal (4 times per year)
15 STP influent samples
seasonal (4 times per year)
once per year (summer)
4 times
at least 3 sampling sites
collections at one to two-week intervals
20 Stormwater Outfalls once per year (summer)
5 Landfills 10 leachate and 25 runoff samples
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