Snapshot Day 10/20/15 Data RIVER MILE 32 Lewis & Engel Park Bridget Baumann & Artie Carlucci, Ossining HS AP Environmental Science 10th-12th grade 70 students, 10 adults – - 4110’N 7352’W Location: Wading beach at Lewis J. Engel Park, Ossining, NY Area: Beachfront area with a ferry pier, paved sidewalk, rock wall lining the river, riprap, grass by metro north station Surrounding Land Use: 50% beach, 15% park, 25% industrial/commercial Sampling Site: bulkhead lines the shoreline with pier, rock wall, beach, riprap, rocky, weedy, used for picnics and boats. Pipe enters the river North of the sample site. Plants in the water: 10% water chestnut; 90% water celery 50% Rocky, 50% Sandy Shoreline: River Bottom: sandy, rocky, muddy ITEM Time Reading 1 Reading 2 Comments Physical Air Temperature 9:30 AM 57F 1:15 PM 64F 14C 18C Wind Speed 1:18 PM Beaufort #2 South Cloud Cover 1:19 PM <25% Weather today No Rain Weather last 3 Unseasonably cool, no major rain or precipitation Snow days flurries on 10/18 – 40F Water Small wavelets 10:30 AM 14 C Water 11:15 AM 12 C Temperature AM 35 cm AVERAGE- 37cm Turbidity- site 35 tube 40 Turbidity Comment: Water was a little cloudy. We could see the bottom of a 5 gallon bucket Chemical DO LaMotte 10:30 AM 2.0 mg/L 14 C 17% saturated – Green Water test 11:15 PM 6.0 mg/L 12 C 46% saturated kit N/R 4.0 mg/L 16 C 40% saturated pH (test strips 9:50 AM 6.0 – color match) 10:23 AM 7.0
Snapshot Day 10/20/15 Data RIVER MILE 32 Lewis & Engel Park Bridget Baumann & Artie Carlucci, Ossining HS AP Environmental Science 10th-12th grade – 70 students, 10 adults 4110’N - 7352’W Location: Wading beach at Lewis J. Engel Park, Ossining, NY Area: Beachfront area with a ferry pier, paved sidewalk, rock wall lining the river, riprap, grass by metro north station Surrounding Land Use: 50% beach, 15% park, 25% industrial/commercial Sampling Site: bulkhead lines the shoreline with pier, rock wall, beach, riprap, rocky, weedy, used for picnics and boats. Pipe enters the river North of the sample site. Plants in the water: 10% water chestnut; 90% water celery Shoreline: 50% Rocky, 50% Sandy River Bottom: sandy, rocky, muddy ITEM Time Reading 1 Reading 2 Comments Physical Air Temperature 9:30 AM 57F 14C 1:15 PM 64F 18C Wind Speed 1:18 PM Beaufort #2 South Cloud Cover 1:19 PM <25% Weather today No Rain Weather last 3 days Unseasonably cool, no major rain or precipitation Snow flurries on 10/18 – 40F Water Small wavelets Water Temperature 10:30 AM 11:15 AM 14 C 12 C Turbidity- site tube AM 35 cm 35 40 AVERAGE- 37cm Turbidity Comment: Water was a little cloudy. We could see the bottom of a 5 gallon bucket Chemical DO – LaMotte Green Water test kit 10:30 AM 11:15 PM N/R 2.0 mg/L 6.0 mg/L 4.0 mg/L 14 C 12 C 16 C 17% saturated 46% saturated 40% saturated pH (test strips – color match) 9:50 AM 10:23 AM 6.0 7.0
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