The water quality of New Jersey's water bodies is monitored by the USGS New Jersey Water Science Center to characterize waters, identify trends over time, identify emerging problems, determine whether pollution control programs are working, help direct pollution control efforts to where they are most needed, and respond to emergencies such as floods and spills.
All New Jersey data collected by the USGS are stored and made available to the Nation through the public NWISWeb portal which provide access to water-resources data collected at approximately 1.5 million sites in all 50 States. Annually, the USGS finalizes and publishes the daily data in a series of Annual Water Data Reports.
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Ambient Surface-Water-Quality Monitoring Network
Ambient Groundwater-Quality Monitoring Network
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Diurnal variations in water quality at surface-water-quality stations in New Jersey
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Resources
- USEPA Drinking Water Standards and Health Advisories
- USGS Water-Quality Information Pages
- National Water Quality Assessment (NAWQA): Program • Summary
- Toxic Substances Hydrology Program (Toxics)
Below are other science projects associated with this project.
Long-term Water Monitoring Networks in New Jersey
Diurnal variations in water quality at surface-water-quality stations
Research and Investigations
New Jersey Ambient Surface-Water-Quality Monitoring Network
New Jersey Ambient Groundwater-Quality Monitoring Network
Below are data or web applications associated with this project.
USGS Water-Quality Data for New Jersey
At selected surface-water and ground-water sites, the USGS maintains instruments that continuously record physical and chemical characteristics of the water including pH, specific conductance, temperature, dissolved oxygen, turbidity, and percent dissolved-oxygen saturation. At sites where this information is transmitted automatically, data are available from the real-time data system.
Below are publications associated with this project.
Water Quality of Streams in and near the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, 2002-04
Occurrence of organic compounds and trace elements in the upper Passaic and Elizabeth Rivers and their tributaries in New Jersey, July 2003 to February 2004: Phase II of the New Jersey toxics reduction workplan for New York-New Jersey Harbor
Occurrence of radium-224, radium-226 and radium-228 in water from the Vincentown and Wenonah-Mount Laurel aquifers, the Englishtown aquifer system, and the Hornerstown and Red Bank Sands, southwestern and south-central New Jersey
Guidelines and standard procedures for continuous water-quality monitors: Station operation, record computation, and data reporting
A hydrologic primer for New Jersey watershed management
The water quality of New Jersey's water bodies is monitored by the USGS New Jersey Water Science Center to characterize waters, identify trends over time, identify emerging problems, determine whether pollution control programs are working, help direct pollution control efforts to where they are most needed, and respond to emergencies such as floods and spills.
All New Jersey data collected by the USGS are stored and made available to the Nation through the public NWISWeb portal which provide access to water-resources data collected at approximately 1.5 million sites in all 50 States. Annually, the USGS finalizes and publishes the daily data in a series of Annual Water Data Reports.
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Ambient Surface-Water-Quality Monitoring Network
Ambient Groundwater-Quality Monitoring Network
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Diurnal variations in water quality at surface-water-quality stations in New Jersey
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Resources
- USEPA Drinking Water Standards and Health Advisories
- USGS Water-Quality Information Pages
- National Water Quality Assessment (NAWQA): Program • Summary
- Toxic Substances Hydrology Program (Toxics)
Below are other science projects associated with this project.
Long-term Water Monitoring Networks in New Jersey
Diurnal variations in water quality at surface-water-quality stations
Research and Investigations
New Jersey Ambient Surface-Water-Quality Monitoring Network
New Jersey Ambient Groundwater-Quality Monitoring Network
Below are data or web applications associated with this project.
USGS Water-Quality Data for New Jersey
At selected surface-water and ground-water sites, the USGS maintains instruments that continuously record physical and chemical characteristics of the water including pH, specific conductance, temperature, dissolved oxygen, turbidity, and percent dissolved-oxygen saturation. At sites where this information is transmitted automatically, data are available from the real-time data system.
Below are publications associated with this project.