Philadelphia Water Resources Monitoring Program
The Philadelphia Water Department (PWD) and USGS have been working together to create and expand the water-quality monitoring network for Philadelphia.
Water Quality Web App (Opens in new window)
The work entailed the creation of new streamgaging stations, resurrection of historical gaging stations and/or upgrades of existing gaging stations. This monitoring network is equipped with both water-quantity (water discharge and stage) and water-quality (pH, specific conductance, dissolved oxygen (DO), temperature, and in some cases, turbidity) measurement equipment that report data in near real time (within hours).
Two gaging stations in each watershed were strategically positioned to monitor water quantity and quality entering and exiting the City's watersheds. Gaging stations were placed at/near the county border and at the furthest downstream location with no tidal influence. Data from these gaging stations will allow PWD scientists and engineers to monitor spatial and temporal water quality/quantity trends in support of watershed restoration initiatives occurring within Philadelphia. In addition, the "color coding" (red, yellow, green) of various water-quality parameters will allow scientists at a glance to monitor the aquatic health of our riverine systems on a daily basis and provide a yearly aquatic health report card to PWD, state, federal, and local watershed groups/agencies. Lastly, these stations will be used as PWD's long-term wet-weather monitoring stations, building upon the extensive period of flow and continuous water-chemistry records.
Groundwater levels are also provided to monitor local aquifers.
Philadelphia Area Groundwater Level Network
The Philadelphia Water Department (PWD) and USGS worked together on the groundwater level monitoring network for Philadelphia.
Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Water-Quality and Sonar Measurements in Delaware River near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2019
Urban ecosystem services and decision making for a green Philadelphia
Altitude and configuration of the water-table surface in the vicinity of the Defense Supply Center, Philadelphia and the Point Breeze Refinery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 22, 1998
Estimation of flood-frequency characteristics and the effects of urbanization for streams in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania area
Relation of ground-water quality to land use in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-Camden, New Jersey area
Water quality data for precipitation and storm runoff in Pennypack Creek Basin, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Temperature of ground water at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1979- 1981
Water-table map of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1976-1980
Hydrologic data for aquifers in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Extent and frequency of inundation of Schuylkill River flood plain from Conshohocken to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Ground-water resources of the United States Naval Base, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Ground-water problems in the Philadelphia area [Pennsylvania]
Philadelphia Water Resources Monitoring
The Philadelphia Water Department (PWD) and USGS have been working together to create and expand the water-quality monitoring network for Philadelphia. Data from these gaging stations will allow PWD scientists and engineers to monitor spatial and temporal water quality/quantity trends in support of watershed restoration initiatives occurring in Philadelphia.
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The Philadelphia Water Department (PWD) and USGS have been working together to create and expand the water-quality monitoring network for Philadelphia.
Water Quality Web App (Opens in new window)
The work entailed the creation of new streamgaging stations, resurrection of historical gaging stations and/or upgrades of existing gaging stations. This monitoring network is equipped with both water-quantity (water discharge and stage) and water-quality (pH, specific conductance, dissolved oxygen (DO), temperature, and in some cases, turbidity) measurement equipment that report data in near real time (within hours).
Two gaging stations in each watershed were strategically positioned to monitor water quantity and quality entering and exiting the City's watersheds. Gaging stations were placed at/near the county border and at the furthest downstream location with no tidal influence. Data from these gaging stations will allow PWD scientists and engineers to monitor spatial and temporal water quality/quantity trends in support of watershed restoration initiatives occurring within Philadelphia. In addition, the "color coding" (red, yellow, green) of various water-quality parameters will allow scientists at a glance to monitor the aquatic health of our riverine systems on a daily basis and provide a yearly aquatic health report card to PWD, state, federal, and local watershed groups/agencies. Lastly, these stations will be used as PWD's long-term wet-weather monitoring stations, building upon the extensive period of flow and continuous water-chemistry records.
Groundwater levels are also provided to monitor local aquifers.
Philadelphia Area Groundwater Level Network
The Philadelphia Water Department (PWD) and USGS worked together on the groundwater level monitoring network for Philadelphia.
Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Water-Quality and Sonar Measurements in Delaware River near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2019
Urban ecosystem services and decision making for a green Philadelphia
Altitude and configuration of the water-table surface in the vicinity of the Defense Supply Center, Philadelphia and the Point Breeze Refinery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 22, 1998
Estimation of flood-frequency characteristics and the effects of urbanization for streams in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania area
Relation of ground-water quality to land use in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-Camden, New Jersey area
Water quality data for precipitation and storm runoff in Pennypack Creek Basin, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Temperature of ground water at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1979- 1981
Water-table map of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1976-1980
Hydrologic data for aquifers in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Extent and frequency of inundation of Schuylkill River flood plain from Conshohocken to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Ground-water resources of the United States Naval Base, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Ground-water problems in the Philadelphia area [Pennsylvania]
Philadelphia Water Resources Monitoring
The Philadelphia Water Department (PWD) and USGS have been working together to create and expand the water-quality monitoring network for Philadelphia. Data from these gaging stations will allow PWD scientists and engineers to monitor spatial and temporal water quality/quantity trends in support of watershed restoration initiatives occurring in Philadelphia.
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