How’s the Water in the Hudson River and its Tributaries - A Webinar
July 30, 2014
Riverkeeper Team
Learn about the findings from Riverkeeper’s latest report on water quality in the Hudson River and its tributaries, and what you can do to help make our water safe for swimming.
Our latest report, How’s the Water? 2014, highlights the need for New York State to adopt federal recommendations for protecting public health in recreational waters. Riverkeeper samples 74 locations in the tidal Hudson River estuary and dozens of additional locations, in cooperation with citizen scientists, in our tributaries. Learn more at https://www.riverkeeper.org/water-quality.
00:00 - 01:30 Introduction
01:30 - 03:14 Why Test the Water?
03:14 - 05:11 Swimmability
05:11 - 07:20 Hudson River Estuary Gov. Pathogen and Riverkeeper & Citizen Testing
07:20 - 09:30 How We Test the Water
09:30 - 09:43 What We’ve Learned
09:43 - 12:59 Contamination by Location
12:59 - 15:09 Contamination Varies by Degree and Frequency
15:09 - 16:27 Rainfall is a Common Trigger
16:27 - 16:40 Septic Failures Illustration
16:40 - 18:24 Tributaries Are Often More Contaminated
18:24 - 19:29 Samples Failed EPA Beach Advisory Value
19:29 - 25:35 How You Can Use This Data
25:35 -25:44 Data Helps Drive Infrastructure Investments
25:44 - 28:22 Data Helps Enforce Water Quality Laws
28:22 - 28:34 Act Local
28:34 - 29:47 Document Where You Use the Water
29:47 - 30:24 End Questions
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Water quality monitoring
Riverkeeper is the go-to source for information about the quality of the water along the Hudson River and its tributaries
Swimming and public access
Working to make it safe and free for everyone to swim in the Hudson