Riverkeeper launched our East River sampling program today, building on a pilot project in 2016 in collaboration with CUNY Queens College. We're measuring Enterococcus, a fecal indicator bacteria, as well as dissolved oxygen and other physical and chemical data.
Angel Montero takes a measurement of dissolved oxygen on May 10, 2017. (Photo by John Lipscomb / Riverkeeper)
Angel Montero of CUNY Queens College assists Riverkeeper Boat Captain John Lipscomb in collecting the data.
Data will soon be available at
https://www.riverkeeper.org/water-quality/citizen-data/east-river/