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Flushing Creek- Northern Blvd

Physical/Chemical Data

Physical, chemical and biological properties of the surface water that are measured continuously while the patrol boat is underway.

Entero Count (fecal indicator) and Rainfall

34 Samples taken

Sample Date [i] Enterococcus Count

Entero Count

Enterococcus (“Entero”) is a fecal indicating bacterium that lives in the intestines of humans and other warm-blooded animals. It is the EPA preferred indicator for sewage contamination.

Quality Rain, day of (in) Prior Day 2 Days Prior 3 Days Prior Rain 4 Days Total Rain
Sort Sort Sort Sort Sort Sort Sort Sort
10/25/2019 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6
09/13/2019 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
08/08/2019 >24196 Beach Advisory 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 1.1
07/19/2019 19863 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.3 0.5 0.0 0.8
06/27/2019 10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.2
05/22/2019 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
10/09/2018 41 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
09/19/2018 19863 Beach Advisory 0.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 2.0
09/14/2018 31 Acceptable 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.3
08/17/2018 168 Beach Advisory 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.6 1.2
07/31/2018 41 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
07/26/2018 8,164 Acceptable 0.0 0.8 0.0 0.1 0.9
06/26/2018 109 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
06/25/2018 98 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1
06/08/2018 30 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
05/30/2018 98 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.5
10/09/2017 602 Beach Advisory 0.2 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.5
09/27/2017 85 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
09/15/2017 52 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
08/26/2017 132 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
08/09/2017 3873 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.4
07/25/2017 >24196 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.9 0.1 0.5 1.5
07/20/2017 98 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
06/26/2017 2723 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
06/23/2017 243 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
06/06/2017 496 Beach Advisory 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.2
05/10/2017 703 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
11/03/2016 84 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
09/10/2016 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1
08/11/2016 10 Acceptable 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1
08/02/2016 496 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.2 0.8
07/27/2016 10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.8 0.0 0.8
07/25/2016 10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
07/07/2016 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.5 1.1

Entero Count (fecal indicator) and Rainfall Correlation

34 Samples taken

Water Quality*

Acceptable (0–60) Beach Advisory (61+)

*Single sample thresholds;
Enterococcus count per 100mL

Prior Four Day Rainfall
(in inches)

Dry Weather (0–0.25) Wet Weather (0.25+)

Enterococcus is an EPA-approved fecal contamination indicator.

Samples taken by citizen scientists and processed at laboratories that aren't directly affiliated with Riverkeeper, using methods and study designs that are consistent with Riverkeeper's Hudson River and Citizen Testing programs.

Rainfall data comes from wunderground.com. Wet weather is a common trigger of fecal contamination.

What do the Numbers Mean?

Water Quality scoring is based on the 2012 Recreational Water Quality Criteria from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for safe swimming. Learn More

About this location:

This sample site just past Northern Blvd is adjacent to a Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) outfall.

Agencies Responsible:

NYCDEP: 212-639-9675; NYSDEC Region 2: 718-482-4933

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