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Water-Year Summary for Site 404241074072202

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00010 Temperature, water(Min.,Max.,Mean)  
00095 Specific cond at 25C(Max.,Min.,Mean)  

Water year 2024: 2024-10-01 to 2025-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
404241074072202 Newark Bay at Oak Island Yards at Newark NJ
LOCATION - Lat 40°42'40.7", long 74°07'22.3" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, Newark City, Essex County, NJ, Hydrologic Unit 02030104, on right bank of Newark Bay at the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commision treatment plant at Oak Island Yards, 0.5 mi downstream from the confluence of Passaic and Hackensack Rivers at Newark Bay and 1.2 mi upstream of the Vincent R. Casciano Memorial Bridge on US Highway 78 in Newark, New Jersey. 
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - July 2021 to current year.
PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD - WATER TEMPERATURE: July 2021 to current year.
SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: July 2021 to current year.
SALINITY: July 2021 to current year.
pH: July 2021 to current year.
DISSOLVED OXYGEN: July 2021 to current year.
TURBIDITY: July 2021 to current year.
COOPERATION - Maintained by the Hudson River Environmental Conditions Observing System in cooperation with the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commision.
INSTRUMENTATION - A multi-parameter water-quality sonde measures water temperature, specific conductance, pH, dissolved oxygen, and turbidity at 15-minute intervals since July 2021. Salinity record computed from specific-conductance readings.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD - WATER TEMPERATURE: Maximum, 28.1°C, Aug. 9, 2022; minimum, 0.1°C, Jan. 31, Dec. 26, 2022.
SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: Maximum, 36,600 uS/cm @ 25°C, June 10, 2022; minimum, 268 uS/cm @ 25°C, Sept. 4, 2021.
SALINITY: Maximum, 23.1 psu, June 10, 2022; minimum, 0.1 psu, Sept. 4, 2021.
pH: Maximum, 8.4, on several days; minimum, 6.3, Sept. 2, 2021.
DISSOLVED OXYGEN: Maximum, 13.4 mg/L, Feb. 7, 9, 2022; minimum, 2.2 mg/L, July 16, 2021.
TURBIDITY: Maximum, 173 FNU, May 19, 2022; minimum, 0.4 FNU, Mar. 11, 2022.