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Title: Status and Plans for Development of RealTime Water Monitoring by the U'S' Geological Survey


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Status and Plans for Development of Real-Time
Water Monitoring by the U.S. Geological Survey
  • Richard KroppNew Jersey District Chief
  • Eric F. VowinkelNJ Drinking Water Quality
    Specialist and Liaison to USEPA and NJ
    Universities
  • Glenn G. PattersonHeadquarters, Reston, VA
  • U.S. Geological Survey

U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological
Survey
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Objectives of Presentation
  • Describe status of current real-time water
    monitoring networks operated and maintained by
    the USGS especially in New Jersey.
  • Discuss USGS plans and partnerships for
    development of real-time water-quality monitoring
    at the National level.
  • Identify cooperative project on susceptibiltiy
    assessment of community water supplies

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USGS Mission(What are USGS Water Safety
Concerns?)
  • The USGS serves the Nation by providing reliable
    scientific information to
  • Describe and understand the earth
  • manage water, biological, energy, and mineral
    resources
  • minimize loss of life and property from natural
    disasters and
  • enhance and protect our quality of life.

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The USGS water program has
  • more than 100 years of history in data collection
    at the national, regional, and local level
  • more than 30 years of real-time monitoring of
    water
  • real time dissemination of data on the Internet
    for about than 4 years.

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USGS real-time monitoring program offers
nationally consistent methods and provides an
infrastructure for
  • long-term operation and maintenance of platforms,
  • computer processing, analysis, and archiving of
    data,
  • interpretation of results at local, regional, and
    national scales.

6
USGS Strengths
  • Long Term Data Acquisition and Database Storage
  • Experience in Realtime Networks
  • Data Analysis and Interpretation
  • Highly Qualified Staff
  • Cost-share in Projects

7
USGS Real-Time Monitoring Networks in New Jersey
  • What kind of monitoring systems do you have now?
  • Streamflow gages
  • Tidal gages
  • Flood- and drought-warning
  • Ground-water levels
  • Surface-water quality

8
DATA COLLECTION PLATFORM, TRANSMISSION BY
SATTELLITE, STORAGE, AND DISPLAY ON INTERNET
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Mechanics of Real-Time Network
  • Three-way reporting for back-up satellite,
    radio, and telephone
  • Data collected every 15 minutes
  • Satellite reports every 4 hours, future will have
    hourly reporting.
  • Telephone and radio can be set to report more
    often
  • Alarm capabilities at preset levels
  • Results displayed on the internet

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http//nj.waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/rt
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Streamflow gages
  • Statewide coverage
  • Presently 90 gages
  • 40 real-time stations

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Tidal gages
  • 27 stations
  • Base stations at 4 county emergency response
    offices
  • Connected to State Police, Department of
    Transportation, and National Weather Service

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Flood-Warning Networks
  • Operate and maintain four systems with 40 stream
    gages and 21 rain gages.
  • Passaic River
  • Somerset County
  • Rahway River
  • Pascack Brook in Bergen County

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Ground-Water-Level Network
  • Part of a new drought network started in 2001
  • Presently 7 sites
  • Expanding to 15 sites by 9/30/02
  • Eventually 1 per county

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http//nj.usgs.gov/publications/FS/fs-011-02/
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Stream-Water Quality
  • Routine sampling at 110 sites jointly with NJDEP
  • Presently three real-time stations, monitor for
    basic parameters DO, pH, conductivity, specific
    conductance, and turbidity.
  • Passaic River
  • Delaware River
  • Ramapo River

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Advances in Water-Quality Sensing Technology
  • Glenn G. Patterson
  • U.S. Geological Survey
  • Reston, VA

22
Overview
  • Expanding opportunities to meet needs of USGS and
    cooperators
  • New partnerships
  • Sensors available now
  • Sensors under development

23
Meeting Needs for Time-Relevant Data
  • Provide data to decision-makers in time for
    action
  • Detect accidental or intentional releases
  • Improve efficiency of USGS monitoring programs

24
New Partnerships
  • DOE Sandia Labsfield test sensors
  • Army Soldier Biological and Chemical CommandUSGS
    field test sensors and supply water samples in
    Maryland/D.C. District
  • Defense Threat Reduction Agency (currently only
    on advisory committee)

25
Sensors Under Development
  • Sandia LabsMicro-Chemlab on a Chip

GC
LC
www.sandia.gov
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Does USGS use any models to predict the effects
of source water and distribution network
contamination?
  • 3-D modeling of ground-water flow
  • Surficial aquifer studies
  • Modeling of surface-water quality using SPARROW
  • Developing susceptibility models for NJDEP Source
    Water Assessment Program

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Susceptibility of Public Community Water Supplies
in New Jersey to Contamination by Regulated
Constituents
  • In cooperation with NJDEP for USEPA Source Water
    Assessment Program

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Objectives of Cooperative Project with NJDEP
  • Create geographic information system- and
    statistically based models
  • Rank public community wells and intakes into low,
    medium, and high susceptibility to contamination
    by regulated constituents
  • Susceptibility Hydrologic sensitivity
    Land-use intensity

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Public Community Wells
  • 606 Community
  • 2405 wells
  • 59 SW intakes
  • 3545 Noncommunity
  • 882 Nontransient
  • 1100 wells
  • 3 SW intakes
  • 2663 Transient
  • 2793 wells

(April 25, 2002)
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SW Intakes and USGS Water-Quality Sampling Sites
  • 59 SW Intakes
  • USGS SW water-quality sites

32
Sample SW Delineation
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Summary
  • USGS has the knowledge, capability, and
    experience to maintain and operate long term
    real-time monitoring networks
  • Can work cooperatively on projects
  • There is a national commitment to help protect
    the water supplies of the nation

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USGS- NJ Web Site
  • HTTP//NJ.USGS.GOV

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Sensors Available Now
  • Whole-water toxicity--sentinel species
  • Semi-volatiles--HPLC with Solid-phase extraction
  • VolatilesGC with in-situ purge and trap

37
Whole Water ToxicityAutomated Bioassays with
Sentinel Species
  • BacteriaMicrotox OS

http//ireland.iol.ie/metrotec/quikload/Azur/azur
.htm
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Whole Water ToxicityAutomated Bioassays with
Sentinel Species
  • Daphniabbe-Moldaenke Toximeter

39
Whole Water ToxicityAutomated Bioassays with
Sentinel Species
  • Algaebbe Moldaenke Algal toximeter

http//www.bbe-moldaenke.de/english/index.html
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Whole Water ToxicityAutomated Bioassays with
Sentinel Species
  • FishBiological Monitoring Inc.

http//www.biomon.com/index.html
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Semi-Volatiles
  • HPLC with Solid-phase extraction--Prospekt

http//www.biomon.com/index.html
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Volatiles
  • GC with in-situ purge and trap--Aquascan

http//www.sentexinc.com/
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Sensors Under Development--Chemical and
Biological Agents
  • Attenuated Total Reflectance Fourier Transform IR
    Spec
  • Molecular Imprinted Polymers
  • Pyrolysis GC Ion Mobility Mass Spec

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Sensors Under DevelopmentBiological Agents
  • Real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Antibody-Antigen Tests
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