Water Quality

In order to begin addressing the issue of whether it is safe to swim and boat in the Hudson River and the waters around New York Harbor, and to influence more sensible public policy, Riverkeeper and Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University joined forces in 2006 to launch a water quality study aboard the Riverkeeper patrol boat. The primary goal of this ongoing project is to characterize the conditions of the Hudson River estuary through the testing of nutrients, total bacterial cell counts, and sewage indicating microorganisms in order to better understand the factors that control the variability of conditions observed in the Hudson River estuary.
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We all have the right to know what’s in our drinking water. The Safe Drinking Water Act, passed in 1976, authorized the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to set drinking water standards for all public water systems. Water utilities are required to monitor and …
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