QUINNIPIAC RIVER BASIN 01196222 QUINNIPIAC RIVER NEAR MERIDEN, CT LOCATION.--Lat 4131'45", long 7251'50", New Haven County, Hydrologic Unit 01100004, at bridge on Cheshire Street, 3 mi west of Meriden, and 1.7 mi upstream from Hanover Pond. DRAINAGE AREA.--69.6 mi2. PERIOD OF RECORD.--Water year 1974 to current year. REMARKS.--Samples for dissolved aluminum and zinc collected from May through September 2000 were reanalyzed because of possible contamination in the lab; those samples that could not be reanalyzed have been updated to the original concentration with a "less-than" (<) data qualifier. WATER-QUALITY DATA, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1999 TO SEPTEMBER 2000 DIS- SPE- PH OXYGEN, COLI- CHARGE, SPE- CIFIC WATER DIS- FORM, INST. CIFIC CON- WHOLE SOLVED FECAL, CUBIC CON- DUCT- FIELD TEMPER- TEMPER- TUR- OXYGEN, (PER- 0.45 FEET DUCT- ANCE (STAND- ATURE ATURE BID- DIS- CENT UM-MF DATE TIME PER ANCE LAB ARD AIR WATER ITY SOLVED SATUR- (COLS./ SECOND (US/CM) (US/CM) UNITS) (DEG C) (DEG C) (NTU) (MG/L) ATION) 100 ML) (00061) (00095) (90095) (00400) (00020) (00010) (00076) (00300) (00301) (31616) OCT 28... 1345 119 263 272 7.5 10.0 10.0 1.5 10.0 88 K9000 DEC 28... 1240 134 268 270 7.7 .5 2.5 2.5 13.0 97 K1200 FEB 14... 1430 448 240 250 7.3 10.0 1.5 63 14.1 102 2300 APR 11... 1245 154 260 265 7.7 6.5 8.0 2.0 12.8 107 110 JUN 08... 1315 387 172 160 7.2 25.0 14.5 5.5 8.9 87 2600 JUL 24... 1345 66 328 350 7.6 23.5 18.5 2.4 8.5 90 200 AUG 07... 1325 155 270 278 7.4 29.0 20.0 4.8 7.9 88 940 SEP 20... 1330 E225 168 166 7.3 26.0 19.0 17 7.8 85 K10000 ENTERO- ENTERO- CAR- BICAR- ALKA- COCCI COCCI HARD- MAGNE- POTAS- BONATE BONATE LINITY ME,MF (MEI) NESS CALCIUM SIUM, SODIUM, SIUM, WATER WATER WAT DIS SULFATE WATER MF 24 TOTAL DIS- DIS- DIS- DIS- DIS IT DIS IT TOT IT DIS- TOTAL HOUR (MG/L SOLVED SOLVED SOLVED SOLVED FIELD FIELD FIELD SOLVED DATE (COL / (COL / AS (MG/L (MG/L (MG/L (MG/L MG/L AS MG/L AS MG/L AS (MG/L 100 ML) 100 ML CACO3) AS CA) AS MG) AS NA) AS K) CO3 HCO3 CACO3 AS SO4) (31649) (90909) (00900) (00915) (00925) (00930) (00935) (00452) (00453) (39086) (00945) OCT 28... 220 -- 86 27.3 4.31 16.3 2.2 0 70 57 15.6 DEC 28... 208 -- 90 28.7 4.38 15.4 2.0 0 89 73 13.0 FEB 14... 6600 -- 52 16.5 2.52 24.3 1.6 0 40 33 8.5 APR 11... -- 80 74 23.3 3.82 16.6 1.9 0 66 54 12.2 JUN 08... -- 2700 47 14.5 2.53 10.2 1.1 0 41 34 8.1 JUL 24... -- 90 100 33.5 5.01 20.4 2.7 0 87 71 15.2 AUG 07... -- 1000 90 29.0 4.33 17.1 2.0 0 81 66 11.3 SEP 20... K1000 -- 46 14.6 2.34 10.5 2.1 0 38 31 8.4 SOLIDS, NITRO- NITRO- NITRO- NITRO- NITRO- CHLO- FLUO- SILICA, RESIDUE SOLIDS, GEN, GEN, GEN, NITRO- GEN,AM- GEN,AM- RIDE, RIDE, DIS- AT 180 RESIDUE NITRITE NO2+NO3 AMMONIA GEN, MONIA + MONIA + DIS- DIS- SOLVED DEG. C AT 105 DIS- DIS- DIS- ORGANIC ORGANIC ORGANIC SOLVED SOLVED (MG/L DIS- DEG. C, SOLVED SOLVED SOLVED TOTAL TOTAL DIS. DATE (MG/L (MG/L AS SOLVED TOTAL (MG/L (MG/L (MG/L (MG/L (MG/L (MG/L AS CL) AS F) SIO2) (MG/L) (MG/L) AS N) AS N) AS N) AS N) AS N) AS N) (00940) (00950) (00955) (70300) (00500) (00613) (00631) (00608) (00605) (00625) (00623) OCT 28... 27.9 <.1 13.0 161 172 <.010 2.08 <.020 -- .35 .32 DEC 28... 28.5 <.1 12.8 161 171 .039 2.72 .048 .25 .30 .20 FEB 14... 40.0 .1 6.3 140 188 .023 1.52 .217 .91 1.1 .41 APR 11... 29.6 <.1 8.9 141 158 .016 2.14 <.020 -- .36 .22 JUN 08... 14.9 <.1 8.5 110 108 <.010 .896 .038 .37 .40 .32 JUL 24... 34.5 .2 13.4 210 215 .016 4.46 .025 .39 .42 .31 AUG 07... 27.1 .1 13.0 172 185 .018 2.44 .027 .36 .39 .28 SEP 20... 17.1 <.1 7.0 104 134 <.010 1.25 <.020 -- .58 .34 QUINNIPIAC RIVER BASIN 01196222 QUINNIPIAC RIVER NEAR MERIDEN, CT--Continued WATER-QUALITY DATA, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1999 TO SEPTEMBER 2000 PHOS- PHOS- PHORUS ALUM- ANTI- BERYL- CHRO- NITRO- PHOS- PHORUS ORTHO, INUM, MONY, BARIUM, LIUM, CADMIUM MIUM, COBALT, GEN, PHORUS DIS- DIS- DIS- DIS- DIS- DIS- DIS- DIS- DIS- TOTAL TOTAL SOLVED SOLVED SOLVED SOLVED SOLVED SOLVED SOLVED SOLVED SOLVED DATE (MG/L (MG/L (MG/L (MG/L (UG/L (UG/L (UG/L (UG/L (UG/L (UG/L (UG/L AS N) AS P) AS P) AS P) AS AL) AS SB) AS BA) AS BE) AS CD) AS CR) AS CO) (00600) (00665) (00666) (00671) (01106) (01095) (01005) (01010) (01025) (01030) (01035) OCT 28... 2.4 .242 .193 .184 9 <1 78 <1 <1.0 <.8 <1 DEC 28... 3.0 .239 .085 .204 7 <1 84 <1 <1.0 <.8 <1 FEB 14... 2.6 .339 .126 .108 10 <1 55 <1 <1.0 <1.0 <1 APR 11... 2.5 .209 .179 .151 <14 <1 72 <1 <1.0 <.8 <1 JUN 08... 1.3 .137 .102 .078 <20 <1 44 <1 <1.0 <.8 <1 JUL 24... 4.9 .574 .548 .511 6 <1 100 <1 <1.0 <.8 <1 AUG 07... 2.8 .259 .216 .195 9 <1 87 <1 <1.0 <.8 <1 SEP 20... 1.8 .254 .159 .136 14 <1 51 <1 <1.0 .9 <1 MANGA- MOLYB- URANIUM COPPER, IRON, LEAD, NESE, DENUM, NICKEL, SILVER, ZINC, NATURAL CARBON, DIS- DIS- DIS- DIS- DIS- DIS- DIS- DIS- DIS- ORGANIC SOLVED SOLVED SOLVED SOLVED SOLVED SOLVED SOLVED SOLVED SOLVED TOTAL DATE (UG/L (UG/L (UG/L (UG/L (UG/L (UG/L (UG/L (UG/L (UG/L (MG/L AS CU) AS FE) AS PB) AS MN) AS MO) AS NI) AS AG) AS ZN) AS U) AS C) (01040) (01046) (01049) (01056) (01060) (01065) (01075) (01090) (22703) (00680) OCT 28... 3 110 <1 62 <1 1 <1 12 <1 6.7 DEC 28... 2 80 <1 81 <1 1 <1 14 <1 2.9 FEB 14... 2 50 <1 88 <1 1 <1 11 <1 8.4 APR 11... 2 110 <1 60 <1 2 <1 <10 <1 4.6 JUN 08... 3 120 <1 28 <1 2 <1 <7 <1 9.3 JUL 24... 3 60 <1 48 <1 1 <1 10 <1 4.1 AUG 07... 3 90 <1 48 <1 1 <1 7 <1 4.8 SEP 20... 3 80 <1 30 <1 2 <1 6 <1 8.4