HOUSATONIC RIVER BASIN 01198125 HOUSATONIC RIVER NEAR ASHLEY FALLS, MA LOCATION.--Lat 4204'29", long 7320'02", Berkshire County, Hydrologic Unit 01100005, 2.5 mi downstream from Soda Creek, 3.1 mi upstream from Konkapot River. DRAINAGE AREA.--465 mi2. PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1991 to current year. PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD.-- SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT CONCENTRATION: March 1994 to September 1995. SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT DISCHARGE: March 1994 to September 1995. 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. EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD.-- SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT CONCENTRATION: Maximum daily mean, 94 mg/L, March 9, 1995, minimum daily mean, 1 mg/L on several days. SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT DISCHARGE: Maximum daily, 962 tons, April 8, 1994, minimum daily 0.41 tons, Aug. 25, 1995. 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) NOV 08... 1120 768 284 284 8.0 3.0 6.5 2.6 11.4 94 120 JAN 12... 1200 997 297 297 8.1 3.0 2.5 7.1 12.6 95 160 MAR 20... 1130 2050 242 247 8.0 6.5 4.0 7.8 12.9 99 36 MAY 15... 0940 1530 257 267 8.1 13.0 15.0 7.2 8.7 88 130 JUN 15... 1200 2960 223 231 7.9 19.0 14.5 12 9.5 95 96 JUL 19... 1050 1880 220 230 7.8 18.5 20.0 20 7.9 89 440 AUG 03... 1120 775 288 300 7.9 27.5 21.0 9.4 7.9 92 K64 SEP 25... 1110 550 297 299 8.3 14.5 15.0 .6 8.9 90 64 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) NOV 08... K8 -- 110 28.9 9.49 12.3 1.3 0 127 104 10.2 JAN 12... 60 -- 110 29.1 9.77 14.5 1.2 0 120 98 11.0 MAR 20... K60 -- 86 22.4 7.19 11.8 .9 0 94 77 8.1 MAY 15... -- 24 99 25.7 8.41 10.6 .9 0 107 88 7.0 JUN 15... -- 80 91 23.8 7.55 9.4 .9 0 105 86 6.4 JUL 19... -- K244 90 23.7 7.55 9.2 .9 0 103 84 4.9 AUG 03... -- 29 120 30.0 10.1 12.7 1.1 0 133 109 7.6 SEP 25... -- 31 120 31.1 10.2 14.7 1.3 0 133 109 9.0 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) NOV 08... 20.4 <.1 3.9 157 161 <.010 .305 <.020 -- .37 .23 JAN 12... 22.2 <.1 3.5 164 171 <.010 .561 .034 .25 .29 .19 MAR 20... 20.6 <.1 3.2 133 140 <.010 .302 <.020 -- .23 .14 MAY 15... 18.0 <.1 3.0 147 157 <.010 .252 .037 .41 .44 .31 JUN 15... 14.1 <.1 3.5 129 140 <.010 .244 .037 .34 .37 .24 JUL 19... 12.9 <.1 4.0 134 150 <.010 .234 .022 .48 .50 -- AUG 03... 19.6 <.1 4.0 166 -- <.010 .463 <.020 -- .38 .23 SEP 25... 19.2 <.1 4.4 165 166 <.010 .477 <.020 -- .29 .22 HOUSATONIC RIVER BASIN 01198125 HOUSATONIC RIVER NEAR ASHLEY FALLS, MA--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) NOV 08... .68 .029 .015 <.010 10 <1 10 <1 <1.0 <.8 <1 JAN 12... .85 .045 .017 <.010 38 <1 9 <1 <1.0 <.8 <1 MAR 20... .53 .039 .010 <.010 11 <1 9 <1 <1.0 <1.0 <1 MAY 15... .70 .056 .011 .010 <20 <1 9 <1 <1.0 <.8 <1 JUN 15... .62 .062 .020 .013 16 <1 10 <1 <1.0 E.6 <1 JUL 19... .73 .082 .024 .015 12 <1 10 <1 <1.0 <.8 <1 AUG 03... .84 .053 .027 .020 12 <1 13 <1 <1.0 <.8 <1 SEP 25... .77 .044 .023 .019 13 <1 13 <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) NOV 08... <1 70 <1 26 <1 <1 <1 1 <1 -- JAN 12... <1 50 <1 21 <1 2 <1 2 <1 3.7 MAR 20... <1 40 <1 16 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 3.2 MAY 15... 1 70 <1 12 <1 1 <1 <4 <1 5.1 JUN 15... <1 70 <1 11 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 4.8 JUL 19... 1 60 <1 8 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 6.1 AUG 03... 1 50 <1 20 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 5.1 SEP 25... <1 100 <1 18 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 4.2