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Five HABs remain 2800 gallons heating oil spilled at Queens school Up to the minute NY water news for Monday, November 20 - last update 2:18 pm EST Hazardous Spills the latest reports released from NY DEC as reported to the NY Emergency Spill Hotline 1-800-457-7362 Paint has been reported deliberately dumped from a boat launch into Town Pond at Henderson in Jefferson County. HAB can have the appearance of spilled paint, more to follow. Almost a tanker-load of petroleum product was reported spilled on November 15. 2800 gallons of home heating oil reportedly spilled due to human error at the Doe School building on Barclay Avenue in Queens. See the Spills button to the right of the map for more spills reported in NYS. HABs update from NY DEC HABs Notifications Center Eight active HABs were on left on the record as the monitoring season closed last week. As of Monday afternoon, five HABS remain within the two week "active" window of the report confirmation, including Agawam Lake, Bradley Brook Reservoir, Hatch Lake, Otisco Lake and Wainscott Pond. Beaver Dam Lake and Hyde Lake were two water bodies left on the active list at the close of monitoring season. We have dropped these aged out reports as of Monday, they no longer appear on our map. WTNY.us will be back with a season wrap up report looking at the most HAB-afflicted water bodies in New York State over the last few years. More to follow. Have you encountered a HAB? Let WTNY know how HABs has impacted your enjoyment of state waters. Email us alerts@wtny.us. Streamflows USGS WaterWatch St Lawrence River watershed shows up with a severe drought rating Monday morning. The Raquette River channel from headwaters to outlet at the St Lawrence River has been flowing lower than seasonal historic average for weeks, progressing from moderate drought to severe over the weekend. Streamflows on Long Island are a mix of normal to much below normal Monday, no longer rated on the drought map below normal as we saw on Friday. Likewise, the south part of the Lake Erie watershed in Cattaraugus County appears stepped down from severe to below normal. Erie County has returned to normal seasonal flow level. Continuing as last week, the Upper Genesee River watershed area from the south NYS border to central Livingston County is still rated moderate drought. Lower Genesee watershed from central Livingston to Lake Erie is rated below normal. All surface area west of Genesee River is rated on the drought is below normal. The Chemung River watershed to the east of Upper Genesee is likewise rated below normal. There are no USGS streamflow gages reporting flooding in NYS, nor are there streamflows in the 99th percentile high or low. The New York Water Science Center maintains streamflow monitors on NYS rivers and tributaries with real-time depth and flow volume information streaming to the USGS WaterWatch portal. When a 7-day running average streamflow in a given location falls below the historic average for the day of the year, a rating shows up on the drought map, ranging from below normal, moderate hydrologic drought, severe and extreme drought. Drinking Water Matters Ilion BWA remains in effect for residents between Cottage Street and the dead end of E. Clark Street. HABs update from NY DEC HABs Notifications Center Eight active HABs were on left on the record as the monitoring season closed last week. As of Monday afternoon, five HABS remain within the two week "active" window of the report confirmation, including Agawam Lake, Bradley Brook Reservoir, Hatch Lake, Otisco Lake and Wainscott Pond. Beaver Dam Lake and Hyde Lake were two water bodies left on the active list at the close of monitoring season. We have dropped these aged out reports as of Monday, they no longer appear on our map. WTNY.us will be back with a season wrap up report looking at the most HAB-afflicted water bodies in New York State over the last few years. More to follow. Have you encountered a HAB? Let WTNY know how HABs has impacted your enjoyment of state waters. Email us alerts@wtny.us. |
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