10/4/2024
WT Staff
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October 4, 2024 912 am EDT
Extreme drought continues in Niagara, Orleans and west Monroe Counties
Streamflow Situation from the monitoring network of USGS in New York
Part sun, part cloud for the city today with a chance of showers this evening. According to NWS Binghamton, conditions are mostly sunny upstate this hour with a chance of showers tonight, cooler air overnight down to 49. Water levels through the state edge lower this morning with significantly more stations reporting below the 10th percentile in the Mohawk-Hudson River basin, in the Finger Lakes region and the west watersheds in general. Rondout Creek continues to run record low for this date. See the brown tags on the map to the right for details. The drought map is unchanged overnight, Lake Ontario minor tributaries west watershed comprised of Niagara, Orleans and west Monroe Counties remains in extreme drought. The top end of Niagara River-Lake Erie watershed runs below normal, impacting south Niagara and north Erie County, west Genesee and central Wyoming County. Lake Champlain watershed is rated below again, taking in north Washington and southeast Essex Counties.
No hazardous weather in the forecast, no active flooding in the monitored network, no extreme high flows.
WT HAB Tracker from the satellite monitoring program of the NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science(NCCOS), Cyanobacteria Assessment Network (CyAN) and State sources where available
New York
The number of active bluegreen algae blooms active in the state has dropped under 200 for the first time in a month. One hundred and eighty-seven HABs are confirmed Friday morning as reports made more than two weeks ago are auto-archived from the record. New reports are entered for those water bodies with blooms persisting beyond the two week window. New to the impacted water bodies list yesterday was Silver Mine Lake with two active HABs confirmed, this is a first occurrence for Silver Mine Lake in 2024 season.
See the latest impacted water body list, available here.
The latest satellite image of Lake Champlain was captured October 3, this image is completely clear with a good view of the water and shorelines. The only HAB activity visible in this image is Lake Carmi in Vermont, the lakewide algal mass there at the high concentration 700 to 800 thousand cells per ml.
See the NCCOS color image of Lake Champlain here.
Safe Drinking Water Advisories
Montgomery County: The City of Amsterdam had a water main break and service shutdown Monday that prompted a precautionary BWA for the entire south side of the city. According to City of Amsterdam, "all bacteria testing has been completed and results are satisfactory". The order was rescinded Wednesday. City of Amsterdam supplies 20,700 customers from a surface water source. From the Annual Water Quality report, Amsterdam receives raw water supply from three impounding reservoirs at the foothills of the Adirondack Mountains in Saratoga County. The total capacity is 10 million gallons servicing a broader community of approximately 21,000 people. Currently, the system's water demand is approximately 5.4 million gallons per average day. Upon entering a 24-inch pipe, the water is screened, metered, and disinfected with chlorine dioxide. The raw water then travels through 15 miles of pipe to the City of Amsterdam.
See more Safe Drinking Water Profiles, here.
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