Riverkeeper Hudson River Tributary Community Science Fecal Indicator Bacteria Dataset

Since 2010, Riverkeeper has been advising, organizing, and assisting community scientists to collect Enterococcus (“Entero”) data from tributaries to, and local waterfront areas of, the Hudson River. We added E. coli in some areas in 2021. Riverkeeper’s community-based Entero monitoring started a regional movement. We and our network of partners have sampled the headwaters of the Hudson at Lake Tear of the Clouds in the Adirondacks, wastewater treatment plant outfalls, the kayak launches of New York Harbor, and many places in between. More than 50 academic, community and watershed groups, and hundreds of volunteers, have monitored approximately 400 locations in about two dozen waterways and waterfronts. Riverkeeper has relied heavily on these monitoring data in our state and local advocacy for clean water policies and funding. Some of the outcomes of this effort have included significant new investments in wastewater infrastructure.
This dataset includes FIB and precipitation data collected from 2010-2021 from locations that were sampled for at least one year in the Bronx River (collected by Bronx River Alliance), Catskill Creek, Esopus Creek, Pocantico River, Quassaick Creek (collected by Quassaick Creek Watershed Alliance), Rondout Creek, Saw Mill River (collected by Sarah Lawrence College Center for the Urban River at Beczak), Sawyer Kill, Sparkill Creek (collected in collaboration with Sparkill Creek Watershed Alliance), Upper Hudson River (collected in collaboration with the NATURE Lab at Media Sanctuary), and Wallkill River. Some of these sampling activities were managed by Riverkeeper, some by partner organizations, and some in combination. Partnerships are noted, but it is not possible to capture all partnership details in this spreadsheet. For more information, visit https://www.riverkeeper.org/water-quality/.

自2010年起，河守护者（Riverkeeper）始终为社区科学家提供指导、组织与协助，在哈德逊河支流及沿岸滨水区收集肠球菌（Enterococcus，简称“Entero”）监测数据；2021年起，我们在部分区域新增了大肠杆菌（E. coli）监测项目。河守护者发起的社区主导型肠球菌监测行动，引发了区域性的水环境监测运动。我们及其合作网络已对阿迪朗达克山脉云泪湖（Lake Tear of the Clouds）的哈德逊河源头、污水处理厂排污口、纽约港皮划艇码头及其间诸多点位开展了采样工作。目前已有超过50个学术机构、社区组织与流域团体，以及数百名志愿者，对约24条水道及滨水区的近400个监测点位完成了监测。河守护者在州级与地方层面推动清洁水政策制定及资金争取的倡导工作中，高度依赖这些监测数据。该项目的部分成果包括为污水处理基础设施争取到了大额新增投资。
本数据集涵盖2010至2021年间收集的粪便指示菌（Fecal Indicator Bacteria, FIB）与降水数据，所有采样点位均至少完成了一年的监测工作，涉及布朗克斯河（由布朗克斯河联盟负责采样）、卡茨基尔溪、埃斯普斯溪（Esopus Creek）、波坎蒂科河、夸赛克溪（由夸赛克溪流域联盟负责采样）、朗多特溪（Rondout Creek）、索米尔河（Saw Mill River，由莎拉劳伦斯学院贝兹克城市河流中心负责采样）、索耶基尔河（Sawyer Kill）、斯帕基尔溪（Sparkill Creek，与斯帕基尔溪流域联盟合作开展采样）、上哈德逊河（Upper Hudson River，与媒体庇护所自然实验室合作开展采样）以及沃尔基尔河（Wallkill River）。其中部分采样工作由河守护者直接管理，部分由合作组织独立负责，其余则由双方联合开展。本数据集已标注合作方信息，但无法在本电子表格中完整呈现所有合作细节。如需了解更多信息，请访问https://www.riverkeeper.org/water-quality/