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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  NJDEP_DSREH >  NJDEP_DSREH-Mar3

Passaic River Lower @ Newark Bay (NJDEP_DSREH-Mar3) site data in the Water Quality Portal

Data Provider: STORET (Learn more about Water Quality Portal Data Providers)

This estuary site, maintained by the NJDEP Div of Science, Research and Env Health (identifier NJDEP_DSREH), has the name "Passaic River Lower @ Newark Bay" and has the identifier NJDEP_DSREH-Mar3. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)02030103.

This site is located in Essex County County, New Jersey at 40.7312980000 degrees latitude and -74.1200240000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "NJDEP_DSREH-Mar3" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

What other monitoring locations are upstream or downstream from this one?

Upstream and downstream locations

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When were data collected at this location?

Periods of record for data characteristic groups

For a more detailed breakdown of data, go to the Monitoring Report at the EPA How's My Waterway Application
Characteristic Group Date Range*
Biological 2014 - 2014
Biological, Fish 2014 - 2014
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2014 - 2014
Not Assigned 2014 - 2014
Organics, Other 2014 - 2014
Organics, PCBs 2014 - 2014
Organics, Pesticide 2014 - 2014
*Date ranges may contain gap years

What other information is available for this location?

Detailed Metadata

For the definitions of the metadata elements, please go to the Water Quality Portal user guide

Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier NJDEP_DSREH
OrganizationFormalName NJDEP Div of Science, Research and Env Health
MonitoringLocationIdentifier NJDEP_DSREH-Mar3
MonitoringLocationName Passaic River Lower @ Newark Bay
MonitoringLocationTypeName Estuary
HUCEightDigitCode 02030103
LatitudeMeasure 40.7312980000
LongitudeMeasure -74.1200240000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Photo
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 34
CountyCode 013
ProviderName STORET