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CARR 682 KM 4.6 BO.GARROCHALES ARECIBO (PREQB_GW-GARROCHALES III) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This well site, maintained by the Puerto Rico Environmental Quality Board (Ground Water) (identifier PREQB_GW), has the name "CARR 682 KM 4.6 BO.GARROCHALES ARECIBO" and has the identifier PREQB_GW-GARROCHALES III. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)21010002.

This site is located in Arecibo Municipio County, Puerto Rico at 18.4602778 degrees latitude and -66.5991667 degrees longitude using the datum UNKWN. 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 "PREQB_GW-GARROCHALES III" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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

Upstream and downstream locations

This map shows all Water Quality Portal stations that are 10 miles upstream (dashed dark blue) and 10 miles downstream (solid light blue) of this monitoring location (indicated by the large blue circle). The upstream and downstream functionality is provided by the Network Linked Data Index.

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*
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1998 - 1999
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1998 - 1999
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1998 - 1999
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1998 - 1999
Microbiological 1999 - 2004
Nutrient 1999 - 1999
Organics, Other 1998 - 2004
Organics, PCBs 1998 - 2004
Organics, Pesticide 1998 - 2004
Physical 1998 - 1999
*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 PREQB_GW
OrganizationFormalName Puerto Rico Environmental Quality Board (Ground Water)
MonitoringLocationIdentifier PREQB_GW-GARROCHALES III
MonitoringLocationName CARR 682 KM 4.6 BO.GARROCHALES ARECIBO
MonitoringLocationTypeName Well
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText ¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶MIGRATED FROM LEGACY STORET AGENCY CODE (21PREQB ) ON 18-FEB-00¶MAJOR BASIN NAME: ¶BASIN CODE: 180600¶MINOR BASIN NAME:
HUCEightDigitCode 21010002
LatitudeMeasure 18.4602778
LongitudeMeasure -66.5991667
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
CountryCode US
StateCode 72
CountyCode 013
ProviderName STORET