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Albany Rowing Dock

Albany Rowing Dock

About this location:

ALERT: This site is never safe for swimming or fishing

In the heart of the port of Albany, contact includes kayaking, team rowing, and swimming from recreational boats. The site also has fishing from shore and from boats.

The data displayed on these pages relates to the levels of sewage indicating microbes. Even though the levels on a single days can fall within acceptable levels for Enterococcus, these locations are not necessarily acceptable for swimming. Other water quality parameters not reported on this web site such as chemical contamination and floatables should cause users to exercise caution at this site.

Agencies Responsible:

Agencies responsible for water quality testing in this region: Albany County Dept. of Health: 518-447-4580 or NYSDEC Region 4: 518-357-2045

Water Quality, Enterococcus Count and Precipitation

12 Samples taken

Sample Date Enterococcus
Count		 Quality Rain, day
of (in)		 Prior Day 2 Days
Prior		 3 Days
Prior		 5 Days
Prior
10/23/2009 25 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
09/17/2009 39 Possible Risk 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
08/24/2009 161 Unacceptable 0.0 0.3 1.3 2.8 3.0
07/31/2009 2421 Unacceptable 0.6 0.9 1.9 1.9 2.4
06/13/2009 42 Possible Risk 0.4 0.7 1.0 1.0 1.5
05/15/2009 88 Unacceptable 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
10/23/2008 3 Acceptable 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
09/18/2008 201 Unacceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3
08/09/2008 40 Possible Risk 0.0 0.0 1.3 1.5 2.8
07/17/2008 12 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.8
06/19/2008 143 Unacceptable 0.0 0.4 0.5 1.4 1.7
05/22/2008 45 Possible Risk 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3

Basic Sampling Data

12 Samples taken

Sample Date Enterococcus
Count		 Quality Temperature (f) Salinity Chlorophyll Turbidity Oxygen
10/23/2009 25 Acceptable 51.1 0.1 0.3 11 99
09/17/2009 39 Possible Risk 68.9 0.1 1.9 4 97
08/24/2009 161 Unacceptable 77.1 0.1 1.6 65 100
07/31/2009 2421 Unacceptable 73.1 0.1 2.1 45 101
06/13/2009 42 Possible Risk n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
05/15/2009 88 Unacceptable 62.0 n/a 1.1 9 103
10/23/2008 3 Acceptable 53.6 0.1 1.2 2 94
09/18/2008 201 Unacceptable n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
08/09/2008 40 Possible Risk n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
07/17/2008 12 Acceptable 80.2 0.1 3.2 16 108
06/19/2008 143 Unacceptable n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
05/22/2008 45 Possible Risk 59.0 0.1 6.6 7 102

All precipitation data is recorded and cumulatively calculated from wunderground.com

Table 1 Color 1
Enterococcus count (under 35/100ml) is acceptable by EPA standards*
Table 1 Color 1
Enterococcus count (between 35 and 104/100ml), if sustained over time, would be unacceptable by EPA standards*
Table 1 Color 1
Enterococcus count (over 104/100ml)is unacceptable by EPA standards*

What do the Numbers Mean?

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