Interactive Mapping Applications: Approaches to Enrich Monitoring in the Delaware River Basin
Delaware River Watershed Initiative
Lin Perez, A. Waldman, S. Kroll, S. Haag
IT STARTED
WITH A MAP
ArcGIS Online Platform • Proprietary • Cost drastically increases with map complexity • Design limitations
CartoDB Platform • Proprietary • “Open source” community • Design flexibility
Supporting the investment: Comprehensive observational infrastructure
• Measurement across scales • General watershed characteristics • Characteristics relative to project • Indicators • Quantitative methods • Sampling network
Monitoring for Water Quality – IBIs
Monitoring Site Stats 77 Project Sites (algae, habitat and water) 24 Fish 15 Salamander
30 Macroinvertebrates 35 Integrative with water sampled quarterly 15 Lentic Macroinvertebrate
Monitoring for Water Quality
- Rock scouring - Turbidity - Sedimentation - Depth - Wadability - “X” time from last significant weather event
- At least 7 days
Monitoring for Water Quality
- Discharge - Turbidity - Depth - Wadability - “X” time from last significant weather event
Monitoring for Water Quality
Limitations to sampling:
• STORM ITENSITY AND DURATION • CURRENT WEATHER CONDITIONS Differences in time scale
- Real time NOAA weather - Real time and Historical USGS Stream Gauge Data - LCLU Analysis to model smaller monitoring sites - Water quality data from ANS Server
GO! No go.
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USGS 01437500 NEVERSINK RIVER AT GODEFFROY NY
USGS 01470755 Maiden Creek near Virginville, PA
USGS 014670413 Pennypack Creek at Bethayres, PA
forested
agriculture
urban
DAYS IN AUGUST 2013
Z FA
CTO
R August 2013 Relative Discharge at Three ANS Integrative Monitoring Sites
Z Score normalizes for baseflow
Should we use the total station mean for August over 5 years? Maybe.
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USGS 01437500 NEVERSINK RIVER AT GODEFFROY NY
USGS 01470755 Maiden Creek near Virginville, PA
USGS 014670413 Pennypack Creek at Bethayres, PA Urban
DAYS IN AUGUST 2013
Z FA
CTO
R August 2013 Relative Discharge at Three ANS Integrative Monitoring Sites
Forested (headwater)
Agriculture (medium size stream)
-2
-1
0
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
USGS 01437500 NEVERSINK RIVER AT GODEFFROY NY
USGS 01470755 Maiden Creek near Virginville, PA
USGS 014670413 Pennypack Creek at Bethayres, PA Urban
DAYS IN AUGUST 2013
Z FA
CTO
R August 2013 Relative Discharge at Three ANS Integrative Monitoring Sites
Forested (headwater)
Agriculture (medium size stream)
-2
-1
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
USGS 01437500 NEVERSINK RIVER AT GODEFFROY NY
USGS 01470755 Maiden Creek near Virginville, PA
USGS 014670413 Pennypack Creek at Bethayres, PA
Forested (headwater)
Agriculture (medium size stream)
Urban
DAYS IN AUGUST 2013
Z FA
CTO
R August 2013 Relative Discharge at Three ANS Integrative Monitoring Sites
Differences in time scale
Thank you
Questions?