Description
Main TitleReappraisal: Delaware Bay Cape Shore, 1999 - 2002
PublisherNew Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP), Land Use Management, Water Monitoring and Standards
Date Created2003-11-01
Subject (Geographic - Hierarchical)
Country: Cape May County
State: Cumberland County
County: New Jersey
Subject (Topical)water quality; hydrography; shellfish; land use; sampling stations; marinas; potential pollutant sources; fecal coliform
DescriptionThe water quality data presented in this Reappraisal Report were collected from January 1999 to December 2002. The Delaware Bay Cape Shore (DB-2) area consisted of waters from East Point down to Cape May Point. The DB-2 area was sample under the Adverse Pollution Control strategy. The data collected corresponds to the current shellfish classification, with the exception of one station located in Approved water. This station failed to meet the NSSP Approved criteria for Total and Fecal Coliform. The data indicated bacteria counts were only higher during the summer months, which is most likely due to boating activities and increased populations resulting from the summer tourism industry.
NoteThis report is part of a series of studies having a dual purpose. The first and primary purpose is to comply with the guidelines of the National Shellfish Sanitation Program (NSSP) that are established by the Interstate Shellfish Sanitation Conference (ISSC). The second purpose is to input the State Water Quality Inventory Report which is prepared pursuant to Section 305(b) of the Federal Clean Water Act (P.L. 95-217). The information contained in the growing area reports is also used for the New Jersey State Water Quality Inventory Report (305b) which provides an assessment to Congress every two years of current water quality conditions in the State's major rivers, lakes, estuaries and ocean waters.
NoteThis report was funded by a State General Appropriation and the Federal Clean Water Act, and prepared by staff at the Bureau of Marine Water Monitoring, Leeds Point, New Jersey.
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