Description
Main TitleReappraisal of Shellfish Growing Area SE-5: Ludlam Bay to Townsends Inlet, 1999 - 2003
PublisherNew Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP), Land Use Management, Water Monitoring and Standards
Date Created2004-02-17
Subject (Geographic - Hierarchical)
Country: New Jersey
State: Cape May County
County: New Jersey
Subject (Topical)environmental monitoring; invertebrates; water quality; hydrography; shellfish; land use; sampling stations; marinas; potential pollutant sources; fecal coliform
DescriptionThe water quality data presented in this Reappraisal of Shellfish Growing Area SE-5; Ludlam Bay to Townsends Inlet, were collected between October 1999 and September 2003 using the Systematic Random Sampling (SRS) strategy for the sampling stations from Ludlam Bay to Townsends Inlet and the Adverse Pollution Condition (APC) strategy for the sampling stations from Townsends Inlet to Great Sound. The water quality of this shellfish growing area was good, and the current shellfish classification of this shellfish growing area (Approved, Seasonally Approved (November-April), Seasonally Approved (January to April), Special Restricted, and Prohibited) meets the water quality standards as specified by the National Shellfish Sanitation Program (NSSP) concerning water quality and shellfish growing water classification criteria (USPHS, 1999 Revision).
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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