Description
Main TitleNew York Reservoir Releases Monitoring and Evaluation Program on the Delaware River: Summary Report
PublisherNew York Department of Environmental Conservation
Date Created1983
Subject (Geographic)Delaware, New Jersey, New York
Subject (Geographic - Hierarchical)
Country: United States
State: New Jersey
Subject (Topical)ecology; environmental data; environmental impact; environmental monitoring; fish; fish consumption; fisheries; risk assessment; rivers; water; water quality; water resources; recreation; water temperatures; fish distributions; fish habitat; reservoir releases; Delaware River Basin; Upper Delaware Basin; New York City; Delaware River
DescriptionThis document is a technical report on the Delaware River Basin Commission's three year experimental reservoir releases program initiated in 1977 in the Upper Delaware Basin. The report evaluates the effects of these releases on fisheries and recreational uses in the Delaware River system. These studies were designed to satisfy the DRBC Docket Decision (D-77-20) and the elements of the study were defined in a Plan of Study (Appendix A) and approved by the DRBC. They included evaluation of the impacts on water temperatures, water quality, fish distributions, fish habitat and recreational uses. Although the report shows that increased releases will improve fishery resources, at this time the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation submits this report to support the permanent extension of the experimental releases. Further study would be required to justify larger releases from the New York City Delaware system. The report also presents information in response to water supply concerns but does not include a complete evaluation of the impact of the releases program on the New York City water supply system.
NoteTechnical Report 83-5
NotePurpose: To evaluate the effects of the Delaware River Basin Commission's experimental reservoir releases program in the Upper Delaware Basin on fisheries and recreational uses in the Delaware River system.
Data Life Cycle Event(s)
Type: Cataloging
Date: 2001-07-20 00:00:00.0
Creator: Smith, Emily Anna
Organization NameNew Jersey Environmental Digital Library
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