Waterbody / Watershed Facts - Hudson River

BOROUGH(S):

Manhattan, Bronx

SEWER DISTRICTS

Newtown Creek, Wards Island, North River and Yonkers

COMMUNITY DISTRICT(S):

Manhattan: 1, 2, 4, 7, 9, and 12
Bronx: 8

SHORELINE USES:

Residential; Commercial; Industrial; Municipal; Recreational; Parkland and Open Space

NYSDEC CLASSIFICATION:

Class 1 - Secondary Contact; Fishing.
Class SB - Primary and Secondary Contact; Fishing.

Existing Water Quality:

Dissolved oxygen levels are in non-compliance. Total coliform levels are in compliance in I and SB waters. Fecal coliform in compliance in I waters; in non-compliance in SB waters (Inner Harbor CSO Facility plan, 1993). Settleable solids and floatables are discharged by CSO's.

EXISTING WATER USES:

Commercial and Municipal Shipping and Barging;
Recreational Boating; Fishing and Swimming

SOURCES OF
WATER POLLUTION:

CSOs, stormwater and other runoff, WPCP's,

PHYSICAL CONDITIONS
EFFECTING WATER QUALITY
AND USES:

Dredged

ECOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION:

Significant Coastal Fish & Wildlife Habitats (NYSDOS)

DEP WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT(S):(WQIP)

Catch Basin Hooding Program;
CSO Facility Plan
– Automation of large regulators
– Installation and conversion of regulators to induce in-line storage (1.5 MG)

PROJECTED WQIP WATER QUALITY:

Disolved oxygen levels will remain in minor non-compliance. All coliform levels will be in compliance with standards. Reduction of settleable solids and floatables discharges.

OTHER WQIP INITIATIVES:

NY/NJ Harbor Estuary Priogram
– investigating potential habitat restoration sites.