Waterbody / Watershed Facts - Kill van Kull

BOROUGH:

Staten Island

SEWER DISTRICTS

Port Richmond

COMMUNITY DISTRICT(S):

1

SHORELINE USES:

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

NYSDEC CLASSIFICATION:

Class-SD Fishing.

Existing Water Quality:

Dissolved oxygen levels are not in compliance with standards (Outer 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.

SOURCES OF
WATER POLLUTION:

CSO, stormwater and other runoff, WPCP,
Commercial and industrial discharges, impacts of boundary water quality

PHYSICAL CONDITIONS
EFFECTING WATER QUALITY
AND USES:

High Turbidity; Dredged

ECOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION:

Special Natural Waterfront Area (NYCDCP) Significant Coastal Fish & Wildlife Habitats (Goethals Bridge Road and Shooters Island, NYSDOS)

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

Catch Basin Hooding Program;

PROJECTED WQIP WATER QUALITY:

Reduction of Floatables Discharges

OTHER WQIP INITIATIVES:

None