Waterbody / Watershed Facts - Upper Bay

BOROUGH:

Manhattan, Brooklyn, & Staten Island

SEWER DISTRICTS

Owl Head, Red Hook, Newtown Creek, &
Port Richmond

COMMUNITY DISTRICT(S):

Manhattan 1;
Brooklyn 2,6,7,10;
Staten Island 1

SHORELINE USES:

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

NYSDEC CLASSIFICATION:

Class 1 - Secondary Contact; Fishing.

Existing Water Quality:

Coliform and dissolved oxygen levels are in compliance with standards (Inner Harbor CSO Facility Plan, 1993).

EXISTING WATER USES:

Commercial and municipal shipping and barging, recreational boating

SOURCES OF
WATER POLLUTION:

CSO, stormwater and other runoff, WPCP's, commercial and industrial discharges

PHYSICAL CONDITIONS
EFFECTING WATER QUALITY
AND USES:

Dredged

ECOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION:

No Designation

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

Catch Basin Hooding Program;
Interim Floatables Containment Program;
CSO Facility Plan
– maximize use of inline storage

PROJECTED WQIP WATER QUALITY:

Reduction of floatables discharges.

OTHER WQIP INITIATIVES:

NYSDEC
– Habitat Identification