U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

icon-dot-gov

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

icon-https

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( ) or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

Water-quality data from the Providence Water Supply Board for tributary streams to the Scituate Reservoir (ver. 3.0, November 2023)

Water-quality data were collected by the Providence Water Supply Board (PWSB) from tributaries in the Scituate Reservoir drainage area, October 1, 2017 through September 30, 2022 (water years 2018 through 2022). Water-quality samples were collected by the PWSB either monthly or quarterly at fixed stations on 38 tributaries in the Scituate Reservoir drainage area, Rhode Island. These data were used to calculate instantaneous loads and yields of constituents in reports by the U.S. Geological Survey. Water-quality samples were collected following a strict sampling schedule so that water-quality samples would be representative of various weather conditions. Samples were analyzed at the PWSB water-quality laboratory at the P.J. Holton Water Purification Plant in Scituate, Rhode Island. Water-quality properties and constituent concentrations were measured by using unfiltered water samples. These water-quality properties included pH, alkalinity, color, turbidity, and concentrations of chloride, nitrite, nitrate, orthophosphate, and bacteria (Escherichia coli [E. coli] and total coliform). This data release will be updated annually to append additional water-quality data collected by the PWSB.

Get Data and Metadata
Author(s) Kirk P Smith orcid, Alana B Spaetzel orcid
Publication Date 2021-05-18
Beginning Date of Data 2017-10-01
Ending Date of Data 2022-09-30
Data Contact
DOI https://doi.org/10.5066/P9WK8N0F
Citation Smith, K.P., and Spaetzel, A.B., 2021, Water-quality data from the Providence Water Supply Board for tributary streams to the Scituate Reservoir (ver. 3.0, November 2023): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9WK8N0F.
Metadata Contact
Metadata Date 2023-11-28
Related Publication
Citations of these data

Loading https://doi.org/10.3133/dr1144


Loading https://doi.org/10.3133/dr1145


Loading https://doi.org/10.3133/SIR20225043


Loading https://doi.org/10.3133/dr1192


Loading https://doi.org/10.3133/dr1203

Access public
License http://www.usa.gov/publicdomain/label/1.0/
Loading...
Harvest Source: ScienceBase
Harvest Date: 2025-01-02T19:36:12.363Z