Rockland County Water-Resource Assessment

Project Summary   Project Status Field work, data analysis, and the first draft of the report have been completed. The report is now going through the USGS review process. Once the report has been approved by the Director of the USGS, it will be prepared for publication, online and in hard copy. Digital map data from the study will also be available. Some preliminary figures from the report will be posted at this website in the near future.   Hydrologic data collection by the USGS in Rockland County and Northern New Jersey (Real time-- data downloads every 1 to 4 hrs)   Ground-Water Levels Bedrock Wells New York Highlands - Igneous and Metamorphic Rock Bear Mountain State Park Newark Basin - Sedimentary Rock Rockland State Park Glacial Sand and Gravel Well - Morris County, NJ Green Pond OBS 5

Streamflow

Unregulated

Pasack Brook

Mahwah River

Saddle River

Regulated

Hackensack River

Ramapo River at Ramapo

Ramapo River at Suffern

 

Precipitation

Park Ridge, NJ

Pomona, NY

Temperature

Upper Saddle River, NJ

 

Regional Streamflow Conditions in New York and New Jersey

 

Other Hydrologic Data

 

United Water New York – 2005 Total Water Use from Bedrock Wellfields, Lake DeForest, and Ramapo Valley Wellfield

Nanuet, NY 10-Day Weather Forecast

New Square, NY 5-Day Weather Forecast

 

 

Related Links

Rockland Countyhttp://www.co.rockland.ny.us/

Rockland County Department of Health--Water Supply http://www.co.rockland.ny.us/health/EI/ws.htm

Rockland County Department of Health--Peak Water Supply available for new development http://www.co.rockland.ny.us/health/pdf/SupplyDemandTracking_1.pdf

New York State DEC  http://www.dec.state.ny.us/website/dow/index.html

New Jersey DEPhttp://www.state.nj.us/dep/infofinder/topics/water.htm

United Water New Yorkhttp://www.unitedwater.com/uwny/

USEPA http://www.epa.gov/safewater/protect.html

USGS Water Science Centers 

New York  http://ny.water.usgs.gov/

New Jersey  http://nj.water.usgs.gov/