tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42219664572698792572024-03-05T04:21:07.443-08:00Lotic Volunteer Temperature, Electrical Conductivity, and Stage Sensing NetworkA blog for delivering updates and results from the LoVoTECS sensing network.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4221966457269879257.post-53611279946545944032016-08-09T12:27:00.000-07:002016-08-09T12:27:29.445-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
It has been a great run. By my very loose estimate, we have logged <i>over 7</i> <i>million</i> conductivity observations in New England's lotic systems. Even more data are still arriving! It will be a long time before the knowledge these data can provide has been thoroughly exhausted.</div>
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Like the systems we study, though, the LoVoTECS Network has always been subject to the environment. The funding agreement with our EPSCoR partners has run its course and it is time to wrap up our study. Rather than allow LoVoTECS to die a slow death spread too thin across too large an area, we are consolidating our loggers on and around the Plymouth State University campus. We can then use the knowledge we've gained to assist graduate and undergraduate students with hands on field research while setting in place an intensive look at small scale watershed dynamics.</div>
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We did hope for a second funding wind to carry LoVoTECS into further seasons and richer data. However, we are still looking optimistically forward. Understanding the movement of chemistry through New England's hydrology is of critical importance to the future of our region. With the help of our hosts and partners, we have advanced that understanding. The future is bringing change, but it brings also new and exciting ways to further these advances.</div>
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To keep up on our new directions, as well as the great research being done in closely related work, visit the Center for the Environment at https://www.plymouth.edu/center-for-the-environment/. As always intended, LoVoTECS data will remain freely available in perpetuity. </div>
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been a crazy winter, but temperatures are on the rise, the lakes have completed
their ice outs, and only dark, shelters ponds in scattered hollows remain
frozen. The water is still numbingly cold, but we can now reach our loggers and
we’re busily downloading data and changing our time stamps from the 15 minute
over winter interval to a higher resolution 4 minute interval.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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was the first winter for our road salt study, and we’re very excited to see
what the data tells us. We hope to add more on this in the near future after
more of the data come in from the field.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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great getting out to our hosts with the Hancock County Soil and Water
Conservation District in Maine. I got to hear more about their sites and the
water quality concerns they’re addressing Down East in cooperation with
LoVoTECS. Their local area drains into coastal flats prized for fishing and
clamming, increasing the importance of this data for their endeavors.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Environmental Science and Policy graduate student at Plymouth State
University working to determine event-based variability in Phosphorus (P) concentration
in stream water across storm event hydrographs in the Squam Lake watershed. Prior
to joining the program, I graduated from Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal
with a Master of Science in Environmental Science. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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P is the primary
limiting nutrient, essential for the growth of algae in most freshwater aquatic
systems. The enrichment of P in rivers
and Lakes can degrade the competition between different aquatic plant species
which affects the whole ecosystem. The increase in P can even lead to algal
blooms or eutrophication and deteriorate the quality of water. The streams and
Lakes of New Hampshire are relatively cleaner than in other places but we
cannot ignore the possibility of their degradation. So, timely study on P can make
us aware and save our streams and lakes from eutrophication. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I have selected three different
tributaries to the Squam Lake as my sites of interest. They are tributaries
present in the North Brook, Livermore Cove and Dog Cove. I will be using
discharge and specific conductivity data from the LoVoTECS Network. I will
collect the water samples by using ISCO samplers before, during and after the
storm events. The sampling periods will be set to catch the higher intensity
and duration of precipitation events. The collected water samples will be
tested in the laboratory of Plymouth State University to analyze Total
Dissolved Phosphorus (TDP), Total Particulate Phosphorus (TPP) and Total
Phosphorus (TP). Besides that, the water will be tested for other important
parameters like pH, turbidity, conductivity, etc. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I will attempt to find the relation
between TDP, TPP and TP with runoff in the streams. My research will also try
to find whether specific conductivity and temperature obtained from LoVoTECS
network are useful for explaining the variability of P in the stream. If they
are found to be useful, this can lead to future research on how they affect the
variability of Phosphorus. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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understanding, fulfill the gap of knowledge on P present in the tributaries of
Squam Lake and increase awareness of eutrophication which can degrade the
quality of water and wildlife present in a watershed. It will also help to
monitor the trend of P concentration in stream water to Squam Lake.</span></div>
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<o:p></o:p>Donovanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15675854407180876709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4221966457269879257.post-76195774488239534982015-12-18T09:18:00.001-08:002015-12-18T09:18:06.215-08:00Hello all,<br />
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Donovan here. We're wrapping up (no pun intended) for our holiday break and finishing off the fall semester here at Plymouth State University. In the spirit of tidying up loose ends, I'd like to give an update from the LoVoTECS team.<br />
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Ashley Inserillo has moved onward and upward to a career with the State of NH where she'll work to keep our drinking water safe. We wish her the best and thank her for the invaluable contributions she made while she was here.<br />
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Ashley's responsibilities will fall to myself and our new colleague, Dan Evans. Dan comes to us with a good deal of experience working with large hydrological data sets and with HOBO loggers specifically.<br />
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Our road salt sites are all deployed!<br />
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We have four sites in the White Mountain National Forest, with one site serving as a control along Bear Notch Road, which is closed, and not deiced, in winter. The other WMNF sites are along the Kancamagus Hwy and on NH 49 in Waterville Valley. Additionally, we have three road salt sites monitoring the Squam Lakes watershed, on NH 113, NH 258, and at the intersection of NH 175 and US 3. Lastly, we will be monitoring NH 25's impact on Clay Brook in Plymouth.<br />
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We're excited that we managed to install all sites before any salt was used this season.<br />
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Our Road Salt sites can be found in our Google Map. Simply view the <i>Road Salt Locations</i> layer, or take note of the dark blue locations among all active sites.<br />
<a href="https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=zdkHdT6dN6gg.kBy4SuMXiFS8&usp=sharing">LoVoTECS Locations</a><br />
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This phase of the LoVoTECS experience will be coming to an end in August. We're excited with the data you've all provided and now must compile it into the many stories it wants to tell. Look for updates as these stories come together.<br />
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Thank you, volunteers and partners, for all you do and all you've done. Like our loggers, we hope spring finds you safe, functional, and rich with memories.Donovanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15675854407180876709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4221966457269879257.post-16670986234993125322015-10-29T13:02:00.001-07:002015-10-29T13:02:56.710-07:00Hey everyone!<br />
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I am Donovan King, a biologist, and I joined the LoVoTECS team as a field technician a few months ago after finishing my MS with Plymouth State University.<br />
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We have some exciting new work emerging for our LoVoTECS network.<br />
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We are currently in the process of moving our research upstream. We will continue to analyze the valuable data we obtained from all of your sites, but we are shifting our focus to the White Mountain tributaries. We will be further exploring the intrusion of road salt into streams at road crossings beginning this 2015/16 winter.<br />
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The Cary Institute notes that New Hampshire was the pioneer of using salt to deice our roadways, beginning our first experimental treatments in 1938. The ingenuity has made our highways safer and undoubtedly saved countless lives, but not without environmental consequences. Excess salt poses a risk to our stream ecosystems and contaminates the ground water feeding municipal drinking wells and reservoirs. Today, in the White Mountain region alone, we apply some 25 thousand tons of salt each year to maintain driving conditions on state roads and, likely in response to changing weather patterns, our annual road salt use has been increasing. Local roads and private landholders contribute even more, though the exact amounts are hard to ascertain.<br />
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Understanding how the direct input of salt from the road and the legacy salt of previous seasons leeching from soils and ground water interact is crucial to informed policy making. Our new research will attempt to isolate background ions – resulting from natural weathering - from the contribution of ions from deicing salts and pair this information with stream flow rates. To do this, we are installing standardized road salt monitoring sites with paired upstream and downstream sensors placed at prescribed distances from the road (see figure below). We hope to have all sites installed and collecting data prior to the 2015/2016 ice over.<br />
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In the Squam Lakes region, we are pairing our research with that of two new graduate students:<br />
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<b>Rebecca Hanson</b> is with the Squam Lakes Association. They have been monitoring water quality in the Squam Lake since 1979. She hopes to expand monitoring to our tributaries and examine modern threats to water quality, such as impacts from road salt application. This will better help the SLA to achieve their mission to protect the Squam Lakes and Watershed. Information gathered from this study will help to inform the updated Squam Watershed Plan, and enable them to not just monitor the lakes, but to take action in restoration and protection.<br />
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<b>Anju Shrestha</b> is researching a proof of concept to monitor phosphorous input into the lake. She will attempt to pair specific conductivity to phosphorous loading in the streams. If successful, this could improve the usefulness of our data collection methods.<br />
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We will be installing at least two of our standardized road salt monitoring sites on Squam Lake tributaries (see map below). Salt use along the northern watershed of Squam Lake, Rt. 113, has been increasing since 1997. Then, an average of 6.98 tons of salt per lane mile was applied. In 2015, the average salt per lane mile has more than doubled to 15.96 tons.<br />
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In contrast, the Tenney Mountain Hwy (Rt. 25) has seen a sporadic history of annual salt application from as little as 15 to as much as 30 tons per lane mile, with no noticeable change over the last 18 years. Here, we have installed a standardized monitoring site in Clay Brook.<br />
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The west end of the Kancamagus (Rt. 112) will also receive several standardized monitoring sites, though the exact locations are still being explored. We hope in the coming weeks to have chosen some informative locations so we can begin to collect data. The Kancamagus is exciting because road salt use is on the decline for NH’s famous roadway; from >20 tons per lane mile in the late 90s and peaking at 43 in 2003, application rates have been down to the teens for the last three years.
Donovanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15675854407180876709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4221966457269879257.post-25168303026046777582015-05-08T09:40:00.000-07:002015-05-08T09:40:14.661-07:00Snapshot Results from 2013 & 2014Happy Spring Everyone!<br />
Please follow this link to view the LoVoTECS Snapshot results from Summer 2013 and 2014. Feel free to ping us with any questions!<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00594524413586750037noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4221966457269879257.post-31786399301076556012014-12-02T12:47:00.000-08:002014-12-03T05:03:06.792-08:00LoVoTECS expands into coastal Maine to investigate beach & shellfish flat closures<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Last year, Plymouth State University was the partial recipient
of a grant from the National Science Foundation to integrate research across state
lines. As a result, LoVoTECS expanded its network into coastal Maine in order to investigate water quality
related to closure of beaches and shellfish flats (<a href="http://www.newenglandsustainabilityconsortium.org/safe-beaches-shellfish">http://www.newenglandsustainabilityconsortium.org/safe-beaches-shellfish</a>).
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who include: the Hancock & Cumberland County Soil and Water Conservation
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<o:p></o:p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00594524413586750037noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4221966457269879257.post-2677391480277971912014-12-02T12:33:00.000-08:002014-12-02T12:33:52.524-08:00New Graduate Student <div class="MsoNormal">
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My name is Dan Demers and I’m an Environmental Science and
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Currently, I am looking at the characteristics of specific
electrical conductance (SpEC) at certain LoVoTECS sensor sites. SpEC is
electrical conductance (which is measured by the black, HOBO U24 sensors) after
it has been corrected for the temperature of the water. It is a measure of how
well water conducts electricity, increasing with the addition of dissolved
solids. Pure, deionized water does not conduct electricity at all, so this
measurement can help us learn about the presence and movement of ions within
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Here in New Hampshire, road salt is one of the key factors
that increases the SpEC of water, but it isn’t the only material that does
this, as you can see from <span class="highgt">the </span>2013
and 2014 snapshot results (link coming soon). If the SpEC conductance of water becomes too high, it
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Usually when a storm occurs, the SpEC in a stream dilutes
with the addition of the new rain-water. However, during the beginning of some
storm events, at some sensor sites, the SpEC will briefly increase before
diluting. This increase, caused by a flushing of solutes into the stream (known
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I’m specifically looking at sensor sites in the network that
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Going forward, I hope to be able to accurately predict the presence,
duration, and magnitude of solute flushing at certain sites. This knowledge
will increase understanding of how water and solutes are transported within our
local environment and will be able to indicate which environmental conditions might
lead to SpEC-related problems for some lotic organisms’ well-being.<br />
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Our partners at Keene High School, Keene State College, and technician Errin have been monitoring Beaver Brook above and below the city of Keene (sites BBU and BBD, respectively). They also have sensors in an urban storm drain (site BWS) that contributes to Beaver Creek between BBU and BBD. We have enjoyed viewing the data, so thought that we would share.<br />
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Below is a time series from October 2013 showing water stage and specific electrical conductance at the three sites, highlighting three storms. The first is on Oct 4, which barely impacts the upstream site, has a clear signal in the storm drain, and that signal is also strong downstream of town. The rapid increase in stage and decrease in specific electrical conductance (SpEC) are typical storm responses within the LoVoTECS network. Groundwater is generally saltier than rain - thus the higher SpEC at low flows - and so direct runoff of rain dilutes a stream. But, the upstream site does not show a substantial stage or SpEC change after the Oct 4 event, which was about 0.5 inches of rain according to area CoCoRaHS observers. The two next waves of rain on Oct 6 and 8, were generally smaller than the Oct 4 amount, but the storm drain reacts strongly and so does the BBD downstream site. The upstream site shows some response to the Oct 6 and 8 rain, but much less than the other sites.<br />
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This clear impact of urban drainage on direct runoff to streams is novel. Because urban areas are so small relative to other land covers in a watershed, it is difficult to detect the hydrologic impact of urbanization in watersheds (see <a href="http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/WR011i003p00431/abstract" target="_blank">Hollis'</a> critical view and <a href="http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/2/3/605" target="_blank">O'Driscoll's</a> recent review). Our partners and their sensors are seeing the impact.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4221966457269879257.post-56110396521566751152014-09-11T13:45:00.002-07:002014-09-11T13:45:47.147-07:00102 sites were sampled on 9/3/14!!! Check out your site's data and compare to July! <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 779px;">
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<td class="xl65" style="width: 147pt;" width="196">System</td>
<td class="xl65" style="width: 95pt;" width="126">Time of Sampling</td>
<td class="xl65" style="width: 76pt;" width="101">pH </td>
<td class="xl65" style="width: 94pt;" width="125">Sp Cond (us/cm)</td>
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<td class="xl66">Androscoggin</td>
<td class="xl70">10:30</td>
<td class="xl66">7.04</td>
<td class="xl66">31.05</td>
<td class="xl66">2.78</td>
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<td class="xl66">Androscoggin</td>
<td class="xl70">9:50</td>
<td class="xl66">6.96</td>
<td class="xl66">28.57</td>
<td class="xl66">1.1</td>
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<td class="xl66">Borthwick Ave</td>
<td class="xl70">8:45-8:50</td>
<td class="xl66">7.87</td>
<td class="xl66">1.347</td>
<td class="xl66">11.2</td>
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<td class="xl66">Beaver Brook</td>
<td class="xl70">3:25</td>
<td class="xl66">6.8</td>
<td class="xl66">223.9</td>
<td class="xl66">1.44</td>
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<td class="xl67">Bogle Brook</td>
<td class="xl73">11:55</td>
<td class="xl67">6.65</td>
<td class="xl67">32.65</td>
<td class="xl67">1.47</td>
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<td class="xl66">Bear Brook</td>
<td class="xl70">9:10</td>
<td class="xl66">6.3</td>
<td class="xl66">56.15</td>
<td class="xl66">0.766</td>
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<td class="xl66">Beaver Brook</td>
<td class="xl74">3:05</td>
<td class="xl66">7.02</td>
<td class="xl66">98.34</td>
<td class="xl66">1.61</td>
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<td class="xl66">Beaver Brook</td>
<td class="xl70">12:15</td>
<td class="xl66">6.94</td>
<td class="xl66">176.8</td>
<td class="xl66">1.78</td>
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<td class="xl66">Burley Demerrit</td>
<td class="xl70">7:00</td>
<td class="xl66">7.7</td>
<td class="xl66">262.3</td>
<td class="xl66">2.13</td>
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<td class="xl66">Beards Creek</td>
<td class="xl70">12:00</td>
<td class="xl66">7.98</td>
<td class="xl66">342.8</td>
<td class="xl66">4.93</td>
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<td class="xl66">Albany Brook</td>
<td class="xl70">7:30</td>
<td class="xl66">6.86</td>
<td class="xl66">19.16</td>
<td class="xl66">0.266</td>
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<td class="xl66">Back Lake Brook</td>
<td class="xl70">7:15</td>
<td class="xl66">7.58</td>
<td class="xl66">73.07</td>
<td class="xl66">3.54</td>
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<td class="xl66">Back Lake Brook</td>
<td class="xl70">7:00</td>
<td class="xl66">7.18</td>
<td class="xl66">67.7</td>
<td class="xl66">4.57</td>
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<td class="xl67">Bellamy River</td>
<td class="xl67">1:55-2:00</td>
<td class="xl67">7.46</td>
<td class="xl67">202.5</td>
<td class="xl67">10</td>
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<td class="xl67">Bellamy River</td>
<td class="xl67">8:45-8:50</td>
<td class="xl67">7.18</td>
<td class="xl67">187.8</td>
<td class="xl67">14.1</td>
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<td class="xl66">Beaver Brook</td>
<td class="xl70">12:45</td>
<td class="xl66">7.59</td>
<td class="xl66">1158</td>
<td class="xl66">0.352</td>
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<td class="xl66">Clay Brook</td>
<td class="xl70">8:38</td>
<td class="xl66">7.04</td>
<td class="xl66">87.46</td>
<td class="xl66">0.901</td>
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<td class="xl66">Clay Brook</td>
<td class="xl70">9:03</td>
<td class="xl66">7.19</td>
<td class="xl66">43.59</td>
<td class="xl66">1.66</td>
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<td class="xl66">Cart Creek</td>
<td class="xl70">10:50</td>
<td class="xl66">7.07</td>
<td class="xl66">526.2</td>
<td class="xl66">10.5</td>
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<td class="xl66">Chesley Brook</td>
<td class="xl70">11:05</td>
<td class="xl66">7.12</td>
<td class="xl66">255.5</td>
<td class="xl66">2.73</td>
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<td class="xl66">College Brook</td>
<td class="xl70">11:25</td>
<td class="xl66">7.97</td>
<td class="xl66">860</td>
<td class="xl66">3.23</td>
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<td class="xl66">Creamery Brook</td>
<td class="xl70">8:52</td>
<td class="xl66">7.15</td>
<td class="xl66">216.3</td>
<td class="xl66">5.08</td>
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<td class="xl66">Creamery Brook</td>
<td class="xl70">9:00</td>
<td class="xl66">6.93</td>
<td class="xl66">203.1</td>
<td class="xl66">0.465</td>
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<td class="xl66">Cedar Swamp</td>
<td class="xl70">9:40</td>
<td class="xl66">5.87</td>
<td class="xl66">267.6</td>
<td class="xl66">5.44</td>
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<td class="xl66">Connecticut</td>
<td class="xl70">11:30</td>
<td class="xl66">7.39</td>
<td class="xl66">39.29</td>
<td class="xl66">2.8</td>
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<td class="xl66">Connecticut River</td>
<td class="xl70">12:15</td>
<td class="xl66">7.32</td>
<td class="xl66">33.77</td>
<td class="xl66">5.55</td>
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<td class="xl66">Dube Brook</td>
<td class="xl70">10:35</td>
<td class="xl66">7.08</td>
<td class="xl66">113.6</td>
<td class="xl66">8.66</td>
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<td class="xl66">Dowst-Cate</td>
<td class="xl70">9:45</td>
<td class="xl66">6.91</td>
<td class="xl66">49.07</td>
<td class="xl66">1.4</td>
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<td class="xl66">Douglas Brook</td>
<td class="xl70">11:55</td>
<td class="xl66">6.92</td>
<td class="xl66">23.89</td>
<td class="xl66">1.04</td>
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<td class="xl66">Ellis River</td>
<td class="xl70">12:35</td>
<td class="xl66">6.61</td>
<td class="xl66">35.91</td>
<td class="xl66">0.219</td>
</tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 15.75pt; mso-height-source: userset;">
<td class="xl66" height="21" style="height: 15.75pt;">EMB</td>
<td class="xl66">Emerson Brook</td>
<td class="xl70">10:05</td>
<td class="xl66">6.89</td>
<td class="xl66">22.21</td>
<td class="xl66">0.107</td>
</tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 15.75pt; mso-height-source: userset;">
<td class="xl68" height="21" style="height: 15.75pt;">EXT</td>
<td class="xl68">Exeter River</td>
<td class="xl76"> </td>
<td class="xl68"> </td>
<td class="xl68"> </td>
<td class="xl68"> </td>
</tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 15.75pt; mso-height-source: userset;">
<td class="xl66" height="21" style="height: 15.75pt;">HBF</td>
<td class="xl66">Paradise Brook</td>
<td class="xl70">7:50</td>
<td class="xl66">6.32</td>
<td class="xl66">14.29</td>
<td class="xl66">2.97</td>
</tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 15.75pt; mso-height-source: userset;">
<td class="xl66" height="21" style="height: 15.75pt;">HCA</td>
<td class="xl66">Hosley Brook</td>
<td class="xl70">9:30</td>
<td class="xl66">6.49</td>
<td class="xl66">16.96</td>
<td class="xl66">0.446</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">HCB</td>
<td class="xl66">Hosley Brook</td>
<td class="xl70">11:30</td>
<td class="xl66">6.66</td>
<td class="xl66">31.89</td>
<td class="xl66">0.867</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">HCD</td>
<td class="xl66">Hosley Brook</td>
<td class="xl70">11:25</td>
<td class="xl66">6.86</td>
<td class="xl66">32.72</td>
<td class="xl66">1.33</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">HCE</td>
<td class="xl66">Hosley Brook</td>
<td class="xl70">10:00</td>
<td class="xl66">6.68</td>
<td class="xl66">23.79</td>
<td class="xl66">0.209</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">HCF</td>
<td class="xl66">Hosley Brook</td>
<td class="xl70">11:15</td>
<td class="xl66">6.89</td>
<td class="xl66">30.57</td>
<td class="xl66">6.78</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">HCG</td>
<td class="xl66">Hosley Brook</td>
<td class="xl70">10:50</td>
<td class="xl66">6.81</td>
<td class="xl66">30.89</td>
<td class="xl66">1.26</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">HCH</td>
<td class="xl66">Hosley Brook</td>
<td class="xl70">10:40</td>
<td class="xl66">6.8</td>
<td class="xl66">31.48</td>
<td class="xl66">0.764</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">HCI</td>
<td class="xl66">Hosley Brook</td>
<td class="xl70">10:20</td>
<td class="xl66">6.31</td>
<td class="xl66">32.46</td>
<td class="xl66">0.771</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">HCJ</td>
<td class="xl66">Hosley Brook</td>
<td class="xl70">11:00</td>
<td class="xl66">6.5</td>
<td class="xl66">29.89</td>
<td class="xl66">0.799</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">HCK</td>
<td class="xl66">Hosley Brook</td>
<td class="xl70">10:30</td>
<td class="xl66">6.79</td>
<td class="xl66">32.46</td>
<td class="xl66">1.08</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">HOB</td>
<td class="xl66">Hodgson Brook</td>
<td class="xl70">9:10-9:15</td>
<td class="xl66">7.72</td>
<td class="xl66">760</td>
<td class="xl66">1.98</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">HYB</td>
<td class="xl66">Halfway Brook</td>
<td class="xl70">7:29</td>
<td class="xl66">7.28</td>
<td class="xl66">118.7</td>
<td class="xl66">1.5</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">IDM</td>
<td class="xl66">Ispwich Dam</td>
<td class="xl70">10:30</td>
<td class="xl66">7.06</td>
<td class="xl66">417.8</td>
<td class="xl66">2.64</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">IRD</td>
<td class="xl66">Israel River</td>
<td class="xl70">8:30</td>
<td class="xl66">6.94</td>
<td class="xl66">52.72</td>
<td class="xl66">5.39</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">IRU</td>
<td class="xl66">Israel River</td>
<td class="xl70">9:35</td>
<td class="xl66">6.95</td>
<td class="xl66">24.65</td>
<td class="xl66">3.02</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">JOB</td>
<td class="xl66">Johnson Brook</td>
<td class="xl70">10:45</td>
<td class="xl66">7.09</td>
<td class="xl66">25.73</td>
<td class="xl66">0.53</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">LND</td>
<td class="xl66">Pemigewasset River</td>
<td class="xl70">3:20</td>
<td class="xl66">6.65</td>
<td class="xl66">28.65</td>
<td class="xl66">0.196</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">MCQ</td>
<td class="xl66">McQuesten Brook</td>
<td class="xl70">10:45</td>
<td class="xl66">7.68</td>
<td class="xl66">634.5</td>
<td class="xl66">2.39</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">MEB</td>
<td class="xl66">Middle Brook</td>
<td class="xl70">8:13</td>
<td class="xl66">7.22</td>
<td class="xl66">81.73</td>
<td class="xl66">4.87</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">MMR</td>
<td class="xl66">Merrymeeting River</td>
<td class="xl70">9:15</td>
<td class="xl66">6.33</td>
<td class="xl66">74.39</td>
<td class="xl66">0.796</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">MOD</td>
<td class="xl66">Moose River</td>
<td class="xl70">8:35</td>
<td class="xl66">6.6</td>
<td class="xl66">57.87</td>
<td class="xl66">2.09</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">MOU</td>
<td class="xl66">Moose River</td>
<td class="xl70">9:15</td>
<td class="xl66">7</td>
<td class="xl66">87.79</td>
<td class="xl66">7.01</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">MOX</td>
<td class="xl66">Merrimack River</td>
<td class="xl66"> </td>
<td class="xl66">6.95</td>
<td class="xl66">93.18</td>
<td class="xl66">1.02</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">MRC</td>
<td class="xl66">Mad River</td>
<td class="xl70">7:01</td>
<td class="xl66">6.86</td>
<td class="xl66">39.19</td>
<td class="xl66">1.07</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl71" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">MRL</td>
<td class="xl71">Mad River</td>
<td class="xl71"> </td>
<td class="xl71"> </td>
<td class="xl71"> </td>
<td class="xl71"> </td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">MUC</td>
<td class="xl66">Merrimack River</td>
<td class="xl70">10:45</td>
<td class="xl66">7.13</td>
<td class="xl66">90.02</td>
<td class="xl66">0.816</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">MUM</td>
<td class="xl66">Merrimack River</td>
<td class="xl70"> </td>
<td class="xl66">7.08</td>
<td class="xl66">98.6</td>
<td class="xl66">1.08</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">MWW</td>
<td class="xl66">Merrimack River</td>
<td class="xl70">11:15</td>
<td class="xl66">7</td>
<td class="xl66">94.21</td>
<td class="xl66">0.898</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">NED</td>
<td class="xl66">Contocook</td>
<td class="xl70">11:10 - 11:30</td>
<td class="xl66">7.51</td>
<td class="xl66">95.21</td>
<td class="xl66">0.818</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">NEU</td>
<td class="xl66">Contocook</td>
<td class="xl70">11:45</td>
<td class="xl66">7.19</td>
<td class="xl66">86.68</td>
<td class="xl66">0.918</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">NSB</td>
<td class="xl66">Salmon Brook</td>
<td class="xl70">8:13</td>
<td class="xl66">7.75</td>
<td class="xl66">371.3</td>
<td class="xl66">2.35</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">NWD</td>
<td class="xl66">Newfields Ditch</td>
<td class="xl70">9:25-9:30</td>
<td class="xl66">7.83</td>
<td class="xl66">770.8</td>
<td class="xl66">2.81</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl67" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">OBG</td>
<td class="xl67">Otter Brook</td>
<td class="xl73">11:40</td>
<td class="xl67">7.23</td>
<td class="xl67">100</td>
<td class="xl67">1.54</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">OGS</td>
<td class="xl66">Oyster River at USGS</td>
<td class="xl70">10:52</td>
<td class="xl66">7.11</td>
<td class="xl66">175.7</td>
<td class="xl66">9.95</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">OMP</td>
<td class="xl66">Oyster River at Mill Pond Dam</td>
<td class="xl70">11:43</td>
<td class="xl66">7.68</td>
<td class="xl66">296.1</td>
<td class="xl66">2.94</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">OSS</td>
<td class="xl66">Ossipee River</td>
<td class="xl70"> </td>
<td class="xl66">6.85</td>
<td class="xl66">51.17</td>
<td class="xl66">0.419</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">PBB</td>
<td class="xl66">Pine Bend Brook</td>
<td class="xl70">10:45</td>
<td class="xl66">6.89</td>
<td class="xl66">20.43</td>
<td class="xl66">0.252</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">PBD</td>
<td class="xl66">Piscataquog</td>
<td class="xl70">9:07</td>
<td class="xl66">7.07</td>
<td class="xl66">77.06</td>
<td class="xl66">1.66</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">PBI</td>
<td class="xl66">Main Piscataquog</td>
<td class="xl70">8:07</td>
<td class="xl66">7.01</td>
<td class="xl66">120.8</td>
<td class="xl66">1.22</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">PBU</td>
<td class="xl66">South Piscataquog</td>
<td class="xl70">8:51</td>
<td class="xl66">7.1</td>
<td class="xl66">80.72</td>
<td class="xl66">2.06</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">PDM</td>
<td class="xl66">Parker Dam</td>
<td class="xl70">11:10</td>
<td class="xl66">7.52</td>
<td class="xl66">413.7</td>
<td class="xl66">1.74</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">PEB</td>
<td class="xl66">Pettee Brook</td>
<td class="xl70">12:16</td>
<td class="xl66">7.7</td>
<td class="xl66">751.6</td>
<td class="xl66">1.74</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">PGS</td>
<td class="xl66">Paugus Brook</td>
<td class="xl70">10:50</td>
<td class="xl66">6.6</td>
<td class="xl66">22.43</td>
<td class="xl66">0.182</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">PIN</td>
<td class="xl66">Pine River</td>
<td class="xl70"> </td>
<td class="xl66">6.95</td>
<td class="xl66">75.42</td>
<td class="xl66">1.04</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">PRF</td>
<td class="xl66">Pemigewasset River</td>
<td class="xl70">11:41</td>
<td class="xl66">6.95</td>
<td class="xl66">76.58</td>
<td class="xl66">0.889</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">PRG</td>
<td class="xl66">Piscataquog</td>
<td class="xl70">6:10</td>
<td class="xl66">7.27</td>
<td class="xl66">104.4</td>
<td class="xl66">1.41</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">PRP</td>
<td class="xl66">Pemigewasset River</td>
<td class="xl70">9:34</td>
<td class="xl66">6.99</td>
<td class="xl66">93.3</td>
<td class="xl66">1.09</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">PRW</td>
<td class="xl66">Pemigewasset River</td>
<td class="xl70">3:50</td>
<td class="xl66">6.88</td>
<td class="xl66">72.14</td>
<td class="xl66">0.363</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">PWU</td>
<td class="xl66">North Piscataquog</td>
<td class="xl70">7:50</td>
<td class="xl66">7.02</td>
<td class="xl66">62.01</td>
<td class="xl66">0.821</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">RHB</td>
<td class="xl66">Rand Brook</td>
<td class="xl70">10:09</td>
<td class="xl66">6.88</td>
<td class="xl66">52.17</td>
<td class="xl66">5.22</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">RHL</td>
<td class="xl66">Red Hill River</td>
<td class="xl70">7:44</td>
<td class="xl66">7.22</td>
<td class="xl66">63.26</td>
<td class="xl66">0.605</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">SBK</td>
<td class="xl66">Sawmill Brook</td>
<td class="xl70">9:10</td>
<td class="xl66">7.16</td>
<td class="xl66">1405</td>
<td class="xl66">2.81</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">SBM</td>
<td class="xl66">Saddleback</td>
<td class="xl70">9:30</td>
<td class="xl66">6.26</td>
<td class="xl66">31.08</td>
<td class="xl66">0.127</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">SCD</td>
<td class="xl66">Dead Dimond River</td>
<td class="xl70">8:00</td>
<td class="xl66">7.08</td>
<td class="xl66">42.36</td>
<td class="xl66">1.16</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">SCS</td>
<td class="xl66">Swift Diamond River</td>
<td class="xl70">8:30</td>
<td class="xl66">7.26</td>
<td class="xl66">32.97</td>
<td class="xl66">1</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">SHB</td>
<td class="xl66">Schoolhouse Brook</td>
<td class="xl70">10:55</td>
<td class="xl66">7.29</td>
<td class="xl66">34.42</td>
<td class="xl66">1.01</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">SLB</td>
<td class="xl66">Slide Brook</td>
<td class="xl70">9:21</td>
<td class="xl66">6.91</td>
<td class="xl66">27.29</td>
<td class="xl66">0.412</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">SNB</td>
<td class="xl66">Shannon Brook</td>
<td class="xl70">8:26</td>
<td class="xl66">7.4</td>
<td class="xl66">80.8</td>
<td class="xl66">2.82</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">SQB</td>
<td class="xl66">Unnamed Belnap Woods</td>
<td class="xl70">9:50</td>
<td class="xl66">7.28</td>
<td class="xl66">118.2</td>
<td class="xl66">0.635</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">SQM</td>
<td class="xl66">Mill Brook</td>
<td class="xl70">10:13</td>
<td class="xl66">6.94</td>
<td class="xl66">49.06</td>
<td class="xl66">0.427</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl68" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">SQR</td>
<td class="xl68">Squamscott River</td>
<td class="xl68"> </td>
<td class="xl68"> </td>
<td class="xl68"> </td>
<td class="xl68"> </td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">SRM</td>
<td class="xl66">Swift River</td>
<td class="xl70">1:30</td>
<td class="xl66">6.41</td>
<td class="xl66">27.99</td>
<td class="xl66">0.478</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">SRU</td>
<td class="xl66">Swift Upper</td>
<td class="xl70">9:20</td>
<td class="xl66">6.37</td>
<td class="xl66">48.87</td>
<td class="xl66">0.419</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">SRN</td>
<td class="xl66">Sugar River North</td>
<td class="xl70">2:11</td>
<td class="xl66">7.25</td>
<td class="xl66">120.8</td>
<td class="xl66">1.73</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">SRS</td>
<td class="xl66">Sugar River South</td>
<td class="xl70">2:36</td>
<td class="xl66">7.14</td>
<td class="xl66">98.18</td>
<td class="xl66">3.55</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">SWP</td>
<td class="xl66">Storm Drain (Highland St)</td>
<td class="xl70">9:21</td>
<td class="xl66">7.81</td>
<td class="xl66">1428</td>
<td class="xl66">3.48</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">TPB</td>
<td class="xl66">Trout Pond Brook</td>
<td class="xl70">8:30</td>
<td class="xl66">6.57</td>
<td class="xl66">19.34</td>
<td class="xl66">0.736</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">USW</td>
<td class="xl66">Pemigewasset River</td>
<td class="xl70">4:15</td>
<td class="xl66">6.37</td>
<td class="xl66">62.2</td>
<td class="xl66">0.388</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">WAM</td>
<td class="xl66">Wild Ammonoosuc</td>
<td class="xl70">2:55</td>
<td class="xl66">7.15</td>
<td class="xl66">59.01</td>
<td class="xl66">0.435</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">WBG</td>
<td class="xl66">Whittle Brook</td>
<td class="xl70">6:15</td>
<td class="xl66">7.26</td>
<td class="xl66">108.5</td>
<td class="xl66">0.96</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">WHB</td>
<td class="xl66">Wednesday Hill Brook</td>
<td class="xl70">7:30</td>
<td class="xl66">7.93</td>
<td class="xl66">369.1</td>
<td class="xl66">4.67</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">WIN</td>
<td class="xl66">Winnepesauke River</td>
<td class="xl70">11:20</td>
<td class="xl66">7.27</td>
<td class="xl66">107.4</td>
<td class="xl66">4.84</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00594524413586750037noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4221966457269879257.post-14577864971315494232014-08-06T10:43:00.000-07:002014-08-06T10:43:03.124-07:00Hi Everyone! Thank you so much for making the July snapshot possible! Here are some Preliminary Snapshot Data from 7/30/14. Additional nutrient data to come!<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 1082px;">
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<col style="mso-width-alt: 2596; mso-width-source: userset; width: 53pt;" width="71"></col>
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<col style="mso-width-alt: 8484; mso-width-source: userset; width: 174pt;" width="232"></col>
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<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="height: 15.0pt; width: 86pt;" width="114">SITE</td>
<td class="xl65" style="width: 147pt;" width="196">System</td>
<td class="xl65" style="width: 53pt;" width="71">DATE</td>
<td class="xl65" style="width: 95pt;" width="126">Time of Sampling</td>
<td class="xl65" style="width: 174pt;" width="232">Weather</td>
<td class="xl65" style="width: 76pt;" width="101">pH </td>
<td class="xl65" style="width: 94pt;" width="125">Sp Cond (us/cm)</td>
<td class="xl65" style="width: 88pt;" width="117">Turbidity (NTU)</td>
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<tr height="21" style="height: 15.75pt; mso-height-source: userset;">
<td class="xl66" height="21" style="height: 15.75pt;">ARD</td>
<td class="xl66">Androscoggin</td>
<td class="xl67">7/30/2014</td>
<td class="xl68">12:30</td>
<td class="xl66">Cloudy, ~60, recent rain</td>
<td class="xl69">6.99</td>
<td class="xl69">31.29</td>
<td class="xl69">1.25</td>
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<tr height="21" style="height: 15.75pt; mso-height-source: userset;">
<td class="xl66" height="21" style="height: 15.75pt;">ARU</td>
<td class="xl66">Androscoggin</td>
<td class="xl67">7/30/2014</td>
<td class="xl68">12:08</td>
<td class="xl66">Cloudy, ~60, recent rain</td>
<td class="xl69">6.81</td>
<td class="xl69">29.93</td>
<td class="xl69">1.22</td>
</tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 15.75pt; mso-height-source: userset;">
<td class="xl66" height="21" style="height: 15.75pt;">BAT</td>
<td class="xl66">Borthwick Ave</td>
<td class="xl67">7/30/2014</td>
<td class="xl68">8:45</td>
<td class="xl66">Clear, cool</td>
<td class="xl69">8.16</td>
<td class="xl69">1590</td>
<td class="xl69">8.41</td>
</tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 15.75pt; mso-height-source: userset;">
<td class="xl66" height="21" style="height: 15.75pt;">BBD</td>
<td class="xl66">Beaver Brook</td>
<td class="xl67">7/30/2014</td>
<td class="xl68">12:05</td>
<td class="xl66">Clear, 70s</td>
<td class="xl69">7.25</td>
<td class="xl69">144.1</td>
<td class="xl69">1.39</td>
</tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 15.75pt; mso-height-source: userset;">
<td class="xl70" height="21" style="height: 15.75pt;">BBK</td>
<td class="xl70">Bogle Brook</td>
<td class="xl71">7/30/2014</td>
<td class="xl72"> </td>
<td class="xl70">not sampled</td>
<td class="xl72"> </td>
<td class="xl72"> </td>
<td class="xl72"> </td>
</tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 15.75pt; mso-height-source: userset;">
<td class="xl66" height="21" style="height: 15.75pt;">BBO</td>
<td class="xl66">Bear Brook</td>
<td class="xl67">7/30/2014</td>
<td class="xl68">7:40</td>
<td class="xl66"> </td>
<td class="xl69">5.78</td>
<td class="xl69">76.65</td>
<td class="xl69">0.729</td>
</tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 15.75pt; mso-height-source: userset;">
<td class="xl66" height="21" style="height: 15.75pt;">BBU</td>
<td class="xl66">Beaver Brook</td>
<td class="xl67">7/30/2014</td>
<td class="xl73">11:15:00</td>
<td class="xl66">Clear, 70s</td>
<td class="xl69">6.75</td>
<td class="xl69">69.15</td>
<td class="xl69">0.988</td>
</tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 15.75pt; mso-height-source: userset;">
<td class="xl66" height="21" style="height: 15.75pt;">BBW</td>
<td class="xl66">Beaver Brook</td>
<td class="xl67">7/30/2014</td>
<td class="xl68">10:00</td>
<td class="xl66">Sunny, 70s</td>
<td class="xl69">6.99</td>
<td class="xl69">106.4</td>
<td class="xl69">1.16</td>
</tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 15.75pt; mso-height-source: userset;">
<td class="xl66" height="21" style="height: 15.75pt;">BDC</td>
<td class="xl66">Burley Demerrit</td>
<td class="xl67">7/30/2014</td>
<td class="xl68">7:00</td>
<td class="xl66">60-70s, cloudy</td>
<td class="xl69">8.09</td>
<td class="xl69">271</td>
<td class="xl69">1.55</td>
</tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 15.75pt; mso-height-source: userset;">
<td class="xl70" height="21" style="height: 15.75pt;">BDD</td>
<td class="xl70">Blood Brook</td>
<td class="xl71">7/30/2014</td>
<td class="xl72"> </td>
<td class="xl70">not sampled</td>
<td class="xl72"> </td>
<td class="xl72"> </td>
<td class="xl72"> </td>
</tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 15.75pt; mso-height-source: userset;">
<td class="xl70" height="21" style="height: 15.75pt;">BDU</td>
<td class="xl70">Blood Brook</td>
<td class="xl71">7/30/2014</td>
<td class="xl72"> </td>
<td class="xl70">not sampled</td>
<td class="xl72"> </td>
<td class="xl72"> </td>
<td class="xl72"> </td>
</tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 15.75pt; mso-height-source: userset;">
<td class="xl66" height="21" style="height: 15.75pt;">BEC</td>
<td class="xl66">Beards Creek</td>
<td class="xl67">7/30/2014</td>
<td class="xl68">10:30</td>
<td class="xl66">Cloudy, Mid-70s</td>
<td class="xl69">8.09</td>
<td class="xl69">381.2</td>
<td class="xl69">6.06</td>
</tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 15.75pt; mso-height-source: userset;">
<td class="xl66" height="21" style="height: 15.75pt;">BEF</td>
<td class="xl66">Albany Brook</td>
<td class="xl67">7/30/2014</td>
<td class="xl74">12:00</td>
<td class="xl66"> </td>
<td class="xl69">6.72</td>
<td class="xl69">16.79</td>
<td class="xl69">0.096</td>
</tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 15.75pt; mso-height-source: userset;">
<td class="xl66" height="21" style="height: 15.75pt;">BLD</td>
<td class="xl66">Back Lake Brook</td>
<td class="xl67">7/30/2014</td>
<td class="xl68">7:40</td>
<td class="xl66">Cool, no rain</td>
<td class="xl69">7.43</td>
<td class="xl69">67.75</td>
<td class="xl69">1.58</td>
</tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 15.75pt; mso-height-source: userset;">
<td class="xl66" height="21" style="height: 15.75pt;">BLU</td>
<td class="xl66">Back Lake Brook</td>
<td class="xl67">7/30/2014</td>
<td class="xl68">7:25</td>
<td class="xl66">Cool, no rain</td>
<td class="xl69">7.23</td>
<td class="xl69">60.79</td>
<td class="xl69">1.45</td>
</tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 15.75pt; mso-height-source: userset;">
<td class="xl70" height="21" style="height: 15.75pt;">BRD</td>
<td class="xl70">Bellamy River</td>
<td class="xl71">7/30/2014</td>
<td class="xl70"> </td>
<td class="xl70">not sampled</td>
<td class="xl72"> </td>
<td class="xl72"> </td>
<td class="xl72"> </td>
</tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 15.75pt; mso-height-source: userset;">
<td class="xl70" height="21" style="height: 15.75pt;">BRU</td>
<td class="xl70">Bellamy River</td>
<td class="xl71">7/30/2014</td>
<td class="xl72"> </td>
<td class="xl70">not sampled</td>
<td class="xl72"> </td>
<td class="xl72"> </td>
<td class="xl72"> </td>
</tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 15.75pt; mso-height-source: userset;">
<td class="xl66" height="21" style="height: 15.75pt;">BSW</td>
<td class="xl66">Beaver Brook</td>
<td class="xl67">7/30/2014</td>
<td class="xl68">10:30</td>
<td class="xl66">Sunny, 70s</td>
<td class="xl69">7.24</td>
<td class="xl69">1174</td>
<td class="xl69">0.425</td>
</tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 15.75pt; mso-height-source: userset;">
<td class="xl66" height="21" style="height: 15.75pt;">CBT</td>
<td class="xl66">Clay Brook</td>
<td class="xl67">7/30/2014</td>
<td class="xl68">10:51</td>
<td class="xl66">Overcast, cool</td>
<td class="xl69">6.57</td>
<td class="xl69">39.27</td>
<td class="xl69">2.33</td>
</tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 15.75pt; mso-height-source: userset;">
<td class="xl66" height="21" style="height: 15.75pt;">CBU</td>
<td class="xl66">Clay Brook</td>
<td class="xl67">7/30/2014</td>
<td class="xl68">10:31</td>
<td class="xl66">Overcast, cool</td>
<td class="xl69">6.5</td>
<td class="xl69">25.74</td>
<td class="xl69">0.657</td>
</tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 15.75pt; mso-height-source: userset;">
<td class="xl66" height="21" style="height: 15.75pt;">CCK</td>
<td class="xl66">Cart Creek</td>
<td class="xl67">7/30/2014</td>
<td class="xl68">10:15</td>
<td class="xl66">Partly cloudy, 75</td>
<td class="xl69">7.76</td>
<td class="xl69">457.4</td>
<td class="xl69">8.02</td>
</tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 15.75pt; mso-height-source: userset;">
<td class="xl66" height="21" style="height: 15.75pt;">CHB</td>
<td class="xl66">Chesley Brook</td>
<td class="xl67">7/30/2014</td>
<td class="xl68">9:40</td>
<td class="xl66">Cloudy, Mid 60s</td>
<td class="xl69">7.88</td>
<td class="xl69">251.9</td>
<td class="xl69">2.02</td>
</tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 15.75pt; mso-height-source: userset;">
<td class="xl66" height="21" style="height: 15.75pt;">COB</td>
<td class="xl66">College Brook</td>
<td class="xl67">7/30/2014</td>
<td class="xl68">9:55</td>
<td class="xl66">Cloudy, Mid 60s</td>
<td class="xl69">8.21</td>
<td class="xl69">1338</td>
<td class="xl69">2.62</td>
</tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 15.75pt; mso-height-source: userset;">
<td class="xl66" height="21" style="height: 15.75pt;">CRD</td>
<td class="xl66">Creamery Brook</td>
<td class="xl67">7/30/2014</td>
<td class="xl68">12:00</td>
<td class="xl66">Sunny</td>
<td class="xl69">7.38</td>
<td class="xl69">84.94</td>
<td class="xl69">1.83</td>
</tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 15.75pt; mso-height-source: userset;">
<td class="xl66" height="21" style="height: 15.75pt;">CRU</td>
<td class="xl66">Creamery Brook</td>
<td class="xl67">7/30/2014</td>
<td class="xl68">12:15</td>
<td class="xl66">Sunny</td>
<td class="xl69">6.97</td>
<td class="xl69">86.46</td>
<td class="xl69">0.655</td>
</tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 15.75pt; mso-height-source: userset;">
<td class="xl66" height="21" style="height: 15.75pt;">CSP</td>
<td class="xl66">Cedar Swamp</td>
<td class="xl67">7/30/2014</td>
<td class="xl68">8:30</td>
<td class="xl66">Partly cloudy, ~75</td>
<td class="xl69">6.69</td>
<td class="xl69">233.8</td>
<td class="xl69">1.4</td>
</tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 15.75pt; mso-height-source: userset;">
<td class="xl66" height="21" style="height: 15.75pt;">CTC</td>
<td class="xl66">Connecticut</td>
<td class="xl67">7/30/2014</td>
<td class="xl68">8:21</td>
<td class="xl66">Foggy/ overcast, ~50</td>
<td class="xl69">7.08</td>
<td class="xl69">36.12</td>
<td class="xl69">4.46</td>
</tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 15.75pt; mso-height-source: userset;">
<td class="xl66" height="21" style="height: 15.75pt;">CTP</td>
<td class="xl66">Connecticut River</td>
<td class="xl67">7/30/2014</td>
<td class="xl68">6:45</td>
<td class="xl66">Foggy, ~50</td>
<td class="xl69">7.08</td>
<td class="xl69">32.16</td>
<td class="xl69">0.922</td>
</tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 15.75pt; mso-height-source: userset;">
<td class="xl66" height="21" style="height: 15.75pt;">DBB</td>
<td class="xl66">Dube Brook</td>
<td class="xl67">7/30/2014</td>
<td class="xl68">9:05</td>
<td class="xl66">Cloudy, Mid 60s</td>
<td class="xl69">7.87</td>
<td class="xl69">137.1</td>
<td class="xl69">8.8</td>
</tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 15.75pt; mso-height-source: userset;">
<td class="xl66" height="21" style="height: 15.75pt;">DCF</td>
<td class="xl66">Dowst-Cate</td>
<td class="xl67">7/30/2014</td>
<td class="xl68">9:45</td>
<td class="xl66">Cloudy, Mid 60s</td>
<td class="xl69">6.71</td>
<td class="xl69">47.89</td>
<td class="xl69">0.839</td>
</tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 15.75pt; mso-height-source: userset;">
<td class="xl66" height="21" style="height: 15.75pt;">DGB</td>
<td class="xl66">Douglas Brook</td>
<td class="xl67">7/30/2014</td>
<td class="xl68">13:30</td>
<td class="xl66">Partly cloudy, 60s, rain last 3 days</td>
<td class="xl69">6.76</td>
<td class="xl69">23.78</td>
<td class="xl69">0.723</td>
</tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 15.75pt; mso-height-source: userset;">
<td class="xl66" height="21" style="height: 15.75pt;">ELL</td>
<td class="xl66">Ellis River</td>
<td class="xl67">7/30/2014</td>
<td class="xl68">14:07</td>
<td class="xl66">Partly cloudy, 60s</td>
<td class="xl69">6.51</td>
<td class="xl69">36.15</td>
<td class="xl69">0.153</td>
</tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 15.75pt; mso-height-source: userset;">
<td class="xl66" height="21" style="height: 15.75pt;">EMB</td>
<td class="xl66">Emerson Brook</td>
<td class="xl67">7/30/2014</td>
<td class="xl69"> </td>
<td class="xl66"> </td>
<td class="xl69">6.92</td>
<td class="xl69">21.73</td>
<td class="xl69">0.101</td>
</tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 15.75pt; mso-height-source: userset;">
<td class="xl66" height="21" style="height: 15.75pt;">EXT</td>
<td class="xl66">Exeter River</td>
<td class="xl67">7/30/2014</td>
<td class="xl68">11:45</td>
<td class="xl66">Partly cloudy</td>
<td class="xl69">7.68</td>
<td class="xl69">224.6</td>
<td class="xl69">1.27</td>
</tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 15.75pt; mso-height-source: userset;">
<td class="xl66" height="21" style="height: 15.75pt;">HBF</td>
<td class="xl66">Paradise Brook</td>
<td class="xl67">7/30/2014</td>
<td class="xl68">9:51</td>
<td class="xl66">Cloudy</td>
<td class="xl69">5.81</td>
<td class="xl69">12.11</td>
<td class="xl69">0.08</td>
</tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 15.75pt; mso-height-source: userset;">
<td class="xl66" height="21" style="height: 15.75pt;">HCA</td>
<td class="xl66">Hosley Brook</td>
<td class="xl67">7/30/2014</td>
<td class="xl68">11:00</td>
<td class="xl66">Cloudy, 70</td>
<td class="xl69">6.43</td>
<td class="xl69">17.57</td>
<td class="xl69">1.25</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">HCB</td>
<td class="xl66">Hosley Brook</td>
<td class="xl67">7/30/2014</td>
<td class="xl68">11:50</td>
<td class="xl66">Cloudy, 70</td>
<td class="xl69">5.88</td>
<td class="xl69">30.32</td>
<td class="xl69">1.06</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">HCD</td>
<td class="xl66">Hosley Brook</td>
<td class="xl67">7/30/2014</td>
<td class="xl68">11:45</td>
<td class="xl66">Cloudy, 70</td>
<td class="xl69">6.82</td>
<td class="xl69">32.75</td>
<td class="xl69">1.01</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">HCE</td>
<td class="xl66">Hosley Brook</td>
<td class="xl67">7/30/2014</td>
<td class="xl68">11:20</td>
<td class="xl66">Cloudy, 70</td>
<td class="xl69">6.25</td>
<td class="xl69">19.4</td>
<td class="xl69">0.405</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">HCF</td>
<td class="xl66">Hosley Brook</td>
<td class="xl67">7/30/2014</td>
<td class="xl68">12:00</td>
<td class="xl66">Cloudy, 70</td>
<td class="xl69">6.78</td>
<td class="xl69">31.05</td>
<td class="xl69">0.892</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">HCG</td>
<td class="xl66">Hosley Brook</td>
<td class="xl67">7/30/2014</td>
<td class="xl68">1:00</td>
<td class="xl66">Cloudy, 70</td>
<td class="xl69">6.78</td>
<td class="xl69">33.04</td>
<td class="xl69">1.06</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">HCH</td>
<td class="xl66">Hosley Brook</td>
<td class="xl67">7/30/2014</td>
<td class="xl68">12:50</td>
<td class="xl66">Cloudy, 70</td>
<td class="xl69">6.71</td>
<td class="xl69">33.7</td>
<td class="xl69">1.28</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">HCI</td>
<td class="xl66">Hosley Brook</td>
<td class="xl67">7/30/2014</td>
<td class="xl68">12:30</td>
<td class="xl66">Cloudy, 70</td>
<td class="xl69">6</td>
<td class="xl69">33.23</td>
<td class="xl69">1.82</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">HCJ</td>
<td class="xl66">Hosley Brook</td>
<td class="xl67">7/30/2014</td>
<td class="xl68">1:15</td>
<td class="xl66">Cloudy, 70</td>
<td class="xl69">6.66</td>
<td class="xl69">29.9</td>
<td class="xl69">0.832</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">HOB</td>
<td class="xl66">Hodgson Brook</td>
<td class="xl67">7/30/2014</td>
<td class="xl68">9:30</td>
<td class="xl66">Clear, cool</td>
<td class="xl69">8.13</td>
<td class="xl69">851.2</td>
<td class="xl69">1.24</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">HYB</td>
<td class="xl66">Halfway Brook</td>
<td class="xl67">7/30/2014</td>
<td class="xl68">9:30</td>
<td class="xl66">Mostly cloudy</td>
<td class="xl69">7.24</td>
<td class="xl69">81.57</td>
<td class="xl69">0.874</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">IDM</td>
<td class="xl66">Ispwich Dam</td>
<td class="xl67">7/30/2014</td>
<td class="xl68">9:30</td>
<td class="xl66">Partly cloudy, ~75</td>
<td class="xl69">7.92</td>
<td class="xl69">388.3</td>
<td class="xl69">1.95</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">IRD</td>
<td class="xl66">Israel River</td>
<td class="xl67">7/30/2014</td>
<td class="xl69">9:05 to 9:07</td>
<td class="xl66">Cloudy, 55-58</td>
<td class="xl69">6.73</td>
<td class="xl69">42.29</td>
<td class="xl69">0.971</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">IRU</td>
<td class="xl66">Israel River</td>
<td class="xl67">7/30/2014</td>
<td class="xl69">10:46 to 10:51</td>
<td class="xl66">Cloudy, 55-58</td>
<td class="xl69">6.66</td>
<td class="xl69">23.19</td>
<td class="xl69">0.359</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">JOB</td>
<td class="xl66">Johnson Brook</td>
<td class="xl67">7/30/2014</td>
<td class="xl69"> </td>
<td class="xl66"> </td>
<td class="xl69">7.23</td>
<td class="xl69">22.51</td>
<td class="xl69">0.218</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">LND</td>
<td class="xl66">Pemigewasset River</td>
<td class="xl67">7/30/2014</td>
<td class="xl68">10:43</td>
<td class="xl66">Cloudy</td>
<td class="xl69">6.19</td>
<td class="xl69">21.26</td>
<td class="xl69">0.268</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">MCQ</td>
<td class="xl66">McQuesten Brook</td>
<td class="xl67">7/30/2014</td>
<td class="xl68">10:45</td>
<td class="xl66">Cloudy, 60 to 70</td>
<td class="xl69">7.87</td>
<td class="xl69">694.5</td>
<td class="xl69">1.6</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">MEB</td>
<td class="xl66">Middle Brook</td>
<td class="xl67">7/30/2014</td>
<td class="xl68">10:45</td>
<td class="xl66">Cloudy</td>
<td class="xl69">7.32</td>
<td class="xl69">77.09</td>
<td class="xl69">1.31</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">MMR</td>
<td class="xl66">Merrymeeting River</td>
<td class="xl67">7/30/2014</td>
<td class="xl69">9:05 to 9:17</td>
<td class="xl66">Overcast, 68</td>
<td class="xl69">7.16</td>
<td class="xl69">75.29</td>
<td class="xl69">1.21</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">MOD</td>
<td class="xl66">Moose River</td>
<td class="xl67">7/30/2014</td>
<td class="xl68">9:05</td>
<td class="xl66">Cloudy</td>
<td class="xl69">6.57</td>
<td class="xl69">32.5</td>
<td class="xl69">0.37</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">MOU</td>
<td class="xl66">Moose River</td>
<td class="xl67">7/30/2014</td>
<td class="xl68">8:40</td>
<td class="xl66">Cloudy</td>
<td class="xl69">6.85</td>
<td class="xl69">51.29</td>
<td class="xl69">0.455</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">MOX</td>
<td class="xl66">Merrimack River</td>
<td class="xl67">7/30/2014</td>
<td class="xl69"> </td>
<td class="xl66"> </td>
<td class="xl69">6.86</td>
<td class="xl69">71.97</td>
<td class="xl69">1.94</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl69" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">MRC</td>
<td class="xl66">Mad River</td>
<td class="xl67">7/30/2014</td>
<td class="xl68">9:20</td>
<td class="xl66">Cloudy</td>
<td class="xl69">6.48</td>
<td class="xl69">32.41</td>
<td class="xl69">0.379</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl69" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">MRL</td>
<td class="xl66">Mad River</td>
<td class="xl67">7/30/2014</td>
<td class="xl69"> </td>
<td class="xl66"> </td>
<td class="xl69"> </td>
<td class="xl69"> </td>
<td class="xl69"> </td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">MUC</td>
<td class="xl66">Merrimack River</td>
<td class="xl67">7/30/2014</td>
<td class="xl68">11:00</td>
<td class="xl66"> </td>
<td class="xl69">6.97</td>
<td class="xl69">58.9</td>
<td class="xl69">8.76</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">MUM</td>
<td class="xl66">Merrimack River</td>
<td class="xl67">7/30/2014</td>
<td class="xl68">7:25</td>
<td class="xl66">Overcast, 63</td>
<td class="xl69">7.02</td>
<td class="xl69">77.29</td>
<td class="xl69">6.49</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">MWW</td>
<td class="xl66">Merrimack River</td>
<td class="xl67">7/30/2014</td>
<td class="xl69"> </td>
<td class="xl66"> </td>
<td class="xl69">6.97</td>
<td class="xl69">94.91</td>
<td class="xl69">1.81</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">NED</td>
<td class="xl66">Contocook</td>
<td class="xl67">7/30/2014</td>
<td class="xl69"> </td>
<td class="xl66"> </td>
<td class="xl69">6.97</td>
<td class="xl69">70.1</td>
<td class="xl69">1.22</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">NEU</td>
<td class="xl66">Contocook</td>
<td class="xl67">7/30/2014</td>
<td class="xl69"> </td>
<td class="xl66"> </td>
<td class="xl69">6.98</td>
<td class="xl69">66.88</td>
<td class="xl69">1.23</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">NSB</td>
<td class="xl66">Salmon Brook</td>
<td class="xl67">7/30/2014</td>
<td class="xl68">9:30</td>
<td class="xl66">Mostly cloudy</td>
<td class="xl69">7.77</td>
<td class="xl69">442.5</td>
<td class="xl69">2.18</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">NWD</td>
<td class="xl66">Newfields Ditch</td>
<td class="xl67">7/30/2014</td>
<td class="xl68">9:04</td>
<td class="xl66">Clear, cool</td>
<td class="xl69">8.18</td>
<td class="xl69">996.2</td>
<td class="xl69">2.55</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl70" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">OBG</td>
<td class="xl70">Otter Brook</td>
<td class="xl71">7/30/2014</td>
<td class="xl72"> </td>
<td class="xl70">not sampled</td>
<td class="xl72"> </td>
<td class="xl72"> </td>
<td class="xl72"> </td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">OGS</td>
<td class="xl66">Oyster River at USGS</td>
<td class="xl67">7/30/2014</td>
<td class="xl68">9:25</td>
<td class="xl66">Cloudy, Mid 60s</td>
<td class="xl69">7.78</td>
<td class="xl69">264.7</td>
<td class="xl69">7.34</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">OMP</td>
<td class="xl66">Oyster River at Mill Pond Dam</td>
<td class="xl67">7/30/2014</td>
<td class="xl68">10:50</td>
<td class="xl66">Cloudy, Mid 60s</td>
<td class="xl69">7.82</td>
<td class="xl69">285.2</td>
<td class="xl69">5.85</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">OSS</td>
<td class="xl66">Ossipee River</td>
<td class="xl67">7/30/2014</td>
<td class="xl68">10:35</td>
<td class="xl66">Mostly cloudy, ~71, 2.5" rain last 3 days</td>
<td class="xl69">6.81</td>
<td class="xl69">46.75</td>
<td class="xl69">0.649</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">PBB</td>
<td class="xl66">Pine Bend Brook</td>
<td class="xl67">7/30/2014</td>
<td class="xl68">11:15</td>
<td class="xl66">Partly cloudy, rain last 3 days, 60</td>
<td class="xl69">6.72</td>
<td class="xl69">16.85</td>
<td class="xl69">0.146</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">PBD</td>
<td class="xl66">Piscataquog</td>
<td class="xl67">7/30/2014</td>
<td class="xl68">8:42</td>
<td class="xl66">Cloudy</td>
<td class="xl69">7.15</td>
<td class="xl69">75.16</td>
<td class="xl69">1.14</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">PBI</td>
<td class="xl66">Main Piscataquog</td>
<td class="xl67">7/30/2014</td>
<td class="xl68">8:00</td>
<td class="xl66">Cloudy</td>
<td class="xl69">6.96</td>
<td class="xl69">87.67</td>
<td class="xl69">5.26</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">PBU</td>
<td class="xl66">South Piscataquog</td>
<td class="xl67">7/30/2014</td>
<td class="xl68">7:51</td>
<td class="xl66">Cloudy</td>
<td class="xl69">7.06</td>
<td class="xl69">71.17</td>
<td class="xl69">1.39</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl69" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">PBI_Duplicate</td>
<td class="xl66">Main Piscataquog</td>
<td class="xl75">7/30/2014</td>
<td class="xl69"> </td>
<td class="xl69"> </td>
<td class="xl69">7.21</td>
<td class="xl69">88.88</td>
<td class="xl69">4.38</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl69" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">PBU_Duplicate</td>
<td class="xl66">South Piscataquog</td>
<td class="xl75">7/30/2014</td>
<td class="xl69"> </td>
<td class="xl69"> </td>
<td class="xl69">6.98</td>
<td class="xl69">71.1</td>
<td class="xl69">1.18</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">PDM</td>
<td class="xl66">Parker Dam</td>
<td class="xl67">7/30/2014</td>
<td class="xl68">10:40</td>
<td class="xl66">Partly cloudy, ~75</td>
<td class="xl69">7.94</td>
<td class="xl69">377.1</td>
<td class="xl69">4.24</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">PEB</td>
<td class="xl66">Pettee Brook</td>
<td class="xl67">7/30/2014</td>
<td class="xl68">10:10</td>
<td class="xl66">Cloudy, mid 60s</td>
<td class="xl69">8.18</td>
<td class="xl69">1029</td>
<td class="xl69">2.41</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">PGS</td>
<td class="xl66">Paugus Brook</td>
<td class="xl67">7/30/2014</td>
<td class="xl68">1:15</td>
<td class="xl66">Sunny</td>
<td class="xl69">6.51</td>
<td class="xl69">19.21</td>
<td class="xl69">0.134</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">PIN</td>
<td class="xl66">Pine River</td>
<td class="xl67">7/30/2014</td>
<td class="xl68">10:10</td>
<td class="xl66">Mostly cloudy, ~71, 2.5" rain last 3 days</td>
<td class="xl69">6.55</td>
<td class="xl69">47.03</td>
<td class="xl69">0.895</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">PRF</td>
<td class="xl66">Pemigewasset River</td>
<td class="xl67">7/30/2014</td>
<td class="xl68">8:15</td>
<td class="xl66">Cloudy</td>
<td class="xl69">6.47</td>
<td class="xl69">39.99</td>
<td class="xl69">9.81</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">PRG</td>
<td class="xl66">Piscataquog</td>
<td class="xl67">7/30/2014</td>
<td class="xl68">9:45</td>
<td class="xl66">Partly cloudy</td>
<td class="xl69">7.22</td>
<td class="xl69">92.88</td>
<td class="xl69">1.46</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">PRP</td>
<td class="xl66">Pemigewasset River</td>
<td class="xl67">7/30/2014</td>
<td class="xl68">11:09</td>
<td class="xl66"> </td>
<td class="xl69">6.69</td>
<td class="xl69">39.64</td>
<td class="xl69">3.29</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">PRW</td>
<td class="xl66">Pemigewasset River</td>
<td class="xl67">7/30/2014</td>
<td class="xl68">10:59</td>
<td class="xl66">Cloudy</td>
<td class="xl69">6.39</td>
<td class="xl69">39.68</td>
<td class="xl69">0.267</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">PWU</td>
<td class="xl66">North Piscataquog</td>
<td class="xl67">7/30/2014</td>
<td class="xl68">7:12</td>
<td class="xl66">Cloudy</td>
<td class="xl69">7.06</td>
<td class="xl69">59.35</td>
<td class="xl69">0.776</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">RBH</td>
<td class="xl66">Rand Brook</td>
<td class="xl67">7/30/2014</td>
<td class="xl68">10:48</td>
<td class="xl66">Partly sunny, ~68</td>
<td class="xl69">7.18</td>
<td class="xl69">67.26</td>
<td class="xl69">1.19</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">RHL</td>
<td class="xl66">Red Hill River</td>
<td class="xl67">7/30/2014</td>
<td class="xl68">10:00</td>
<td class="xl66">Mostly cloudy</td>
<td class="xl69">7.23</td>
<td class="xl69">68.7</td>
<td class="xl69">0.706</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">SBK</td>
<td class="xl66">Sawmill Brook</td>
<td class="xl67">7/30/2014</td>
<td class="xl68">7:40</td>
<td class="xl66">Partly cloudy, ~ 75</td>
<td class="xl69">7.15</td>
<td class="xl69">1078</td>
<td class="xl69">3.73</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">SBM</td>
<td class="xl66">Saddleback</td>
<td class="xl67">7/30/2014</td>
<td class="xl68">9:30</td>
<td class="xl66">Cloudy, 60 to 70</td>
<td class="xl69">5.1</td>
<td class="xl69">29.91</td>
<td class="xl69">0.909</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">SCD</td>
<td class="xl66">Dead Dimond River</td>
<td class="xl67">7/30/2014</td>
<td class="xl68">10:05</td>
<td class="xl66">Mostly cloudy, ~50</td>
<td class="xl69">6.73</td>
<td class="xl69">25.71</td>
<td class="xl69">1.53</td>
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<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">SCS</td>
<td class="xl66">Swift Diamond River</td>
<td class="xl67">7/30/2014</td>
<td class="xl68">10:25</td>
<td class="xl66">Mostly cloudy, ~50</td>
<td class="xl69">6.89</td>
<td class="xl69">24.31</td>
<td class="xl69">2.06</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">SHB</td>
<td class="xl66">Schoolhouse Brook</td>
<td class="xl67">7/30/2014</td>
<td class="xl68">11:25</td>
<td class="xl66">Partly Cloudy, ~68</td>
<td class="xl69">7.05</td>
<td class="xl69">32.95</td>
<td class="xl69">0.276</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">SLB</td>
<td class="xl66">Slide Brook</td>
<td class="xl67">7/30/2014</td>
<td class="xl69"> </td>
<td class="xl66"> </td>
<td class="xl69">6.83</td>
<td class="xl69">18.81</td>
<td class="xl69">0.11</td>
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<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">SNB</td>
<td class="xl66">Shannon Brook</td>
<td class="xl67">7/30/2014</td>
<td class="xl68">11:00</td>
<td class="xl66">Cloudy</td>
<td class="xl69">7.08</td>
<td class="xl69">58.34</td>
<td class="xl69">1.82</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">SQB</td>
<td class="xl66">Unnamed Belnap Woods</td>
<td class="xl67">7/30/2014</td>
<td class="xl68">9:50</td>
<td class="xl66">Overcast, 70s, heavy rain last 2 days</td>
<td class="xl69">7.28</td>
<td class="xl69">97.9</td>
<td class="xl69">0.95</td>
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<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">SQM</td>
<td class="xl66">Mill Brook</td>
<td class="xl67">7/30/2014</td>
<td class="xl68">10:10</td>
<td class="xl66">Overcast, 70s, heavy rain last 2 days</td>
<td class="xl69">7.1</td>
<td class="xl69">50.28</td>
<td class="xl69">0.562</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">SQR</td>
<td class="xl66">Squamscott River</td>
<td class="xl67">7/30/2014</td>
<td class="xl69">12:04 to 12:10</td>
<td class="xl66">Sunny/ overcast</td>
<td class="xl69">7.85</td>
<td class="xl69">5.5</td>
<td class="xl69">8.54</td>
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<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">SRM</td>
<td class="xl66">Swift River</td>
<td class="xl67">7/30/2014</td>
<td class="xl68">13:45</td>
<td class="xl66">Partly cloudy, ~60, Rain last 3 days</td>
<td class="xl69">6.2</td>
<td class="xl69">21.89</td>
<td class="xl69">0.312</td>
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<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">SRU</td>
<td class="xl66">Swift Upper</td>
<td class="xl67">7/30/2014</td>
<td class="xl68">9:30</td>
<td class="xl66">Partly cloudy, 60, last 3 days</td>
<td class="xl69">6.04</td>
<td class="xl69">33.88</td>
<td class="xl69">0.276</td>
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<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">SRN</td>
<td class="xl66">Sugar River North</td>
<td class="xl67">7/30/2014</td>
<td class="xl68">8:35</td>
<td class="xl66">Cloudy, cool</td>
<td class="xl69">7.18</td>
<td class="xl69">76.59</td>
<td class="xl69">3.32</td>
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<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">SRS</td>
<td class="xl66">Sugar River South</td>
<td class="xl67">7/30/2014</td>
<td class="xl68">9:00</td>
<td class="xl66">Cloudy, cool</td>
<td class="xl69">7.08</td>
<td class="xl69">83.98</td>
<td class="xl69">2</td>
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<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">SWP</td>
<td class="xl66">Storm Drain (Highland St)</td>
<td class="xl67">7/30/2014</td>
<td class="xl68">11:20</td>
<td class="xl66">Cloudy</td>
<td class="xl69">8.07</td>
<td class="xl69">1884</td>
<td class="xl69">0.395</td>
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<tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">TPB</td>
<td class="xl66">Trout Pond Brook</td>
<td class="xl67">7/30/2014</td>
<td class="xl68">8:30</td>
<td class="xl66">Cloudy, 60 to 70</td>
<td class="xl69">6.65</td>
<td class="xl69">18.95</td>
<td class="xl69">0.748</td>
</tr>
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<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">USW</td>
<td class="xl66">Pemigewasset River</td>
<td class="xl67">7/30/2014</td>
<td class="xl68">10:15</td>
<td class="xl66"> </td>
<td class="xl69">6.35</td>
<td class="xl69">42.47</td>
<td class="xl69">0.316</td>
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<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">WAM</td>
<td class="xl66">Wild Ammonoosuc</td>
<td class="xl67">7/30/2014</td>
<td class="xl68">11:45</td>
<td class="xl66">Sunny</td>
<td class="xl69">6.68</td>
<td class="xl69">30.85</td>
<td class="xl69">0.332</td>
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<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">WBG</td>
<td class="xl66">Whittle Brook</td>
<td class="xl67">7/30/2014</td>
<td class="xl68">9:31</td>
<td class="xl66">Partly cloudy</td>
<td class="xl69">7.34</td>
<td class="xl69">109.4</td>
<td class="xl69">0.311</td>
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<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">WHB</td>
<td class="xl66">Wednesday Hill Brook</td>
<td class="xl67">7/30/2014</td>
<td class="xl68">7:30</td>
<td class="xl66">Cloudy, 60 to 70</td>
<td class="xl69">7.14</td>
<td class="xl69">364</td>
<td class="xl69">2.01</td>
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<td class="xl66" height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;">WIN</td>
<td class="xl66">Winnepesauke River</td>
<td class="xl67">7/30/2014</td>
<td class="xl68">7:43</td>
<td class="xl66">Cloudy</td>
<td class="xl69">7.1</td>
<td class="xl69">100.5</td>
<td class="xl69">9.81</td>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00594524413586750037noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4221966457269879257.post-26072862644994201062014-05-06T13:48:00.000-07:002014-05-06T13:53:21.132-07:00Gearing Up For 2014 Field Season<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We aren't the only ones emerging this spring. Contoocook River, Henniker, NH.</td></tr>
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<b>2014 LoVoTECS news & dates to put on your calendar:</b><br />
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<li><b>Spring Interval Change:</b> taking place this month, <b><u>May 9th-May 18th</u></b>. Resources for the procedure can be found at: <span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT3351_com_zimbra_url"><span class="Object-hover" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT3357_com_zimbra_url"><a href="http://youtu.be/5F-YxoezV9A" target="_blank" title="Winter Interval Change Video">https://www.plymouth.edu/center-for-the-environment/files/2014/05/spring-inteval-change-instructions.pdf<span class="il"></span></a></span></span></li>
<li><b>Ashley Hyde</b> will be defending her MS thesis Friday, <b><u>May 23rd at 11:00</u></b>, featuring LoVoTECS data. It will be held in Boyd Lecture Hall (001) at Plymouth State University. </li>
<li><b>U24, conductivity meter battery issues (black sensor)</b>: we are approaching the battery life of the conductivity meter (black sensor), we've had ~2 dozen units already fail. Please note that if you try to offload your conductivity meter and after realigning and cleaning the optics you are still getting a red "fail" LED light remove the sensor from the shuttle and look into the communication end of the sensor. </li>
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When the sensor is working properly there is a red light that blinks every few seconds, if you do not see this blinking light it is likely that the battery failed during winter deployment. If this happens, please pull the sensor from your site and send an email to report the problem. The battery life on the silver, water level logger appears to be better, as we haven't had any reports of battery failures on those units.<br />
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<li><b>Winter sensor shifting or sensor loss: </b>We expect a higher number of sensor shifting or loss from the heavy ice coverage this past winter and high flows this spring. If you noticed that your sensor has shifted or is gone completely, please contact us as soon as it's noticed via email or phone to report the problem. </li>
<li><b>The grand total of donated time by LoVoTECS host: </b>From February 2012-today, we've estimated that LoVoTECS hosts have donated over 2,400 hours and 8,300 miles amounting to more than $58,000. Truly an invaluable contribution and LoVoTECS would not be possible without the commitment and dedication of our hosts!</li>
<li><b>2014 Summer Snapshot: </b>We are in the process of organizing another 2014 Summer Snapshot event, the dates have not yet been picked but it is likely that we will be sampling<b> <u>June, July and August </u>or</b> <b><u>July, August and September</u></b>. </li>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4221966457269879257.post-46986451165219586052014-03-21T11:22:00.001-07:002014-03-21T12:06:35.163-07:002014 No.4 NH LoVoTECS Newsletter<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGokY7P4Hu-citNeSjzMHeVtxNGi-Z58m9ZfBczhAJjsjK1BK56DL606L4mNwLzPmdY2Kpe6mRRbhjcz_nlWVsbiUaVlgcJeRdGNlmeRZI0M-4r1DuJ4t8cl2RBFKuAnhpQDeJhmis-l58/s1600/DSCN0789.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGokY7P4Hu-citNeSjzMHeVtxNGi-Z58m9ZfBczhAJjsjK1BK56DL606L4mNwLzPmdY2Kpe6mRRbhjcz_nlWVsbiUaVlgcJeRdGNlmeRZI0M-4r1DuJ4t8cl2RBFKuAnhpQDeJhmis-l58/s1600/DSCN0789.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a>Where were you on the mornings of May 14th, June 11th and July 16th, 2013? If you are a NH LoVoTECS sensor host more than likely you spent a portion of your morning at the site of your sensors collecting for the statewide “Snapshot” event. Water samples were collected between 7:00am and 4:00pm at active LoVoTECS sites for a total of 233 samples, representing about 79 sites per sampling event. Preliminary results are discussed in our March 2014 Newsletter, accessed via the link: <a href="https://www.plymouth.edu/center-for-the-environment/files/2014/03/LoVoTECS_4_2014.pdf" target="_blank">March, 2014 NH LoVoTECS Newsletter</a> Analytes of the Snapshot event and their significance to include them in the analysis are listed below.<br />
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Calcium,
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An important condition of water chemistry, significant to metal
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A major factor for aquatic ecosystem
health. Often algal is limited by phosphorus availability.</div>
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Oxygen 18, Oxygen 16. This helps in identifying water sources.</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Silicon dioxide is another factor for aquatic
ecosystem health, also higher levels of silicon dioxide are typically found
in groundwater due to the weathering of rocks and sand.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Ammonia is the preferred nitrogen-containing
nutrient for plant growth.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Oxygen 18, Oxygen 16, which are helpful in identifying water sources.<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4221966457269879257.post-19236381899151447872014-02-13T15:14:00.001-08:002014-02-13T15:15:53.660-08:00New Introduction and Welcome Video availableHi Everyone,<br />
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After the teacher workshop in August, we decided to create a welcome video for new partners and for educators that do not have sensors. We hope that it provides sufficient background information on the network and explains our use and focus on electrical conductivity. Please watch and feel free to share!<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00594524413586750037noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4221966457269879257.post-21828888279801167682014-02-05T17:55:00.000-08:002014-02-05T17:55:00.221-08:00The Babbling BrookI had the pleasure of attending a Public Lab event last weekend, and through that found out about a great water quality art installation in Massachusetts. It is a water quality sensor that tweets and tells bad jokes about its recent measurements.<br />
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The artist is Catherine D'Ignazio. She is part of a movement to include art in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) = STEAM.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4221966457269879257.post-53903313716626880962013-12-02T16:13:00.000-08:002013-12-02T16:13:03.681-08:00Plymouth Area 1st Science Brew Café Draws Standing Room Only Crowd (Despite Red Sox Playoff Game!) Guest Blog by June Hammond Rowan<small>October 16th, 2013 by June </small>
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Plymouth’s first Science Café was held on October 15 at Biederman’s
Deli and Pub. Even though the Red Sox were playing an important
post-season game, over fifty people, including community members and PSU
students, came to learn about science in an informal setting.<br />
The topic on tap for the first Science Brew Café was “Sensing New
Hampshire’s Streams and Rivers.” Hydrologist and assistant professor
Mark Green gave an overview of a research project using 200 sensors at
100 sites to study water quality and flow. The sensors collect
information on conductivity, temperature and stage every 5 to 15 minutes
year round creating a large volume of data. Conductivity serves as a
measure of water quality and stage relates to the flow and amount of
water in the rivers and streams. Errin Volitis, a research technician
working on the project, talked about her work coordinating the
installation of the sensors and training volunteers to help with the
project. The sensors are hosted by volunteers and organizations around
New Hampshire and each has a specific research question which the data
from the sensors will help to address. Ashley Hyde, a graduate student
in Environmental Science and Policy, explained how the data are also
being used by school teachers and students at all levels throughout the
state to give them experience in understanding their local environment
and data analysis.<br />
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Science Cafés take place all over the globe with the goal of bringing
science and scientists into a community in a casual setting. Please
see <a href="http://www.sciencecafes.org/">http://www.sciencecafes.org</a> for more information. New Hampshire recently formed a Science Café Coalition <a href="http://sciencecafenh.org/">http://sciencecafenh.org</a>. The State currently has ongoing Cafés in Portsmouth, Nashua, and Lebanon.<br />
The Plymouth Science Brew Café was organized by assistant professor
Shannon Rogers and Plymouth State University’s Center for the
Environment. Thank you Biederman’s for hosting the event and also to the
presenters. Support for this event was also provided by NHEPSCoR and
the National Science Foundation. <a href="http://www.epscor.unh.edu/">http://www.epscor.unh.edu</a>.<br />
Additional Science Brew Cafés will be organized in the future. Please contact the Center for the Environment at <a href="mailto:psu-cfe@plymouth.edu">psu-cfe@plymouth.edu</a> or <a href="https://www.plymouth.edu/center-for-the-environment/3187/plymouth-area-1st-science-brew-cafe-draws-standing-room-only-crowd-despite-red-sox-playoff-game/plymouth.edu/cfe">plymouth.edu/cfe</a> for more information.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4221966457269879257.post-51971068304819850182013-11-19T15:39:00.000-08:002013-11-19T15:39:23.930-08:00Developed Landscapes and Water Specific ConductanceNow that we are up and running, we can look across our many sites for relationships between watershed attributes and specific conductance (SC). Here, we have calculated the median SC for ~60 sites in our network during the April 1 to June 30, 2013 period, and relate them to watershed forest cover, developed land, and road density. These results are similar to other studies from the region (<a href="http://www.jnabs.org/doi/abs/10.1899/09-052.1" target="_blank">Daley et al., 2009</a>, <a href="http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/es100325j" target="_blank">Trowbridge et al., 2010</a>, <a href="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0043135412001352" target="_blank">Kelting et al., 2012</a>) which have shown how roads and parking lots drive water SC. The tightness of this relationship should allow us to predict, at broad scales, the impact of watershed development on water salinization and its consequences.<br />
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Thank you to our partners and staff for building such a great data set that is allowing us to understand water quality like this. <br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4221966457269879257.post-91969873688921249972013-10-14T12:52:00.000-07:002013-10-14T12:52:00.043-07:00Hydrologic Resilience of Temperate ForestsPlease see this writeup in our sister blog about my time in Japan: <a href="http://ecosystemsandsociety.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-hydrologic-resilience-of-temperate.html">http://ecosystemsandsociety.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-hydrologic-resilience-of-temperate.html</a><br />
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Comparing such distant landscapes to ours allows for a new perspective on how to best manage our forests and water.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4221966457269879257.post-17967422137536672812013-08-13T16:43:00.000-07:002013-08-13T16:43:16.412-07:00<div class="MsoNormal">
“Splash into Science” was exactly
what students did during their Kids On Campus program in Keene two weeks ago.
Steve Hale and I were fortunate enough to facilitate 11 middle school students
during the week long session based on the LoVoTECS network data. Students
learned how to define a watershed and several ways to assess water quality.
Campers battled mosquitoes and lugged sledge hammers, waders, specific
conductance meters, PVC housing, rebar and other equipment out to our site on
the Ashuelot River to deploy a set of HOBO data loggers. Like the LoVoTECS
network, sensors we set to collect temperature, electric conductivity (EC) and
water pressure measurements at 3 minute increments. Macroinvertebrates were
also collected in buckets and brought back to the classroom for classification.
The faces of damselfly larva shocked students at first glance under the
dissecting microscopes. The data from macroinvertebrate inventory was combined
with the sensor data in order to draw a general conclusion of the Ashuelot’s
quality of water. To the students’ surprise, EC levels were hundreds of
mircosiemens lower than their predictions. In order to solidify the concept of
how humans influence water quality within watersheds, students participated in
a water pollution and land cover graphing activity with Skittles as well as
Watershed Bingo. My favorite activity of the week was a concept analysis of the
term “watershed.” On the first day of camp, prior to any ground-laying
conversations, students were asked to draw a watershed. A majority of them drew
an image of a shed with some sort of pipe system inside. On the last day of
camp, students were asked to draw a watershed again. This time, their drawings
included rivers, tributaries, and mountains along the perimeter, farms,
factories, roads and bridges. It was clear that all students had a solid
understanding of how to define the term. The students showed off their new
vocabulary and summarized their findings by creating posters for a poster
session for their parents and guardians. It was really neat to see the students
articulate what they had learned during the week. We are working on packaging
this week-long curriculum so it may be used in future camps or classroom
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00594524413586750037noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4221966457269879257.post-30131214401614069142013-08-06T15:59:00.001-07:002013-08-06T15:59:14.266-07:00Elevation and Lotic Electrical Conductance in New HampshireIt has been a productive couple of days working with middle and high school science teachers. They have been learning about LoVoTECS and thinking about how to incorporate the data into New Hampshire classrooms.<br />
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I was inspired by some of the questions being posed by the teachers, so I pulled together a summary of median specific electrical conductance (EC) at a site versus its elevation. The result is interesting, but I am not sure why it exists. Two possibilities that I have been thinking about:<br />
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<li>Groundwater tends to have a higher EC than precipitation, so maybe our lower elevation sites have more groundwater.</li>
<li>More people tend to live at lower elevations than higher, and people bring higher EC with them (general pollution, especially road salt in NH).</li>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4221966457269879257.post-43031135342130092952013-06-24T10:54:00.000-07:002013-06-24T11:40:25.471-07:00LoVoTECS in the newsOn May 14th, 2013, all of our LovoTECS hosts were participating in the first of three statewide, "snapshot" sampling events. Candace Dolan, LoVoTECS host from Great Bay Community College and the Hodgson Brook Restoration Project was also collecting samples at her sites but she wasn't alone. She was accompanied by three GBCC students and Alicia de los Reyes, a reporter for The Wire-Portsmouth NH. The WireNH© is a free, weekly community paper. Below is a link to the article which mentions LoVoTECS among other Citizen Science driven programs. It can also be found through the NH EPSCoR facebook page. <br />
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The WireNH.com<br />
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NH EPSCoR Facebook<br />
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If you're up to something newsworthy or are planning an appearance as a local celebrity, let us know. We're happy to contribute to the article and to help spread the word. <br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4221966457269879257.post-50028466307498599832013-03-31T17:38:00.001-07:002013-03-31T17:38:15.803-07:00Citizen ScienceThe citizen science model of collecting data, like we are employing with LoVoTECS, is growing in popularity. A large group with a solid organizational structure, organizers, and motivated partners can gather more information efficiently together than a small group of experts can. More scientists are recognizing this and building novel projects that answer important scientific questions. Here are links to some other examples and stories about citizen science. I hope you enjoy.<br />
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A writeup about a Hudson River group <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/31/sunday-review/why-a-citizen-scientist-counts-glass-eels.html?hp" target="_blank">here.</a><br />
A list of large-scale citizen science projects <a href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/citizen-science/" target="_blank">here.</a><br />
A highly successful bird research group from Cornell <a href="http://www.birds.cornell.edu/citsci/" target="_blank">here.</a><br />
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I will be speaking at the Japanese Geoscience Union about the LoVoTECS project on May 20th, focusing on the citizen science aspect for building our extensive hydrologic database. The session is on the new era of 'big data' - I hope to share our experiences collecting extensive data with a large group of partners. Stay tuned...<br />
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Thanks to the Center for the Environment at PSU, I had the opportunity to travel to Tokyo to work with Mark on my thesis in January. Mark is there on a Fulbright Fellowship until July. While I was there, I gave a presentation on the LoVoTECS network. Citizen Science is a new concept of which many of the students and professors were not familiar. They had many questions about how the networked functioned and were "envious" about how much data we are able to collect through our network. So, I wanted to extend my gratitude in participating in such a novel study! Here are just a few of the highlight pictures!</div>
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The two graphs below display the conductivity and temperature profiles for a few rain events in December. The event that began on 17-December fell as liquid precipitation (rain) the later event of 21-December switched between snow and ice then ended as rain. What's really interesting to see is how quickly the conductivity profile in the stormdrain increased as solids are washed into the drain from the street during a rain event. As more water flows into the stormdrain, the solids that were flushed from the street are diluted and the conductivity decreases. The stream also initially responded with an increase in the conductivity profile but the response time was delayed and not nearly as drastic. Notice the highest value displayed in the top graph is 2000uS/cm and the bottom graph is 12,000uS/cm. </div>
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So what does 12,000us/cm mean? For a point of reference, sea water has a specific conductance of ~50,000uS/cm and a sports drink is around 2,500uS/cm, regular tap water is 500-800uS/cm.</div>
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Also, notice that the warmer temp of the water in the stormdrain drastically decreases as colder surface water pours in from the street, it then rebounds to above 10°C. Air temperature is not shown on these graphs but the water temperature in the stream is much more stable and is closely tied to daily fluctuation of air temperature. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Urban Stormdrain- The sensors are secured to a concrete block and suspended from coated wire and attached to the drain cover, the entire block is lowered into the storm catchment. Additional water sensors are installed in the stream upstream and downstream of the storm water outflow.</td></tr>
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