Middletown- Public access boat launch

Entero/Rainfall Table
Entero/Rainfall Plot

Physical/Chemical Data

Physical, chemical and biological properties of the surface water that are measured continuously while the patrol boat is underway.

Entero Count (fecal indicator) and Rainfall

47 Samples taken

Sample Date	[i] Enterococcus Count close Entero Count Enterococcus (“Entero”) is a fecal indicating bacterium that lives in the intestines of humans and other warm-blooded animals. It is the EPA preferred indicator for sewage contamination.	Quality	Rain, day of (in)	Prior Day	2 Days Prior	3 Days Prior Rain	4 Days Total Rain

Sort	Sort	Sort	Sort	Sort	Sort	Sort	Sort
10/03/2024	248	Beach Advisory	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
09/12/2024	64	Beach Advisory	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
08/08/2024	1553	Beach Advisory	0.5	0.1	0.6	0.0	1.2
05/16/2024	>2420	Beach Advisory	0.2	0.6	0.2	0.0	1.0
08/10/2023	309	Beach Advisory	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.2	1.2
06/08/2023	214	Beach Advisory	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
05/25/2023	326	Beach Advisory	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1
08/10/2021	649	Beach Advisory	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
07/06/2021	1414	Beach Advisory	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.7	0.8
06/08/2021	308	Beach Advisory	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
05/11/2021	980	Beach Advisory	0.0	0.8	0.1	0.0	0.9
09/15/2020	517	Beach Advisory	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
06/15/2020	579	Beach Advisory	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1
09/14/2019	866	Beach Advisory	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.1
08/10/2019	2420	Beach Advisory	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.8	1.3
06/15/2019	770	Beach Advisory	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.4
05/11/2019	980	Beach Advisory	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
07/14/2018	1733	Beach Advisory	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
06/09/2018	1046	Beach Advisory	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
05/12/2018	1046	Beach Advisory	0.0	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.7
10/14/2017	816	Beach Advisory	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.1
10/15/2016	201	Beach Advisory	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
09/17/2016	381	Beach Advisory	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
08/20/2016	1553	Beach Advisory	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.1
07/16/2016	1733	Beach Advisory	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
06/18/2016	461	Beach Advisory	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
05/21/2016	184	Beach Advisory	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
09/26/2015	687	Beach Advisory	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
08/29/2015	980	Beach Advisory	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
07/25/2015	1733	Beach Advisory	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
06/27/2015	281	Beach Advisory	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
05/30/2015	99	Beach Advisory	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.1	0.4
11/01/2014	689	Beach Advisory	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.1
09/27/2014	501	Beach Advisory	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
08/30/2014	980	Beach Advisory	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
07/26/2014	980	Beach Advisory	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.2
06/28/2014	185	Beach Advisory	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0	0.4
05/31/2014	411	Beach Advisory	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1
10/26/2013	727	Beach Advisory	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
09/28/2013	137	Beach Advisory	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
08/24/2013	980	Beach Advisory	0.0	0.0	0.6	0.0	0.6
07/27/2013	1203	Beach Advisory	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1
10/27/2012	411	Beach Advisory	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1
09/29/2012	6131	Beach Advisory	0.0	0.7	0.0	0.2	0.8
09/01/2012	548	Beach Advisory	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
06/30/2012	141	Beach Advisory	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
05/26/2012	517	Beach Advisory	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.4

Entero Count (fecal indicator) and Rainfall Correlation

47 Samples taken

Water Quality*

*Single sample thresholds;
Enterococcus count per 100mL

Prior Four Day Rainfall
(in inches)

Enterococcus is an EPA-approved fecal contamination indicator.

Samples taken by citizen scientists trained by Riverkeeper, and processed on the Riverkeeper vessel, according to the 2014 Quality Assurance Project Plan.

Rainfall data comes from wunderground.com. Wet weather is a common trigger of fecal contamination.

What do the Numbers Mean?

Water Quality scoring is based on the 2012 Recreational Water Quality Criteria from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for safe swimming. Learn More

About this location:

This site on the outskirts of Middletown is near the new Orange Regional Medical Center hospital building, making it one of the more urban sites in Riverkeeper’s Wallkill River study.

Agencies Responsible:

Orange County Dept. of Health: 845-291-2331; NYSDEC Region 3: 845-256-3000