NYSDEC Water Assessments by Volunteer Evaluators (WAVE)
(Coalition organized stream monitoring events)
Stream Monitoring Results – 3 Categories (from NYSDEC WAVE website)
No Known Impact: The stream is healthy in that there are no observed impact to aquatic life. This assessment is high quality and may be used for state and federal reporting purposes.
Possibly Impaired: This assessment serves as a red flag for sites that may deserve further investigation at the professional level. So far, we’ve been able to respond to every site that was flagged as possibly impaired.
No Conclusion: Sometimes a sample does not meet either of these criteria: it doesn’t have 6 or more “most wanted” nor 4 or more “least wanted”. If the sampling was done properly, then the site is probably slightly impacted but not impaired. This can also happen, however, when sampling is performed incorrectly which is why the NYSDEC records this assessment as “No Conclusion”.
Map of Coalition WAVE Monitoring Results (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018)
Stormwater Coaliton sponsored
Map WAVE Monitoring Results (2015, 2016, 2017)
Participants coordinated/encouraged by Stormwater Coalition
Map WAVE Monitoring Results (2015/2016)
Participants coordinated/encouraged by Stormwater Coalition
Photo Pages and NYSDEC Results
Lisha Kill WAVE Monitoring – August 9, 2018
Salt Kill WAVE Monitoring – August 14, 2018
Vly Creek WAVE Monitoring – August 16, 2018 (upstream)
Vly Creek WAVE Monitoring – August 16, 2018 (downstream)
Event Flyers
2019 WAVE Flyer – Volunteer Stream Monitoring – Get Your Feet Wet!
2018 WAVE Flyer – Volunteer Stream Monitoring-Get Your Feet Wet?
2017 WAVE Flyer – Volunteer Stream Monitoring – Get Your Feet Wet!
2016 WAVE Flyer – Volunteer Stream Monitoring
Coalition WAVE Volunteer Stream Monitoring Program
Stormwater Coalition Local WAVE Monitoring Effort – Plan (2015 to 2017)
August 12, 2014 Shaker Creek Coalition WAVE Training & Monitoring Event