WSSC Water Quality Monitoring
Here are the first round of results of WSSC's fecal bacteria monitoring tests which are required by the consent decree. One Sligo Creek site had the least (along with 25 other sites) Enterococci bacteria of the 40 tested sites; the other had the third most. These results are from this WSSC report.
March 26, 2008 |
The Maryland state standards for Enterococci bacteria:
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| Stream Site | Fecal Bacteria Results Enterococcus CFU/100mL | Bacterial Source Testing | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Human | Avian | Canine | Deer | Horse | Miscellaneous Wildlife | Non-human Unknown | ||
| 1). Broad Creek (downstream-Henson Creek) | <10 (<10) | 0% | Too few bacteria for non-human bacteria source determination | |||||
| 1). Broad Creek (upstream-Henson Creek) | <10 | 0% | Too few bacteria for non-human bacteria source determination | |||||
| 1). Cabin John (downstream) | <10 | 0% | Too few bacteria for non-human bacteria source determination | |||||
| 1). Cabin John (upstream) | <10 | 0% | Too few bacteria for non-human bacteria source determination | |||||
| 1). Indian Creek (downstream) | <10 | 0% | Too few bacteria for non-human bacteria source determination | |||||
| 1). Indian Creek (upstream) | <10 | 0% | Too few bacteria for non-human bacteria source determination | |||||
| 1). Lower Anacostia (downstream) | <10 | 0% | Too few bacteria for non-human bacteria source determination | |||||
| 1). Lower Anacostia (upstream) | <10 | 0% | Too few bacteria for non-human bacteria source determination | |||||
| 1). Muddy Branch (downstream) | <10 (<10) | 0% | Too few bacteria for non-human bacteria source determination | |||||
| 1). Muddy Branch (upstream) | <10 | 0% | Too few bacteria for non-human bacteria source determination | |||||
| 1). Northeast Branch (downstream) | <10 | 0% | Too few bacteria for non-human bacteria source determination | |||||
| 1). Northeast Branch (upstream) | <10 | 0% | Too few bacteria for non-human bacteria source determination | |||||
| 1). Oxon Run (downstream) | <10 | 0% | Too few bacteria for non-human bacteria source determination | |||||
| 1). Paint Branch (downstream) | <10 | 0% | Too few bacteria for non-human bacteria source determination | |||||
| 1). Paint Branch (upstream) | <10 | 0% | Too few bacteria for non-human bacteria source determination | |||||
| 1). Parkway (upstream-Walker Branch) | <10 | 0% | Too few bacteria for non-human bacteria source determination | |||||
| 1). Piscataway (downstream) | <10 | 0% | Too few bacteria for non-human bacteria source determination | |||||
| 1). Piscataway (upstream) | <10 | 0% | Too few bacteria for non-human bacteria source determination | |||||
| 1). Seneca Creek (downstream) | <10 | 0% | Too few bacteria for non-human bacteria source determination | |||||
| 1). Seneca Creek (upstream) | <10 | 0% | Too few bacteria for non-human bacteria source determination | |||||
| 1). Sligo Creek (upstream) | <10 | 0% | Too few bacteria for non-human bacteria source determination | |||||
| 1). Upper Beaverdam Creek (downstream) | <10 | 0% | Too few bacteria for non-human bacteria source determination | |||||
| 1). Upper Beaverdam Creek (upstream) | <10 | 0% | Too few bacteria for non-human bacteria source determination | |||||
| 1). Watts Branch (downstream) | <10 | 0% | Too few bacteria for non-human bacteria source determination | |||||
| 1). Watts Branch (upstream) | <10 | 0% | Too few bacteria for non-human bacteria source determination | |||||
| 1). Western Branch (downstream) | <10 | 0% | Too few bacteria for non-human bacteria source determination | |||||
| 27). Horsepen (upstream) | 13 | 0% | 31% | 16% | 7% | 18% | 19% | 9% |
| 27). Northwest Branch (downstream) | 13 | 0% | 31% | 17% | 11% | 0% | 28% | 13% |
| 27). Oxon Run (upstream-Watts Branch) | 13 | 0% | 25% | 9% | 10% | 0% | 44% | 12% |
| 30). Lower Beaverdam Creek (upstream) | 15 | 0% | 26% | 9% | 5% | 0% | 44% | 16% |
| 31). Rock Creek (downstream) | 35 | 0% | 37% | 16% | 9% | 0% | 25% | 13% |
| 32). Lower Beaverdam Creek (downstream) | 43 | 0% | 33% | 7% | 8% | 0% | 38% | 14% |
| 33). Parkway (downstream-Bear Branch) | 48 | 0% | 27% | 15% | 11% | 0% | 36% | 11% |
| 33). Rock Creek (upstream) | 48 | 0% | 34% | 10% | 21% | 0% | 19% | 16% |
| 35). Horsepen (downstream) | 60 | 0% | 35% | 15% | 6% | 15% | 17% | 12% |
| 36). Western Branch (upstream) | 70 | 0% | 31% | 9% | 15% | 0% | 32% | 13% |
| 37). Little Falls (upstream) | 78 | 0% | 34% | 13% | 6% | 0% | 33% | 14% |
| 38). Sligo Creek (upstream) | 90 | 0% | 26% | 19% | 8% | 0% | 29% | 18% |
| 39). Little Falls (downstream) | 105 (120) | 0% (0%) | 36% (33%) | 9% (11%) | 13% (16%) | 21% (21%) |
21% (19%) | |
| 40). Northwest Branch (upstream) | 270 | 0% | 33% | 6% | 23% | 0% | 32% | 6% |