OFFICIAL SITE OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEYData Acquisition
This page is intended for all consumers of data including government entities, the private sector, academia, and concerned public citizens. The datasets below can be used for any number of activities including the development of reports and statistics as required by state and federal regulations, guidance as to where potential grants should be targeted, etc. The data collected through the ambient water monitoring networks, programs and projects, conducted by the Division of Water Monitoring, Standards and Pesticide Control (DWMSPC), resides in a variety of locations including both national and DEP databases as well as on various DWMSPC webpages. Click on any of the bars below to access the data of interest.
National Water Quality Portal
The National Water Quality Portal is a cooperative service sponsored by the National Water Quality Monitoring Council, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the US Geological Survey (USGS). It serves data collected by over 400 state, federal, tribal and local agencies. Data is acquired from EPA’s STORET data warehouse, USGS’ NWIS database and the USDA ARS STEWARDS database system.
DWMSPC’ freshwater physical/chemical data (rivers, streams and lakes) and much of its marine water monitoring data(beach monitoring, shellfish sanitation, chemical water quality and phytoplankton) are available from this portal.
USGS National Water Information System
NWIS (National Water Information System) is the USGS repository for data on surface water flow and levels in streams and lakes, ground water levels in wells, chemical and physical data for streams/lakes/springs, and water use information. Data from NJ’s Ambient Stream Monitoring Network (a cooperative network with the USGS NJ Water Science Center) can be found here as well as via the National Water Quality Portal described above.
Freshwater Monitoring
Data for all of the freshwater monitoring activities – chemical, physical and biological – can be found on the Bureau of Freshwater & Biological Monitoring’s webpages. Also available on those pages are sediment toxicity data.
Marine/Coastal Water Monitoring
Data for the marine/estuarine monitoring activities – shellfish sanitation, chemical coastal water quality, phytoplankton, remote sensing for chlorophyll a – can also be accessed from the Bureau of Marine Water Monitoring’s webpages. Beach water quality data can be accessed from the DWM&S homepage.
Continuous Monitoring
DWMSPC performs monitoring in both rivers and streams as well as marine and estuarine waters using both sondes and buoys. Click here to access both current as well as historic location data.
