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Summary of June 2005 Monthly Hydrologic Conditions

Compiled in cooperation with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
Provisional assessment of hydrologic conditions in New Jersey

June 2005

Precipitation was below normal at the Newark index station, and above normal at the Atlantic City and Trenton index stations. Newark reported 2.99 inches, which is 87.9 percent of normal. Atlantic City reported 3.90 inches, which is 147 percent of normal. Trenton reported 4.88 inches, which is 130 percent of normal. Total precipitation over the past 12 months was: 47.28 inches at Newark, which is 1.03 inches above normal; 43.87 inches at Atlantic City, which is 3.28 inches above normal; and 49.71 inches at Trenton, which is 8.32 inches above normal.

Combined storage in the thirteen major water supply reservoirs as of June 30 was 68.3 billion gallons (84.9 percent of capacity), and was less than the average June contents for the reference period 1961-1990. Storage in the reservoirs had been above the reference period average since October of 2002. The storage for the end of June 2005 was 7.02 billion gallons less than one month ago and 7.02 billion gallons less than one year ago. The thirteen major water supply reservoirs are as follows: Lake Tappan, Woodcliff Lake, Oradell Reservoir, DeForest Lake, Splitrock Reservoir, Boonton Reservoir, Canistear Reservoir, Oak Ridge Reservoir, Clinton Reservoir, Charlottesburg Reservoir, Echo Lake, Wanaque Reservoir and Spruce Run Reservoir.

Streamflow was below normal at all three index stations. The monthly-mean discharge at South Branch Raritan River near High Bridge was 66.7 ft³/s, 54.2 percent of normal. The monthly-mean discharge of the Great Egg Harbor River at Folsom was 56.4 ft³/s, 77.2 percent of normal. The monthly mean discharge of the Delaware River at Trenton was 5,220 ft³/s, 50.1 percent of normal. The observed daily mean discharge of the Delaware River at Trenton on June 30 was 6,880 ft³/s.

Groundwater levels, as measured in water-table observation wells on June 30, were below normal at the Readington School 11 index well, and above normal at the Morrell 1 and Vocational School 2 index wells. Levels decreased from last month at all three index wells. Levels were lower than one year ago at Readington School 11 index well, higher than one year ago at Morrell 1 index well, and only slightly lower than one year ago at Vocational School 2 index well.

Water quality parameters collected from the Delaware River at Trenton were within recorded historical monthly extremes with the exception of specific conductance. The maximum June 2004 specific conductance was slightly higher than the June period-of-record maximum. Water temperature ranged from 18.9 to 29.5 degrees Celsius. Dissolved oxygen ranged from 6.2 to 13.9 milligrams per liter. Specific conductance ranged from 271 to 230 microsiemens per centimeter at 25°C. Data was not available for April and May, 2005.

All of the files listed below are in Portable Document Format (PDF) which can be viewed/printed with the Adobe Acrobat® Reader, freely available for most computer platforms.

• Combined Storage in the 13 Major Water Supply Reservoirs
• Monthly precipitation at three selected sites
• Groundwater levels in selected Water-table observation wells
• Streamflow at selected sites
• Water quality for the Delaware River at Trenton