New York State Pesticide Monitoring Homepage

In 1997 the U.S Geological Survey and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) began a cooperative program to assess the presence and distribution of pesticides in surface and ground waters of New York State. This program was initiated as part of the DEC's response to the mandate presented in the Pesticide Reporting Law ECL 33-0714 to provide an understanding of the health and environmental impacts of pesticide use in the State. Ultimately this program will provide DEC with information in all areas of the state, especially those areas where pesticides are heavily applied or where local waters are used as drinking water.

PUBLICATIONS

Pesticides and their Metabolites in Three Small Public Water-Supply Reservoir Systems, Western New York, 1998-99: Phillips, Patrick J., Eckhardt, David A., and Rosenmann, Larry, 2000, USGS Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4278(PDF Vers. 4.0, 1.4M)

Pesticides and their Metabolites in Selected Surface-water Public Supplies in New York State,Patrick J. Phillips, David A. Eckhardt, Melissa A. Smith, and Larry Rosenmann, 1999, USGS Water-Resources Investigations Report 00-4119. (HTML)

Pesticides and their metabolites in wells of Suffolk County, New York, 1999: Patrick J. Phillips, David A. Eckhardt, Stephen A.Terracciano, and Larry Rosenmann, 1999, U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4095. (PDF, 178k)

Herbicides and their Metabolites in Cayuga Lake and its Tributaries, New York: David A.V. Eckhardt, William M. Kappel, William F. Coon, and Patrick J. Phillips, in Morganwalp, D.W., and Buxton, H.T., eds., U.S. Geological Survey Toxic Substances Hydrology Program - Proceedings of the Technical Meeting, Charleston, South Carolina, March 1999: U.S. Geological Survey Water Resources Investigation Report 99-4018. (PDF, 224kb)

Ratios of metolachlor to its metabolites in ground water, tile-drain discharge, and surface water in selected areas of New York State: Patrick J. Phillips, David A. Eckhardt, E. Michael Thurman, and Stephen A.Terracciano, in Morganwalp, D.W., and Buxton, H.T., eds., U.S. Geological Survey Toxic Substances Hydrology Program - Proceedings of the Technical Meeting,Charleston, South Carolina, March 1999: U.S. Geological Survey Water Resources Investigation Report 99-4018. (PDF, 380kb)

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