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Summary of March 2005 Monthly Hydrologic Conditions

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

March 2005

Precipitation was below normal at all three index stations. Newark reported 4.16 inches, which is 98.8 percent of normal. Atlantic City reported 3.68 inches, which is 90.6 percent of normal. Trenton reported 2.99 inches, which is 86.4 percent of normal. Total precipitation over the past 12 months was 52.05 inches at Newark, which is 5.80 inches above normal; 42.87 inches at Atlantic City, which is 2.28 inches above normal; and 48.83 inches at Trenton, which is 7.44 inches above normal.

Combined storage in the thirteen major water supply reservoirs as of March 31 was 79.8 billion gallons, which is 99.3 percent of capacity. The storage was 1.04 billion gallons more than one month ago and 2.75 billion gallons more 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 190 ft³/s, 91.8 percent of normal. The monthly-mean discharge of the Great Egg Harbor River at Folsom was 116 ft³/s, 94.3 percent of normal. The monthly mean discharge of the Delaware River at Trenton was 18,230 ft³/s, 91.5 percent of normal. The observed daily mean discharge of the Delaware River at Trenton on March 31 was 80,400 ft³/s.

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

Water quality parameters collected from the Delaware River at Trenton were within recorded historical monthly extremes. Water temperature ranged from 1.8 to 8.0 degrees celsius. Dissolved oxygen ranged from 11.0 to 17.7 milligrams per liter. Specific conductance ranged from 96 to 227 microsiemens per centimeter at 25°C.

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