Providence Conditions
The water quality instruments at Phillipsdale Landing are currently deployed, while the Bullock’s Reach instruments remain out of the water until the start of the summer season.
Bullock Reach
| Last Updated: 4/19/12 10:01 AM | |||
| Sonde Location | Surface | Middle | Bottom |
| Depth (m) | -0.09 | 0.12 | 0.13 |
| Temperature (C) | 14.6 | 15.02 | 15.05 |
| Salinity (ppt) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dis. Oxygen (mg/L) | 5.58 | 3.38 | 9.87 |
| pH | 7.08 | 5.57 | 6.33 |
| Chlorophyll (µg/L) | 0.8 | -3.1 | |
| Turbidity (NTUs) | 1.7 | ||
Phillipsdale
| Last Updated: 5/16/12 12:00 PM | |||
| Sonde Location | Surface | Middle | Bottom |
| Depth (m) | 0.61 | 1.39 | |
| Temperature (C) | 17.75 | 17.78 | |
| Salinity (ppt) | 2.69 | 3.43 | |
| Dis. Oxygen (mg/L) | 7.79 | 7.57 | |
| pH | 6.78 | 7.07 | |
| Chlorophyll (µg/L) | 2.2 | ||
| Turbidity (NTUs) | |||
Welcome
The Narragansett Bay Commission’s (NBC) Mission Statement is to maintain a leadership role in the protection of water quality in Narragansett Bay and its tributaries. The NBC keeps to this vow by continually monitoring water quality at its two buoy locations, collecting water quality casts, mapping surface water quality parameters, and taking samples of the Bay’s bacterial and nutrient levels.
Flow through cell used in surface mapping program
Photo of sailboats in the Edgewood area of the Providence River
Pomham Rocks Lighthouse
Summary of Water Quality in the Bay