STATION.--01454720 LEHIGH RIVER AT EASTON, PA
Water quality data previously collected
at this site is now collected upstream at station 01454700, Lehigh
River at Glendon, PA.
LOCATION.--Lat 40`41'12", long
75`12'32", Northampton County, Hydrologic Unit 02040106, on
left bank, near bridge on U.S. Highway 611 in Easton.
DRAINAGE AREA.--1,364 square miles.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1961 to current year.
PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD.-- SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE:
October 1963 to current year. pH: November 1972 to current year. WATER
TEMPERATURE: October 1961 to current year. DISSOLVED OXYGEN: June 1966
to current year.
INSTRUMENTATION.--Water-quality monitor since October
1961. Probes interfaced with a data collection platform since the 1986
water year.
REMARKS.-- Beginning
with the 1978 water year, no data are recorded during the months of
October through March. Other interruptions in the
record were due to malfunctions of the pump or recording
instrument.
COOPERATION.--Funding for the operation of this
station is provided by the Delaware River Basin Commission and the U.S.
Geological Survey.
