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Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30

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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023

01108000 TAUNTON RIVER NEAR BRIDGEWATER, MA

LOCATION - Lat 41°56'02", long 70°57'25" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, Plymouth County, MA, Hydrologic Unit 01090004, on right bank at bridge on Titicut Road, 1 mi upstream from Sawmill Brook, 3.5 mi northwest of Middleboro, and 4.0 mi southeast of Bridgewater.

DRAINAGE AREA - 261 mi².

REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 781: 1934. WSP 1051: 1933. WSP 1201: 1931. WSP 1301: 1930(M), 1933(M), 1935(M). WDR MA-RI-84-1, WDR MA-RI-03-1: Drainage area.

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - Discharge: October 1929 to April 1976, April 1985 to May 1988, October 1996 to current year. Published as "at State Farm" October 1929 to September 1969, and as "at State Farm near Bridgewater" October 1969 to April 1976. Water-quality records: water years 1953, 1967-74, 1997-2002.

GAGE - Data Collection Platform with satellite telemeter. Datum of gage is 8.79 ft above NAVD 1988. Datum previously reported as 9.61 ft above NGVD 1929. Prior to October 1996, at sites 40 ft apart about 600 ft upstream: October 1929 to Sept. 30, 1931, inverted non-recording gage with zero of gage at 10.02 ft; Oct. 1, 1931, to June 8, 1934, non-recording gage, and June 9, 1934, to April 1976, April 1985 to May 1988, water-stage recorders, at present datum.

COOPERATION - Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation, Office of Water Resources.

REMARKS - Records good except those for estimated discharges, which are poor. Flow affected by diversions to and from basin for municipal supplies. Flow regulated by reservoirs and, prior to about 1975, by power plants upstream.

WATER-QUALITY RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - Water-quality: Water years 1953, 1967-74, 1997-2002, 2018-2021

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - WATER TEMPERATURE: Maximum, 27.6°C on Jul. 29, 2020; minimum, -0.03°C on Jan. 22, 2020. SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: Maximum, 813 microsiemens/cm Oct. 1, 2020; minimum 186 microsiemens/cm April 5, 2020. DISSOLVED OXYGEN: Maximum, 13.1 mg/L Feb. 22, 2020; minimum, 3.37 mg/L Jul. 23, 2020. pH: Maximum, 7.38 units on multiple dates, minimum, 6.16 units June 13, 2020.