In 2013 HVSC was awarded a grant to study the water quality, the fish diversity and the hydrology of the Sing Sing Kill.
• 9 species of fish were identified by electro fishing techniques (before this study only 1 species had been known in the stream)
• Fecal bacteria (enterococcus and E. coli) was measured at more than 20 locations. Enterococcus was found to range widely from 52 far upstream to 17,329 in one midstream location.
• The stream flow rate in cubic feet per second was calibrated against a stream gauge under the double arches area along the brick race. Lower flows (below what was possible with the stream gage) was calibrated against the brick count from the wall. Normal flow rate is somewhere near 10 - 15 cubic feet / second. During severe rainstorm measured it went to 300 ft^3/s within one hour.
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