Mark A. Hartle Division of Environmental Services€¦ · 2013 Upper Delaware River Temperature...

Mark A. Hartle

Division of Environmental Services

Mission: To protect, conserve, and enhance the Commonwealth’s aquatic resources and

provide fishing and boating opportunities

2013 Upper Delaware River

Temperature Study

Performed by Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission

Responsible for data, analysis and reporting

Friends of the Upper Delaware River www.fudr.org

provided logistic and equipment purchase support

PFBC would like to acknowledge and thank landowners

that provided river access for the study

http://www.fudr.org/

2010 NY/PA Joint Fisheries White Paper Fishery management objectives

Temperature

probe

locations

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Lordville

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Stockport

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W. Br. 2

E. Br.

Shehawken Access

Junction

Pool

Buckingham Access

Equinunk

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Main Stem Delaware River Temperature Monitor Results

DwnStrm Junction Pool_PA Side

DwnStrm Junction Pool_NY Side

Upstream Stockport

Upstream Buckingham Access

Upstream Frisbie Island

Lordville

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Temperature Results of the East and West Branches of the Delaware River from 7/1 to 9/23/13

East Branch Delaware

West Branch Delaware

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Temperature Results of the East and West Branches of the Delaware River from 7/1 to 9/23/13

East Branch Delaware

West Branch Delaware

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West Branch Water Temperatures

Shehawken

Hale Eddy F

y = 0.8953x + 1.6704 R² = 0.615

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Shehawken Temperature

Correlation between Hale Eddy and Shehawken Water Temperatures

PA Side Probe

NY Side Probe

Flow Vectors

0.6 mile downstream of Junction Pool

Google Earth image

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Wate

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Why are PA & NY Sides of Upper Delaware Erratic

in Temperature Performance?

PA Side WT

NY Side WT

Hale Eddy Q

Fishs Eddy Q

Lordville Q

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Upstream Stockport


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Upstream Stockport



Lordville

May June July Aug

0.55°F -0.35°F 2.25°F 1.24°F

0.92°F

Mean diff. between Stockport & Lordville

Overall Mean

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Upstream Stockport



Lordville

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Tem

pera

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(°F

) Main Stem Delaware River Temperature Monitor

Results from 7/6 to 8/24/13



Upstream Stockport



Lordville

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Tem

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Lordville

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Tem

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Lordville

Mean Temp Differences in °F Compared to Lordville Gage

PA Side NY Side Stockport Buckingham Frisbie I.

May 7-31 -0.79 -0.65 -0.55 -0.42 0.03

June -2.28 1.59 0.35 -1.70 -0.83

July -3.59 -0.95 -2.25 -1.63 -0.62

August -2.90 -0.15 -1.24 -1.54 -0.66

Sept 1-9 -2.16 1.06 0.03 -1.75 -0.79

Overall -2.46 0.06 -0.89 -1.40 -0.57

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Water Temperature at Lordville compared to High & Low Daily Air Temperature

Things we know from 2013 temperature

monitoring

Water temperature downstream from

Junction Pool was similar on the PA & NY

sides much of the time

NY side downstream of Junction Pool has

higher temperature when there are storm

pulses or when E Branch flows dominate

A thermal release has similar beneficial

effects from Junction Pool to Lordville

High night time temperatures prevent river

cooling and high day time temperatures

increase max. WT

Is Lordville a valid point to use for

decision making for the upper 9.1 miles of

Delaware River – YES!

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Extraordinary Needs Thermal Relief

Review of release requested mid-July 2013

Internal Protocol Goal – Prevent water temperature of the Delaware

River at Lordville from reaching 75°F

PFBC Thermal Relief Guideline Summary Water temperature at Lordville reaches 22°C (71.6°F)

Flow at Lordville ≤1360 cfs

Next Day predicted max. air temp. at Hancock ≥85°F

River Master’s Office indicates no release planned

Release 300 cfs from Cannonsville Res. for 24 hrs. the day before extra flow desired in Lordville

IF:

THEN:

Discharge & Temperature July 13 - 24, 2013

Day 1 -2.5°F

Day 2 -6.2°F

Day 3 -5.7°F

Questions?

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