SUSPENDED SEDIMENT

The measurements shown below were made at USGS station 01209710, located on the Norwalk River near the Perry Avenue bridge. All of the measurements are in milligrams per liter. For details about the data, press here.

The highest reading, 36, occurred in 10/93, and the lowest, 0, in 3/94. All of the readings above 16 (9 percent of the samples), are shown in red and all that are below 2.0 (another 11 percent), are in blue.

 Averages by
Season and by
5-year Period:
 
(Overall = 7.53)
Jan-Mar5.21
Apr-Jun 8.08
Jul-Sep 9.50
Oct-Dec 7.15
1980-84 0.000
1985-89 0.000
1990-94 8.04
1995-99 7.84

YearJanFebMar AprMayJunJulAug SepOctNovDec
1993     10
5.0
7.0
7.0
10
8.0
5.0
8.0
3.0
8.0
11
8.0
6.0
4.0
9.0
9.0
7.0
4.0
22
20
16
6.0
36
12
2.0
1.0
1.0
9.0
7.0
1994 11 1.0 0
0
6.0
10
5.0
13
11
6.0
21
3.0
3.0
4.0
11
5.0
9.0
5.0
13
3.0
11
4.0
10
17
2.0
    6 5
1995 3 6 6   10 7 5
7
10