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General Electric Co., Riverworks, Lynn Outfall To Saugus River (11NPSWRD_WQX-SAIR_MEQ81_GEC) site data in the Water Quality Portal

Data Provider: STORET (Learn more about Water Quality Portal Data Providers)

This facility industrial site, maintained by the National Park Service Water Resources Division (identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX), has the name "General Electric Co., Riverworks, Lynn Outfall To Saugus River" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-SAIR_MEQ81_GEC. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)01090001.

This site is located in Essex County County, Massachusetts at 42.4470310000 degrees latitude and -70.9691340000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "11NPSWRD_WQX-SAIR_MEQ81_GEC" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Organics, Other 1978 - 1978
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Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier 11NPSWRD_WQX
OrganizationFormalName National Park Service Water Resources Division
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-SAIR_MEQ81_GEC
MonitoringLocationName General Electric Co., Riverworks, Lynn Outfall To Saugus River
MonitoringLocationTypeName Facility Industrial
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Discharge Type: EFFLUENT, COOLING WATERS; Receiving Waters: SAUGUS RIVER; NPDES Permit #: MA0003905; State #: 346. General Electric Company, Riverworks manufactures industrial, marine, and aircraft turbine engines of both steam powered and internal combustion types. The plant is permitted for 27 cooling water discharges (only six were sampled for this survey) which could have a total discharge (with all outfalls operating) of about 100 MGD.
HUCEightDigitCode 01090001
LatitudeMeasure 42.4470310000
LongitudeMeasure -70.9691340000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Digital Map Source
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 25
CountyCode 009
ProviderName STORET