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Ojo de Agua, Arecibo (PREQB_GW-OJO DE AGUA) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This well site, maintained by the Puerto Rico Environmental Quality Board (Ground Water) (identifier PREQB_GW), has the name "Ojo de Agua, Arecibo" and has the identifier PREQB_GW-OJO DE AGUA. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)21010002.

This site is located in Arecibo Municipio County, Puerto Rico at 18.3933333 degrees latitude and -66.6897222 degrees longitude using the datum UNKWN. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 0 ft No vertical location accuracy metadata is available.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "PREQB_GW-OJO DE AGUA" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

What other monitoring locations are upstream or downstream from this one?

Upstream and downstream locations

This map shows all Water Quality Portal stations that are 10 miles upstream (dashed dark blue) and 10 miles downstream (solid light blue) of this monitoring location (indicated by the large blue circle). The upstream and downstream functionality is provided by the Network Linked Data Index.

When were data collected at this location?

Periods of record for data characteristic groups

For a more detailed breakdown of data, go to the Monitoring Report at the EPA How's My Waterway Application
Characteristic Group Date Range*
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1999 - 2003
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2002 - 2003
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1999 - 2003
Microbiological 2003 - 2004
Nutrient 1999 - 2002
Organics, Other 1999 - 2003
Organics, Pesticide 1999 - 2003
Physical 1999 - 2003
*Date ranges may contain gap years

What other information is available for this location?

Detailed Metadata

For the definitions of the metadata elements, please go to the Water Quality Portal user guide

Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier PREQB_GW
OrganizationFormalName Puerto Rico Environmental Quality Board (Ground Water)
MonitoringLocationIdentifier PREQB_GW-OJO DE AGUA
MonitoringLocationName Ojo de Agua, Arecibo
MonitoringLocationTypeName Well
HUCEightDigitCode 21010002
LatitudeMeasure 18.3933333
LongitudeMeasure -66.6897222
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 0
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName Unknown
CountryCode US
StateCode 72
CountyCode 013
ProviderName STORET