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Below Wastewater Treatment Plant (TAOSPBLO_WQX-RPRM05) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This river/stream site, maintained by the Pueblo of Taos (identifier TAOSPBLO_WQX), has the name "Below Wastewater Treatment Plant" and has the identifier TAOSPBLO_WQX-RPRM05. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)13020101.

This site is located in Taos County County, New Mexico at 36.3793305600 degrees latitude and -105.6672916700 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 6652 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 "TAOSPBLO_WQX-RPRM05" 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*
Biological, Counts 2006 - 2012
Microbiological 2005 - 2023
Nutrient 2007 - 2023
Physical 2005 - 2024
*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 TAOSPBLO_WQX
OrganizationFormalName Pueblo of Taos
MonitoringLocationIdentifier TAOSPBLO_WQX-RPRM05
MonitoringLocationName Below Wastewater Treatment Plant
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText 520 yards below Town of Taos WWTF outfall. Located at the USGS gauge station #08276300, Rio Pueblo de Taos below Los Cordovas, NM
HUCEightDigitCode 13020101
LatitudeMeasure 36.3793305600
LongitudeMeasure -105.6672916700
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 6652
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Other
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAVD88
CountryCode US
StateCode 35
CountyCode 055
ProviderName STORET