NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document
Metals in Hudson and East Rivers and Rector St,. Runoff (mg/L)
Hudson Rector St. Rector St.
River East Runoff Runoff Runoff
3ackgroun Hudson Hudson Hudson River (Rector % GW Runoff %GW Midtown Nev/town
d (GW River River River (South St) Bridge (Rector St.) Bridge Pumping Creek STP
Metal Bridge) North WTC West WTC South WTC St) 09/14/01 Backgroud 09/20/01 Backgroud Station Effluent
Silver ND ND ND ND ND 30 10 ND 7.2 ND
Aluminum 410 240 ND ND 420 640,000 156,098 1,500 ' 366 300 ND
Arsenic ND ND ND ND ND 140 3,500 19 475 ND ND
Barium 23 18 17 17 19 8,600 37,391 60 261 38 27
Beryllium ND ND ND ND ND 78 78,250 ND ND ND
Calcium 260,000 290,000 280,000 290,000 270,000 5,500,000 2,115 240,000 92 64,000 35, 000
Cadmium ND ND ND ND ND 180 9,000 ND ND ND
Cobalt ND ND ND ND ND 160 160,000 ND ND ND
Chromium ND ND ND ND ND 3,000 100,000 23 7 67 ND ND
Copper ND ND ND ND ND 4,000 8,000 29 116 46 41
Iron 390 230 200 200 440 320,000 8,205 1, 500 385 730 540
Potassium 260,000 300,000 300,000 310,000 290,000 100,000 33 6,200 2 47,000 25,000
Magnesium 860,000 820,000 960,000 990,000 940, 000 990,000 0.33 8, 400 1 130,000 61,000
Manganese 56 40 40 32 S6 32,000 57,143 53 95 100 74
Sodium 7,200,000 8,300,000 8,300,000 8,500,000 8,000,000 100,000 1 9,500 0 1,100,000 530,000
Nickel ND ND ND ND ND 910 36, 400 8 300 ND ND
Lead ND ND ND ND ND 5,200 29,714 31 177 8 ND
Selentum ND ND ND ND ND 56 1,600 ND ND ND
Ant imorty ND ND ND ND ND 470 6,714 34 486 ND ND
Thallium ND ND ND ND ND 100 1,000 ND ND N
Vanadium ND ND ND ND ND 790 15,BOO ND ND ND
Zinc ND ND ND ND ND 49, 000 24,500 150 3,000 94 80
Mercury ND ND ND ND ND 9 9,000 ND ND ND
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Detected (ND)
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