TABLE 3.
River Input Monitoring Program Data Collection Sites, With Information About Drainage Area, Land Use, and Wastewater Discharges (U.S. Geological Survey, 2010, http://va.water.usgs.gov/chesbay/RIMP/generalinfo.html).
| Land Use (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Station Name | Upstream Land Surface Area (km2) | Urban | Agricultural | Forested | Other | Major Upstream Wastewater Discharges (m3/day) |
| Susquehanna River near Conowingo, Maryland | 70,200 | 2 | 29 | 67 | 2 | 1,650,000 |
| Potomac River at Chain Bridge, Washington, D.C. | 30,000 | 3 | 35 | 61 | 1 | 477,000 |
| James River at Cartersville, Virginia | 16,200 | 1 | 16 | 80 | 3 | 338,000 |
| Rappahannock River near Fredericksburg, Virginia | 4,130 | 1 | 36 | 61 | 2 | 17,800 |
| Appomattox River at Matoaca, Virginia | 3,480 | 1 | 20 | 72 | 7 | 4,200 |
| Pamunkey River near Hanover, Virginia | 2,790 | 1 | 24 | 68 | 7 | 18,900 |
| Mattaponi near Beulahville, Virginia | 1,560 | 1 | 19 | 69 | 11 | 400 |
| Patuxent River at Bowie, Maryland | 901 | 13 | 41 | 38 | 8 | 114,000 |
| Choptank River near Greensboro, Maryland | 293 | 1 | 50 | 29 | 20 | 0.0 |
Land-use data from Vogelmann et al. (1998).