Connecticut River at Glastonbury, Dock at Glastonbury Boat Launch

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Riverfront Park

Glastonbury , CT
Longitude/Latitude: -72.615918 / 41.710126

This site is located on the mainstream of the Connecticut River in Glastonbury, Connecticut. The Glastonbury Boat Launch at Riverfront Park opened in 2015 following the redevelopment of a former oil tank farm. The sampling is done at the end of a dock adjacent to the boat launch and is performed each Monday between 9:30 and 10:00 am. Sampling is performed by a Connecticut River Conservancy volunteer and the analysis is done by the local USGS agency.

Is It Clean?

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How Do I Get There?

From Hartford, take I-84 East and take Exit 55 to Route 2 East. Take Exit 8 for CT-94/Hebron Avenue, keep right and follow signs to Glastonbury Center. Turn right onto Main Street, take the first left onto Wells Street, and the Glastobury Boat Launch will be on your left.

This Site Is Monitored By:

Connecticut River Conservancy

http://www.ctriver.org/

Samples are collected weekly on Wednesday mornings by a CRC volunteer.

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Bacteria levels can increase due to rainfall and runoff, which can be reflected in river flow levels. This graph shows river flow levels for the past 21 days at the nearest U.S. Geological Survey stream gage. The gage is located at the foot of the Charter Oak Bridge in Hartford, Connecticut approximately 6 miles upstream of this monitoring site.