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			First Herring Brook Watershed Initiative

First Herring Brook : Cranberry Diversion Tributary, Scituate
    Drainage area: 0.44 square miles
    Weather Station: Old Oaken Bucket Pond, Scituate, MA
    Group: First Herring Brook Watershed Initiative
    Description: Site established in 2007 in order to determine amount of water bypassing the reservoirs, which could be used possibly augment streamflows during herring migration if re-connected to the system

Discharge Chart(s)

Depth Chart

Depth chart for First Herring Brook, Cranberry Diversion Tributary, Scituate8/8/2008 thru 5/8/2009

River Instream Flow Stewards (RIFLS) Chart
www.rifls.org, MA Riverways Program, www.massriverways.org

Flow Measurement Data

Stage/Depth (feet)	Discharge (cubic feet per second)	Measurement Date
0.72	0.23	04/24/2008
1.16	1.7	02/29/2008
1.16	1.7	02/29/2008
0.72	0.23	04/24/2008
0.63	0.03	08/05/2008
0.8	0.13	10/24/2008
0.95	0.89	05/08/2009
0.66	0.07	06/29/2007
0.65	0.1	07/11/2007
0.63	0.03	07/31/2007

For comments, suggestions, or new observations please contact: Margaret Kearns, Watershed Ecologist at Margaret.Kearns@state.ma.us

This project is funded in part by the Massachusetts Environmental Trust.