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Massachusetts · Berkshires

Housatonic River
water quality.

Explore Housatonic River monitoring context from the Berkshires to the Connecticut border.

RoutePittsfield → SheffieldPublic sourceHousatonic Valley Association

What you can explore

Open the interactive Rivistry dashboard to view available measurements, station context, historical charts, reference lines, and recent weekly highlights for Housatonic River.

Open Housatonic River dashboard

Read the context

River measurements can vary with season, rainfall, temperature, flow, sampling location, and method. Rivistry presents them as evidence to understand and investigate—not as a standalone safety determination.

For the original monitoring information, visit Housatonic Valley Association.

River-specific context

A documented PCB legacy

The Housatonic has a well-documented history of PCB contamination associated with industrial activity in the Pittsfield area. That history remains relevant to sediment, fish, and restoration context.

Historical contaminant

PCBs contaminated water, sediment, riverbanks, floodplain, fish, and wildlife in the Housatonic River area.

Why context matters

Current Rivistry measurements should be read alongside the specific reach, sampling method, and official fish-consumption or restoration information.

Research source: Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection

Keep following changes

Weekly River Updates compare new observations with previous readings, recent baselines, trends, and applicable reference values.

See Weekly River Updates →