During the Summer of 2016 nine locations along the Mohawk River in the Utica-Rome area were sampled for general water quality parameters and microbial indicators of fecal contaminations (E. coli and enterococci). When compared to the 2012 RWQC, microbial counts frequently exceeded the beach action value thresholds at sample locations in Utica, NY while violations in the Rome tailwater were less common. Microbial counts correlated well with rain events, demonstrating elevated microbial counts following rain events at sampling locations directly downstream of known CSO locations. At one sampling location in Utica, extremely high microbial counts were ultimately attributed to a broken sewer pipe which also appears to have impacted the water quality of other sample locations up 3.5 miles downstream. These microbial counts decreased significantly once the leaking pipe was identified and repaired on July 29th 2016. The performance indicators of reliability, resilience, and vulnerability were explored as a quantitative metric for communication of the frequency, duration, and severity of contamination events. Sampling locations in Rome had high reliability and resilience indicating infrequent, short-term elevated microbial counts compared to those in Utica which had frequent, long-term, contamination events well above the recreational thresholds.