Water Quality Volunteers Needed
Four Rivers Watershed Watch is organizing volunteer teams to collect samples for water quality analyses and to conduct annual environmental surveys from the streams and rivers in our area.
OUR GOAL: Cooperation among citizens, educators, and agencies to keep our waterways clean and to notify government agencies where specific sites are in need of further investigation.
Four Rivers Watershed Watch has collected nine years of data, and this will be our tenth year of involvement with the statewide effort sponsored by the Kentucky Division of Water (DOW) and other agencies. Sampling will begin in May and we offer orientation and training starting in April for those of you interested in participating in our efforts to keep our vital resource clean in Kentucky.
WHAT ARE WE ASKING YOU TO DO?
1. Attend one orientation workshop where your team and site will be selected
2. Attend one field workshop for habitat and bioassessment training
3. Collect data and samples in May, July and September
- Water chemistry, bioassessment and habitat assessment at your site
- Deliver water samples to runners for laboratory analyses
See the Schedule of Events on the left for dates/times/locations
Telephone or email Jo Ann Palmer or use online REGISTRATION
HOW MUCH WILL IT COST?
There is no charge for participating. However, to prevent contamination of the water samples in order to provide accurate results, we do request that each sampling team provide a cooler with ice to preserve the samples while in your possession.
WHO WE ARE
PROJECT SPONSORS
STATEWIDE SPONSORS
For sponsorship information, E-mail Jo Ann Palmer