SRWW is primarily a “synoptic” program that samples streams across the Salt River Basin three times a year. Each time the volunteers measure pH, dissolved oxygen, temperature, and conductivity and record information about recent rainfall and stream flow. Once a year the volunteers assess biological diversity and habitat quality and record information about the physical condition of the stream.

 

The parameters tested by our partner laboratories in samples collected at the three synoptic sampling events are:

Spring (agricultural treatments): Herbicides and Pesticides

Summer (recreation season): Bacteria (fecal coliform and/or e. coli)

Fall (Low Flow): nutrients, turbidity, etc

 

Information about SRWW’s volunteers and the locations of their sampling sites is maintained in databases managed by the Water Watch program of the Kentucky Division of Water.

 

Information that volunteers collect at sampling sites are maintained by the Water Watch program as documents. Laboratory reports on samples collected during the synoptic events are MS Excel files maintained by SRWW. The files on laboratory results available on this page are DRAFT; they have not been analyzed for quality assurance purposes.

 

1998-2001 Synoptic Sampling Results

1998-2001 summary

 

2002 Synoptic Sampling Results

02herbpest

02bac

02lowflow

 

2003 Synoptic Sampling Results

03herbpest

03bac

03lowflow

 

2004 Synoptic Sampling Results

04herbpest

04bac

04lowflow

 

2005 Synoptic Sampling Results

05allevents

 

2006 Synoptic Sampling Results

06lowflow

 

2007 Synoptic Sampling Results

07herbpest

07bac

07lowflow