GMR Citizens’ Water Quality Monitoring

2010 data sharing

28 Feb. 2011

From Idea to ProgramA collaborative effort from the beginning

Mapping Out Our Work

A Call to Action

Equipment and Funding

Getting Out There

upstream

downstream

right bankleft bank

Going to the Next Level

• Level 2 Credible Data lab with OEPA• QUAP—Quality Assurance Program • QHEIs / QHEI training

Data!• Nitrates—excess from row crops• Total Phosphorous—excess from WWTP,

row crops soil erosion.• pH—elevated by algal photosynthesis• Conductivity—elevated by WWTPs & septic

systems• Turbidity-elevated by runoff erosion from

row crops and construction sites.• Fecal Coliforms—elevated by human and

animal feces.

Total Phosphorus

Registering samples

Turbidity

Nitrate