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Clean Water
- What could be more important than clean water?
We have a Water Monitoring Program in WI
at the Coulee Region Group near La Crosse. Danny, Rick and
four others have been trained in our area under the WAV (Water
Action Volunteers) program via the UW-Ext system. We are the
WI Water Sentinels (a program under the National Sierra Club)
as the first group in Wisconsin and have water equipment and
supplies for our volunteers.
We have identified new monitoring
locations for 2009. Free Training available in via new DVD!
E-mail us for DVD
details.
- Sentinel
Openings. We're looking for water monitoring volunteers
Equipment and training provided.
E-mail us to
volunteer.
We have equipment for our volunteers and will do training as
needed. HACH equipment is easy to use and accurate - our
primary choice. We are measuring 6 different items for WAV
and now 6 more tests for Water Sentinels on our local streams
and rivers. We have Phosphate, Nitrate and Dissolved Oxygen
kits. We are also paying for some Ecoli tests for human and
animal waste bacteria testing.
We do seasonal monthly tests and
reports. We'd like to do more as new areas and volunteers
become interested.
Want to get
involved?
We are always collecting names for Water
Monitor Volunteers. We have river/creek maps and are looking
to spread out in our area and help train future WI groups as
they get interested. If you live near a stream or creek and
will make every effort to commit to a year of water monitoring
support - we'd love to have you. Once approved, we will train
you and supply you with testing equipment, paperwork, long
term help and additional volunteers. We'd like 2 separate
individuals per site - a primary and backup so that training
can continue seamlessly as time passes. :)
This is important baseline work and data
can be entered into several sites including WAV and at our
National Database system. Another database is being designed
in Missouri and our leaders are meeting other states to learn
more from existing setups and ready to apply for a QAPP EPA
standardization.
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Our
local group meetings are posted in our newsletter and held in
downtown La Crosse, WI.
