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, Steve, Larry, Don and John 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 locations and are
volunteer monitoring in 2008.
* Sentinel Openings! We're
looking for water volunteers.
Equipment and training provided. E-mail
us at the addresses below.
Free Training available in via new DVD! Email us
below for DVD details.
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.
Contact our WI Water Sentinel co-leaders at: Sierra1601@charter.net and maiinganpaw@hotmail.com
National Sierra Club - Clean Water: http://www.sierraclub.org/cleanwater
