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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
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