We had a great turnout this Saturday at the University of Montevallo's Water Chemistry Workshop. We had nearly 30 students and we only expected 20! WOW! AWW Citizen Trainer Flo Peters was assisted by recent UM graduate, Ryan Ahrendt in teaching Water Chemistry...
Meet Our New Volunteer Coordinator, Sydney Smith!
Sydney Smith officially began her role as AWW Volunteer Monitor Coordinator in July 2017. Her primary role is to provide support to our volunteer monitors and trainers. She accomplishes this by conducting and coordinating training workshops, processing water data,...
There’s an App for That!
The Official Alabama Water Watch App is here! Our app is FREE and available for download on Google Play and the Apple Store. The AWW App was made possible through the Auburn University Water Resources Center, Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, and the Alabama...
New Online Data Entry!
On AWW data and water monitoring data entry … The AWW database is closing in on 90,000 water monitoring data records and with all of that data comes a need for efficient data management! Since 2002, the majority of water data has been submitted electronically by...
A Message From the Director
Dear AWW Family, It is with a heavy heart that I write to you, but a heart filled with gratitude and purpose. As of October 1, I retired from Auburn University after 29 years of service. After hobbling around for a couple of months this past spring, I was diagnosed...
Whitney Henson, AWW Trainer & Monitor Extraordinaire!
Whitney Henson first started monitoring with AWW in 2014 and became a dedicated citizen volunteer trainer just a year later. She has since graduated from Jacksonville State University with a Bachelors in Geography in 2015 and Masters in Emergency Management in 2017,...
Fish Kills and Contaminated Fish Consumption
Below are a couple of updates relative to 1) reporting fish kills, and 2) advising on consumption of contaminated fish. Reporting Fish Kills: Please help the good folks in the Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries Division of DCNR (Department of Conservation and Natural...