Since its beginnings in 1992 under Dr. Bill Deutsch, Alabama Water Watch (AWW) has worked with phenomenal volunteers throughout the state who have given of their time, talents and treasure to further AWW’s mission of improving both water quality and water policy...
Sydney Smith, AWW trainer & monitor extraordinaire!
Sydney Smith is a welcome addition to the AWW family as both a monitor and a trainer. She started monitoring a couple of years back while pursuing her studies, a Bachelor's degree in Environmental Science at Auburn University. She quickly pursued becoming an AWW...
AWW Infographic 2.0
You may recall our previous AWWareness blog article, AWWsome Infographic! . We were thrilled to receive an all-time record number of responses to the post, requesting use of the beautiful infographic that Miss Jennie Powers created as an AU class project. Folks from...
AWWsome Infographic!
AWW has been blessed with some fabulous folks over the years who have given of their time, talent and treasure to the betterment of the Program. Here is a recent example. We here at the AWW office were asked recently about what we’d like to have done in the form of an...
Memoirs of a Water Monitor
Last month's issue of Lake Magazine featured a wonderful story by a long-time AWW monitor about her personal experiences of monitoring on Lake Martin over the past two decades, and why it is important to keep it up. Kathryn Braund, volunteer water monitor and Lake...
AWW emerges on solid ground
After weathering a challenging year, AWW is sitting on solid ground, thanks to a visionary new director, dedicated AWW staff, dedicated volunteer trainers and hundreds of dedicated volunteer water monitors throughout the state. In 2015, our aging AWW in-house and...
Smith Lake folks enthusiastic about lake stewardship!
AWW Director, Eric Reutebuch, had the pleasure and the privilege of presenting the 2016 'Smith State of the Lake Address' to a packed house at the Smith Lake Civic Association Building near Jasper, AL last week. Eric was thrilled to see such a large, enthusiastic...