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...
Updates on bacteria monitoring from ADEM and AWW
Water Watchers, I hope that all are having an enjoyable summer, and have time to recreate on and in our world-class waters here in Alabama. Below are a couple of updates relative to bacterial contamination of our surface waters, and our AWW bacteriological data entry...
AU’s Coast Guard Auxiliary begins Watching Auburn’s Water
Last fall, Alabama Water Watch (AWW) was contacted by Flotilla Commander Jake Shaw, Director of the Coast Guard Auxiliary (CGA) at Auburn University. Commander Shaw, and the AU CGA cadets were interested in AWW and how water monitoring might mesh with their mission to...
2017 AWW Awards
2017 Alabama Water Watch Awards Several individuals and groups were recognized during the AWW 25th Anniversary Celebration. Mullen Award Recipient: Mark Butler The “Monitor of the Year” award for the monitor who has submitted the most data records in the past...
AWW 25th Anniversary Celebration Highlights
Who could have imagined back in the early days of AWW how far-reaching the program's impacts would be 25 years later. Read about some of AWW’s impressive achievements in Eric’s recent AWWareness Article: AWW Celebrates 25 Years of Watching the Water. Over the weekend...
Canoeing and Celebrating on the Cahaba
On May 19th, to kick off a fun-filled weekend of celebrating 25 years of “Loving Our Downstream Neighbor”, several AWW monitors and staff floated a short stretch of the Cahaba River on the Living River Retreat property. Along the way we found snakes, turtles, and...