About a hundred people gathered at the AU Fisheries Pavilion on October 12th to celebrate the career and achievements of Dr. Bill Deutsch. After 26 years of service, Bill now works primarily for his one dozen-plus grandkids (its official - see below). The evening...
AWW water monitoring – it’s not rocket science, or is it?
The Earth System Science Center in Huntsville hosted AWW water quality workshops in September. Click photo above for more info
Alabama Water Watch continues its evolution
As a friend of AWW, you probably already know that hundreds of citizen monitors volunteer hundreds of hours each year in stewardship of streams, rivers, lakes, bays and bayous statewide (you may BE one of those monitors!). Volunteers that have been trained and...
AWW Data Makes Swimming at Your Favorite Water Hole Safer
Want to keep yourself and your loved ones from getting sick from exposure to contaminated water while recreating? Well, now, there’s an app for that! It’s called the SWIM Guide. Here's a description of the Swim Guide and how it came to be, source: www.theswimguide.org...
AWW Program Updates and Important Announcements Shared During the 2013 Annual Meeting
On May 10th, the 2013 AWW Annual Get-Together took place in Auburn, AL at the Louise Kreher Forest Ecology Preserve. The evening began with a lovely Social Hour during which old friends had a chance to catch up, and folks had a chance to start new water watch...
Alabama Water Watch Association Updates by Mike Kensler, President of the AWWA Board
The AWWA Board of Directors is small, but dedicated. One high priority of the Board is to broaden, deepen, and strengthen the Board by adding expertise and capacity - for example, adding legal, accounting, and fundraising capacities of the board while retaining...
And the Winners Are…
The following awards were presented to AWW Groups and Monitors at the 2013 AWW Get-Together on Friday, May 10th, 2013: 2013 River Basin Award: Chattahoochee Basin In late 2009 there was one AWW monitor testing two sites in the Chattahoochee watershed. Because of the...