On Saturday, December 10th, 2011 a group of enthusiastic citizens braved the chilly but beautiful Saugahatchee Creek to learn how benthic macroinvertebrates or “aquatic bugs” can tell us a great deal about water quality. The type of water monitoring...
Five years of bacteria ‘blitzing’ makes Auburn-area a cleaner place to live
Area volunteer monitoring groups began collaborative watershed-level water monitoring in the Saugahatchee and Chewacla watersheds in and around Auburn, Alabama back in 2007. Members of Save Our Saugahatchee (SOS) and Friends of Chewacla Creek and the Uphapee Watershed...
Huntsville water monitoring workshop – one of largest ever!
A group of dedicated area residents dipped tubes and collection bottles into the Indian Creek Canal in downtown Huntsville to test an array of water chemistry parameters on November 19th 2011 (click here for Huntsville Time blog article). Trainers from Alabama Water...
Taking AWW to the Next Generation
In November, AWW Program Staff dove into somewhat uncharted AWW territory with the first unofficial Young Water Watchers (YWW) workshop. For some time, AWW has been working to develop a way for younger individuals to take part in water quality monitoring, but because...
Volunteer monitors have Smith Lake covered at 2011 ‘State of the Lake Address’
Over 50 area residents gathered at the Dodge City Restaurant on the east side of Smith Lake on October 29th for the 15th Annual State of the Lake Address. Staff from Alabama Water Watch (AWW) have been invited to the lake by the Smith Lake Environmental Preservation...
Logan Martin Water Watchers document successful resolution of bacteria contamination
Logan Martin Lake Protection Association (LMLPA) gathered in October 2011 for their annual meeting at the Pell City Civic Center on the Cropwell Embayment of Lake Logan Martin. LMLPA volunteer water monitor have been testing sites on the lake and its tributaries since...
AWW curriculum brings water science to life at Bessemer Academy
Several years ago, Trina Ludvik was among the charter class of environmental educators who were certified in the Exploring Alabama’s Living Streams (EALS) curriculum. The curriculum was developed by Alabama Water Watch (AWW) and the AU Department of Curriculum...