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It looks like the AWW staff has been replaced by SIA, a Spider, Barn Owl, Fortune Teller, Bat, and Giraffe! The staff will return to the office November 1 🙂

4-H Students from Walker and Winston counties attended a water chemistry workshop in early October On October 10th, AWW Staff - Sergio Ruiz Cordova, Rachel McGuire, and Sydney Smith - traveled to the beautiful Camp McDowell in Nauvoo, AL to conduct a Water Chemistry...

The Mullen Award for Monitor of the Year recognizes the volunteer monitors who submitted the most water data records in the past year. The 2018 Mullen Award winner is Janne Debes who submitted a total of 97 records (76 chemistry, 21 bacteria)! Janne was first...

The Alabama Water Watch Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes an individual who has demonstrated outstanding service and accomplishment related to the protection and restoration of watersheds through water monitoring. This year, we are honored to recognize Jean Ann...

The Department of Biosystems Engineering hosts the Junior Tigers Camp each year, which is an opportunity for high school students to learn about water contamination, how to take water samples, and ways we can mitigate harmful pollutants. The camp, led by Biosystems...

4-H Alabama Water Watch is excited to be involved in the Baldwin County Master Environmental Education (MEE) Program for the 2018-2019 school year.  MEE is an outreach program that was created in 1995 by the Baldwin County Alabama Cooperative Extension Office. MEE...

Each year AWW recognizes the Volunteer Trainer who has conducted the most workshops throughout the year with the AWW Trainer of the Year Award. This past year's award recipient was Mimi Fearn who conducted 16 workshops in the previous year, bringing her overall total...

The AU Water Resources Center, along with the Donald E. Davis Arboretum, ACES Water Resources, the School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, the AU Museum of Natural History and Risk Management and Safety teamed with Birmingham Water Works up to host 100 Birmingham...

Fisheries and Aquaculture Camp: June 10-15, 2018 Rising 9th - 12th Grade The AU Fisheries and Aquaculture Camp is an educational (and fun-filled!) week-long experience where students get to explore natural resource careers through hands-on activities. Students go...

We would like to extend a huge "Thank You!" to everyone who attended the 2018 Alabama Water Watch Annual Meeting on Saturday, June 23! It was a great time for fellowship and to reconnect with everyone. If you weren't there, here's a quick recap of what you missed......

Please join us for the 2018 Alabama Water Watch Annual Meeting on Saturday, June 22, 2018 in Auburn. Read below for more details! On the morning of Friday, June 22nd, we will kayak  the Tallapoosa River with Off the Beaten Path Alabama, a local outdoor outfitter. In...

AWW Volunteer Trainer and long-time Lake Watch of Lake Martin member Judy Palfrey has been named Lake Martin's Outstanding Volunteer of the Year! To know Judy is to know contagious enthusiasm, passion, fantastic creativity, and an excitement for stewardship and...