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Check out this informative and insightful article, Origin of the Alabama Water Resources Paradigm: How Did We Get Here?, in the latest issue of The WAVE (Summer 2014), the official publication of the Alabama Water Environment Association (AWEA). The article, written...

Check out this article featured in the latest issue of Alabama's Treasured Forests, co-authored by By David Dyson, USDA Forest Service; Tara Muenz, Georgia Adopt-A-Stream; and Eric Reutebuch, Alabama Water Watch: Forest Management & Stream Water Quality  (or go...

The AU Water Resources Center and AWW in partnership with the Alabama Cooperative Extension System and the AU College of Agriculture recently held the 2014 Tallapoosa Basin Conference (TBC). The TBC was initiated back in 2005 as part of a large, multi-disciplinary...

Dr. Bill Deutsch, AWWA Board of Directors The Alabama Water Watch Association (AWWA) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that works to support the goals of the AWW Program.  In the coming months we will be introducing you to our Board of Directors and helping you...

Cliff Webber, long-time Save Our Saugahatchee water monitor, board member and former President was honored recently by receiving the 2013 W. Kelly Mosley Award: ww.aces.edu/natural-resources/mosley He joins several other Alabama Water Watchers – Mary Lou Smith (SOS),...

Read about the revived water quality monitoring efforts of a dedicated troop of citizen volunteer monitors empowered by AWW to monitor the waters of Alabama’s Treasured Lake, led by Lake Watch Technical Coordinator and AWW-certified trainer, Ann Campbell. Click here...

Auburn water researchers using bees to help Kenya with nutrition, income and river protection (source: Auburn Daily, 3/4/2014) In Kenya, traditional cultures place a high value on honey and related products of the beehive. In the past it was part of the dowry or...

Those of you who are familiar with the Alabama Water Watch (AWW) Program probably know that we went through a rough patch the past few years (as did many other volunteer-based organizations, NGOs, as well as state and federal agencies). Funding from grants has been...

by Bill Deutsch January 29, 2014…OK, so I procrastinated in my monthly monitoring of Hodnett and Saugahatchee Creeks in Lee County (Tallapoosa River Watershed).  Because the last day of the month was not an option, I was left with three choices: a) sample today with...

AWW traveled to north Alabama last November to conduct water monitor trainings in the Clear Creek Watershed, thanks to a grant from Patagonia. The grant was secured in early 2013 to build grassroots capacity in monitoring and watershed stewardship activities in the...

The AU Ecological Engineering class (BSEN 5510/6510), taught by Dr. Puneet Shrivastava, met with Eric Reutebuch and Cliff Webber last November to learn about Alabama Water Watch(AWW) and to examine a local stream using the AWW Water Chemistry Monitoring and Stream...

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...