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Citizen Science: Volunteer Water Quality Monitor in DC Training 1
April 3, 2019 @ 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Anacostia Riverkeeper, funded by DOEE and working with multiple partner organizations (Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay, Audobon Naturalist Society, Potomac Riverkeeper Network, Rock Creek Conservancy), will be conducting District-wide weekly water sampling to inform the public about up-to-date water quality health as well as help inform long-term policy decisions about D.C. waterways.
Volunteers will be collecting water quality samples from 22 sites in D.C. on the Potomac and Anacostia Rivers, as well as Rock Creek. Each site will be sampled for bacteria, pH, and turbidity and then analyzed in the Anacostia Riverkeeper lab. Do not worry if these terms are unfamiliar: all will be taught in the training! We need your help to sample these sites weekly throughout the summer! Sampling is done Wednesday and/or Thursday mornings. All data goes online 24-hours later after the samples are analyzed.
All interested volunteers are required to attend one training session that is from 2-3 hours. There will be three training days, the first is April 3rd from 10:00 AM-2:00 PM at the Earth Conservation Corps and the second April 10th from 10:00 AM- 2:00 PM at the Audobon Woodend Sanctuary. Please respond to this event with name and email to confirm attendance to the training.
For more information or to register, visit HERE
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