How Clean is the Water? Water Quality Monitoring
Dog River Clearwater Revival started its water quality
monitoring program in January of 1999 under the auspices of Alabama Water
Watch. Since that time, almost 2000 samples have been recorded.
Many different sites have come and gone, and currently we have only 5 truly active sites. They are located on Eslava Creek at McVay, Spring Creek at Halls Mill Road, Bolton Branch at Navco, Montlimar Canal at Azalea, and Moore Creek at Halls Mill. We have two well established sites in need of new monitors. Those are Dog River at the Alba Club and Halls Mill Creek at Halls Mill Road. Ideally, we also need a dedicated monitor on Rabbit Creek preferably upstream of the Rangeline Road bridge.
To be an Alabama Water Watch monitor you must attend a 6 hour training session and commit to monitor your site at least once a month on a regular schedule. After the first year, you must be recertified as part of Alabama Water Watch’s quality control plan. After that, recertification is required every two years.
If you would like to see the data that has been collected over the years by our group, go to the AWW website at http://www.aces.edu/dept/fisheries/aww/aww/ click on AWW Data, choose Groups, then Group Histories, select Watershed as Mobile, then select group as Dog River Clearwater Revival. After that you can select any of our sites, including inactive ones, as well as view a graph of each basic chemical parameter measured.
If you think water monitoring is something you would like to commit to do for several years, please email Mimi at mfearn@usouthal.edu to set up a training session.
Many different sites have come and gone, and currently we have only 5 truly active sites. They are located on Eslava Creek at McVay, Spring Creek at Halls Mill Road, Bolton Branch at Navco, Montlimar Canal at Azalea, and Moore Creek at Halls Mill. We have two well established sites in need of new monitors. Those are Dog River at the Alba Club and Halls Mill Creek at Halls Mill Road. Ideally, we also need a dedicated monitor on Rabbit Creek preferably upstream of the Rangeline Road bridge.
To be an Alabama Water Watch monitor you must attend a 6 hour training session and commit to monitor your site at least once a month on a regular schedule. After the first year, you must be recertified as part of Alabama Water Watch’s quality control plan. After that, recertification is required every two years.
If you would like to see the data that has been collected over the years by our group, go to the AWW website at http://www.aces.edu/dept/fisheries/aww/aww/ click on AWW Data, choose Groups, then Group Histories, select Watershed as Mobile, then select group as Dog River Clearwater Revival. After that you can select any of our sites, including inactive ones, as well as view a graph of each basic chemical parameter measured.
If you think water monitoring is something you would like to commit to do for several years, please email Mimi at mfearn@usouthal.edu to set up a training session.
