Alabama Water Watch Will Conduct Classes
In Blount County
This class will be on "Water Chemistry Monitoring", focusing on the physical and chemical features of water. The water quality parameters are pH, temperature, total alkalinity, total hardness, dissolved oxygen, and turbidity
Saturday, April 24, 2010
9:00 A.M. - 3:00 P.M.
Rosa Town Hall
35 Waterton Drive
Oneonta, AL 35212
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Lunch will be provided
The class will begin at 9:00 am at Rosa Town Hall where there will be a lecture/demonstration.
The class will then move to a creek-side site where everyone will have an opportunity to do hands-on testing with the equipment.
We will move back to Rosa Town Hall for analysis.
Registration is required and is available at the Alabama Water Watch Web site. Click on 'workshop registration', Click the box on the line with 'Oneonta', then click 'continue workshop registration'. A form will allow you to enter your name and information. Click 'submit workshop registration'.
or
contact Leigh Lynn (205) 951-5194
email: Leigh_Lynn@bellsouth.net
Water testing is done at a particular site once a month. This supplies data on a long term basis that is available to the public. There are currently 7 places around the Rosa mine site that have been monitored, some for many years.
View existing data of sites surrounding the mine
Alabama Water Watch (AWW) educates citizens about water issues in Alabama and the world. It promotes citizen volunteer water monitoring and personal involvement in watershed stewardship through environmental education, protection and advocacy. The program offers training sessions to citizens of Alabama on how to monitor and evaluate physical, chemical and biological features of water. In addition they provides a wide range of services including compilation, maintenance and interpretation of data.
The non-profit Alabama Water Watch is a statewide program begun in 1992 dedicated to developing citizen volunteer monitoring of Alabama's lakes, streams and coasts. It is funded, in part, by the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM), and is coordinated through Auburn University's Department of Fisheries and Allied Aquacultures, and the International Center for Aquaculture and Aquatic Environments.
Under the leadership of Dr. Bill Deutsch, AWW Program Director, thousands of Alabamians have been trained and certified in water quality monitoring, from the Tennessee Valley to the Gulf of Mexico. AWW-trained citizen volunteers monitor their local waters, educate communities on how to better utilize and preserve water resources, and actively take part in shaping water-management policy throughout Alabama.