Alabama Water Watch A Citizen Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring Program William Deutsch [[e-mail]]

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Alabama Water WatchA Citizen VolunteerWater
Quality Monitoring ProgramWilliam Deutsch
deutswg_at_auburn.edu

• Began 1992
• EPA/ADEM Grants

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Alabama Water Watch

• EPA-approved QA
• Custom Training
• Online Database

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A program dedicated to developing Citizen
Volunteer Water Monitoring of Alabama's lakes,
streams and coasts
The Flow of Alabama Water Watch
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Data Forms vs. Active Groupsby Fiscal Year
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Active GroupsOct 04 Sept 05
Oct 2004 Sept 2005 548 people trained 68
Citizen Groups (7 new) 615 Active
Monitors Cumulatively 1993-2005 1,800 Sites
Monitored on 650 Waterbodies 34,000 water
chemistry and 7,000 bacteriological data records
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Quality Assured Data
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Alabama Water Watch Data-to-Action Strategies

• Environmental Education
• Restoration
• Advocacy
• Spread

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Internet Access to AWW DataGIS Mapping
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Internet Access to AWW Data2-parameter graphs
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Internet Access to AWW Datastatistical analyses
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Recent visits to the AWW website