Water Quality Testing, Troupville Boat Ramp 2019-01-06

You can learn how to do water quality testing, and help WWALS test our waters. We have Florida training coming up this Monday, January 21, 2019, at noon, at Suwannee River State Park. We’ll be scheduling another Georgia training soon.

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Here is Sara Jay testing Little River water at Troupville Boat Ramp, Sunday, January 6, 2019.

[Continue titrating with Sodium Thiosulfate ONE DROP AT A TIME, swirling thoroughly after each drop,]
Continue titrating with Sodium Thiosulfate ONE DROP AT A TIME, swirling thoroughly after each drop,

Pictures of the whole test procedure are on the WWALS website, following the Georgia Adopt-A-Stream Field Directions for Chemical Monitoring Freshwater.

[A. Collect two replicate samples to ensure precision]
A. Collect two replicate samples to ensure precision

Except bacterial testing; we will follow up on that in a separate post.

Here are Sara’s test results from that day.

[Chemical Form]
Chemical Form
That’s the Georgia Adopt-A-Stream Chemical Form.

Also stay tuned for the return of the Withlacoochee and Little River Water Trail (WLRWT) signs.

[Posthole location]
Posthole location

 -jsq, John S. Quarterman, Suwannee RIVERKEEPER®

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