Linda Brock of Suwannee, Florida, down the Suwannee River at the Gulf of Mexico, got trained in Georgia Adopt-A-Stream (AAS) testing, both biological (E. coli) and chemical (pH, Dissolved Oxygen, etc.).
Georgia Adopt-A-Stream, Water Quality Testing Training 2024-09-14, John W. Saunders Memorial Park, Valdosta, Georgia
Heather Brasell of Alapaha, Georgia, near Sheboggy Boat Ramp on the Alapaha River at US 82, and Janet Massengale of Valdosta, Georgia, on the Withlacoochee River, got retrained, as is required once a year.
WWALS Water Quality Testing Trainer Gretchen Quarterman does this every so often,
as people sign up to get trained:
https://wwals.net/?p=47084
If you do get trained, please also come on board to test, weekly if you can,
or when you can.
https://wwals.net/issues/testing/
This training was at John W. Saunders Memorial Park in Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia.
The previous training, with eight trainees, was at Suwannee River State Park in Suwannee County, Florida.
We are aware that for water quality results in Florida to be legally actionable, they have to be run through a certified lab. But that is considerably more expensive than AAS methods, which let us find out when the rivers are clean and when they are not.
All pictures are by Gretchen Quarterman, except the one of Gretchen is by Heather Brasell.
-jsq, John S. Quarterman, Suwannee RIVERKEEPER®
You can help with clean, swimmable, fishable, drinkable, water in the 10,000-square-mile Suwannee River Basin in Florida and Georgia by becoming a WWALS member today!
https://wwals.net/donations/
Gretchen Quarterman, WWALS Water Quality Testing Trainer –Heather Brasell
Heather Brasell of Alapaha, Georgia, gets a sample from the bucket –Gretchen Quarterman
Linda Brock of Suwannee, Florida, with an analysis jar –Gretchen Quarterman
Janet Massengale of Valdosta, Georgia, carefully dripping alkaline –Gretchen Quarterman
Linda dripping, Janet sealing –Gretchen Quarterman
Heather examining pH –Gretchen Quarterman
Settling out –Gretchen Quarterman
Janet drawing a precise amount –Gretchen Quarterman
Heather dripping into solution –Gretchen Quarterman
Linda, Janet, Heather –Gretchen Quarterman
Interesting color –Gretchen Quarterman
Janet checking the amount –Gretchen Quarterman
Movie: Eight drops (45M) –Gretchen Quarterman
And purple color –Gretchen Quarterman
Linda, Janet, Heather noting results –Gretchen Quarterman
Pavilion 3, John Saunders Park, Valdosta, Georgia –Gretchen Quarterman
-jsq, John S. Quarterman, Suwannee RIVERKEEPER®
You can help with clean, swimmable, fishable, drinkable, water in the 10,000-square-mile Suwannee River Basin in Florida and Georgia by becoming a WWALS member today!
https://wwals.net/donations/