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World Water Monitoring Day™ is an international education and outreach program that builds public awareness and involvement in protecting water resources around the world by engaging citizens to conduct basic monitoring of their local water bodies.
Celebrate with us on September 18, or host your World Water Monitoring Day anytime from March 22 until December 31! Read more.
On Location...Madison, WI United States
On Friday, May 8, 2009, nine 4th grade girls from Girl Scout Troop 871 surveyed the creek that edges along their school, Henry David Thoreau Elementary. The creek leads into Lake Wingra, a small lake nearby that has lots of visible algae in it during the summer months. The creek is fun to play in when it is nice outside. The kids were curious about their creek. Is it a healthy creek? Is it contributing to the weeds in Lake Wingra?
The girls and their leaders surveyed the creek using monitoring equipment supplied by the World Water Monitoring Day program. They sampled two sites, one just behind the school yard, and the other a half mile away, closer to the lake. Surveys at both sites included temperature measurements, pH, dissolved oxygen content, and turbidity. Read more or submit a story!