Adopt-A-Stream

Adopt-A-Stream

Adopt-A-Stream is a volunteer water quality monitoring program that increases awareness about water quality issues and collects baseline water quality data. Individuals, schools, homeowners, and civic organizations can participate by attending or scheduling a workshop.

Types of volunteer training offered: 

• Chemical/Physical – Collecting basic data and analyzing water samples to determine stream health.
• Macroinvertebrate – Capturing and identifying aquatic organism to understand water quality and habitat.
• Bacterial – Collecting and counting E. Coli counts to indicate potential health hazards.
• Watershed assessments – Learn what is in your watershed that may affect the quality of your stream.