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Join us for the 2024 Alabama Water Watch Annual Meeting on Saturday, June 8 at the Kreher Preserve and Nature Center in Auburn, AL! Please refer to this page for details and updates.
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The message for World Water Day 2024 is “Water for Peace.” Every year, World Water Day, coordinated by United Nations-Water, raises awareness and inspires action by providing information and tools individuals can use to help tackle the ever-growing global water and sanitation crisis.
Continue reading “2024 World Water Day: Water for Peace”AWW Staffer Sydney Zinner was joined by AWWesome Volunteer Trainers Hana Berres, Anne Krichten and new Trainer Intern Dr. Cindy Tant at the Birmingham Zoo for a series of Water Chemistry, Bacteriological, and Stream Biomonitoring Trainings.
Since 2019, AWW has been working with the US Forest Service to build a network of citizen scientists to collect valuable water quality data from waterbodies in Alabama’s National Forests (NFALs). To date, volunteer monitors assisting with the project have submitted over 600 water data records from NFALs. You can learn more from the project’s StoryMap.
We are looking for our next cohort of volunteers who can continue the mission of this project and help expand it to new NFAL’s!
Continue reading “Monitor Water Quality on Alabama’s National Forests this Spring!”WE ARE CURRENTLY RECEIVING APPLICATIONS FOR THE AWW MONITOR ASSISTANCE PROGRAM!!
AWW Tiger Giving Project, Protect Alabama Waterways, Mini-grant Program is now called the AWW Monitor Assistance Program!
Application: https://auburn.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_daIXmygs0Vctd4O
If you are a certified AWW monitor and need some help to get started monitoring at an abandoned or new site, in the form of a water chemistry test kit, water chemistry reagents to refill an existing kit, bacteria supplies, or stream biomonitorign materials this mini-grant program is for you!
Please note: Funding is limited and demands are high for monitoring supplies among our volunteers. Please, only request materials if you are serious about your plans to monitor.