The Official Blog of Alabama Water Watch
By Jera Dills
In early May, Mona, Sergio, and Jera, accompanied by Jonathan Kelly with Wild Alabama, drove up to the Oakmulgee National Forest to meet with a diverse group interested in becoming bacteria and water chemistry monitors! Each attendee offered an interesting perspective on their journey to wanting to become volunteer water monitors exemplifying how watershed stewardship is an all-encompassing effort.
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.
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AWW Staffers Mona, Sergio, Sydney, and Jera kicked the new year off strong by completing the first training session of 2024 in early February! We were very excited to have a diverse gathering of Extension and 4-H Agents, college professors and students from Huntingdon College, Faulkner University, and Auburn University at Montgomery, members of the newly formed Friends of the Alabama River, Lake Jordan HOBOs, and many others who cohesively shared a goal to protect Alabama’s waterways through routine monitoring.
