Monitoring
The Siuslaw Watershed Council facilitates a wide variety of monitoring projects in the basin. Two of the current projects include:
Siuslaw Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring Program
Once a month, trained volunteers collect and process surface water samples from sites throughout the watershed. The data obtained in the Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring Program (VWQMP) is baseline data. Baseline data helps water quality professionals build an understanding of the “health status” of river. Data collected in the VWQMP is not used to locate or penalize polluters. We currently measure the following water quality parameters: clarity; salinity (in the estuary); dissolved oxygen; turbidity; bacteria; temperature; and weather conditions at eight sites within the Siuslaw Watershed.
Volunteers Wanted:
We are looking for volunteers in the Blachly/Triangle Lake areas to participate in our monthly water quality sampling. Please contact Mike at monitoring@siuslaw.org for more information.
Click on the map to see water quality data for each sampling site:
View Siuslaw Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring Program in a larger map
VWQMP Questions? Contact Mike Sovinski,
monitoring@siuslaw.org
Nutrient Criteria Development Study
A study of aquatic nutrients and algae communities was compared between Karnowsky and Hoffman Creeks, adjacent tributaries to the Siuslaw estuary. Project researchers Ralph Garano of Earth Design Consultants and Richard Kiesling of the USGS led the study to better understand the role of nutrients throughout a stream system, their impact on aquatic health, and how stream restoration may play a role in nutrient management.
Earth Design Consultants’ Nutrient Criteria Development Study Link
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