Post on 16-Jul-2015
Suburban Cluster Sites
WTP
Stream monitoring
• Timing of stormflow
• Timing and amount of sediment disturbance
• Changes in water quality (storm and baseflow)
Discharge
Conductivity
Turbidity
Reduced Turbidity
YSI Data Loggers
2-probe: conductivity & turbidity
Multiprobe: O2, Cond, Turb, FDOMSeparate nitrate probe
Example deployment: hide the loggers in pipes and algae
Example deployment:Sediment erosion
Wissahickon
Sandy Run
Example deployment: Water level Abington Friends
Water level only
Example deployment:Water level Lower Merion
Water level only
Volunteer Training
• Meetings with watershed staff
• Reviewing forms and goals
• Designing an App to make data entry easier and provide citizen scientist more information
Monitoring App
Stream GIS and Site Map
Data Form
• Locate sites on map
• Enter data on forms
• View site photos
Future
• View data
• Crowdsource data collection
Example deploymentGeochemical loggers downstream of WTP