Water Quality Monitoring Volunteer Training

When: January 8, from 10AM- 12PM, rain delay date January 9

Where: Pioneer Park Picnic Area (See map below)

Questions or for more information contact Emma Walker, River Scientist, emma@sierrastreamsinstitute.org

We are looking for more volunteer monitors specifically for the Bear River. Learn more about our Bear River Monitoring Here.

Become a Water Monitoring Volunteer:

1. Fill out the form on sierrastreamsinstitute.org/volunteer/ or click here. 
2. Attend a monitoring training to learn how to use each of our monitoring devices and collect reliable data. 
3. Get out there!

Volunteer Responsibilities:

We have 10 monitoring sites along the Bear River. Volunteers work in pairs and typically monitor the same site each monitoring period. Volunteers commit 1 to 3 hours every other month, beginning in February of each year. Hours can vary depending on the location of their site. 

A typical monitoring day involves:

• Picking up supplies from the SSI office.
• Navigating to the monitoring site. 
• Collecting water chemistry data, including dissolved oxygen, conductivity, pH, and turbidity, as well as water samples, which are taken back to SSI’s lab and analyzed for nitrate (NO₃), orthophosphate (PO₄), total coliform, and E.coli bacteria.
• Returning supplies and samples to the SSI office.