Become a Water Quality Monitoring Volunteer and gain hands-on experience collecting data and water samples throughout the District! The goal of the program is to provide up-to-date, weekly water quality data to residents and visitors weekly.
A certified water quality monitoring volunteer helps collect water quality samples from 24 sites weekly from May – September. You can try it out once or sample weekly, it’s up to you!
Sampling is done Wednesday, with Thursday mornings as a backup for inclement weather. Each site is sampled for bacteria, water temperature, air temperature, pH, and turbidity. Do not worry if these terms are unfamiliar; all will be taught in the training.
After attending a training session, attending an in-person demo, and passing a certification test, volunteers can help collect water quality samples.
If you have any questions, please reach out to me on my work email: msterett@allianceforthebay.org
