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Protecting the Salt River Watershed One Sample at a Time |
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Salt River Watershed Watch |
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SRWW is part of Watershed Watch in Kentucky, a statewide association of programs like ours. Click on the map to access information about our sister programs, or to learn more about Watershed Watch! |
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Salt River Watershed Watch is a nonprofit citizen-science program operated under the auspices of Kentucky Waterways Alliance and with the support of MSD (the sanitary sewer authority for Jefferson County) and Watershed Watch in Kentucky.
One feature of the watershed watch program is our “synoptic sampling” events. Three times a year, SRWW volunteers sample their sites on the same day to provide a synopsis of water quality in the Salt River watershed and the watersheds of minor Ohio River tributaries that adjoin it. Synoptic events sample water quality parameters that require laboratory services; the steering committee arranges for runners to collect pre-distributed sample bottles to deliver them from outlying areas to centrally-located labs.
Volunteers are trained in basic stream science and streamside water quality monitoring techniques. Volunteers are provided with testing equipment so that they can measure basic water quality parameters in streams they choose. This website and an e-newsletter keep our volunteers informed, and a steering committee schedules events and keeps track of information.
See the events for details, and register online.
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