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Water Quality Report Card for the Great Swamp Watershed
May 30, 2015 at 10:00 am - 11:30 am
Great Swamp Watershed Association HQ
Free - Members
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Laura Kelm, director of water quality programs at the Great Swamp Watershed Association, wraps up the Spring 2015 Breakfast Briefing Series by introducing the organization brand new watershed report card program. The new program is designed to provide members of the public with an annual update on the quality of water in the five major streams feeding the Great Swamp and the Passaic River.
This is a special Saturday morning briefing beginning at 10 a.m. A continental breakfast will be served.
Background
In 2013, the Great Swamp Watershed Association published State of the Streams in the Great Swamp Watershed, a comprehensive report that assembled and analyzed chemical, visual, and biological water quality data collected over the course of a decade from the five main streams feeding the Great Swamp and the Passaic River.
Requiring months of labor by GSWA staff and volunteers, the project continues to inform our understanding of the changes our watershed has experienced, and how the organization can continue building and reporting on its growing database of scientific observations.
Based on the success of State of the Streams, GSWA has developed a new Water Quality Report Card program for the Great Swamp region. Issued annually, the report card will serve as a barometer of watershed health, and help the public keep abreast of emerging issues related to water pollution, land use, and water protection.
The first Water Quality Report Card will be issued in May 2015, and GSWA’s Director of Water Quality Programs Laura Kelm will summarize its finding at a public presentation on Saturday, May 30.
Planned for This Briefing
GSWA Director of Water Quality Programs Laura Kelm will provide an in-depth look at the Great Swamp Watershed’s first Water Quality Report Card for the Great Swamp Watershed region. The presentation will include an overview of the report card rationale and the measurements used to determine grades for each of the watershed’s five major streams.