Water Monitoring

Next Citizen Water Monitoring Workshop: March 13 in Calhoun, Georgia

Continuing a long tradition of active volunteer, citizen-based water monitoring, in 2009, CRBI was the second most active group participating in the Georgia Adopt-A-Stream program. In the early days of Alabama Water Watch, CRBI (based in Georgia) was that program's most active group!

Each year, CRBI trains dozens of citizens to monitor the streams in their neighborhoods. Through Georgia Adopt-A-Stream and Alabama Water Watch workshops, water monitoring volunteers learn both chemical and biological inidcators of good stream health. With this knowledge, they can then use water monitoring kits provided by CRBI, to regularly test streams in their neighborhoods.

Sign up NOW to participate in our next Adopt-A-Stream or Water Watch workshop.

Other Monitoring Programs

Bacteria Monitoring: CRBI also conducts bacteria monitoring in efforts to locate the sources of this pollution that spoils the use of our rivers and streams for swimming and fishing and poses a serious threat to human health.

Industrial and Muncipal Sewage Treatment: CRBI monitors reports submitted to Georgia's Environmental Protection Division by dozens of municipal and industrial dischargers to our streams and rivers. These reports are reviewed to insure that these wastewater treatment facilities are not polluting our waterways.

Boat Patrols: CRBI conducts regular patrols of the Coosa, Oostanaula and Etowah rivers from our Yamaha-powered, G3 patrol boat, Arnemetia. These patrols allow us to keep an eye on the health of our rivers, identifying potential pollution problems, stream buffer violations, illegal dumping and other violations.