River Watch Water Quality Testing

Hello potential Riverwatch volunteers!

Training for participating in our annual water quality monitoring program will be held on Tuesday, June 30th at 8:45am. Meet at the NSRWA office (214 South St., Norwell) and dress for being outside and getting your feet wet (literally and figuratively!) The training typically takes about 4-5 hours (the actual sampling only takes about 3 hours and will start around 9:30, but we need to explain some things first!)

We have also scheduled the four sampling dates, so check them out below and see if you can help out with any of them. We'd love to have you, and we always pair an experienced volunteer with anyone new so you won't be out there on your own.

Thank you for your interest in monitoring with the NSRWA. Please let us know if you can attend the training and/or would like to sign up for one of the sampling dates by contacting us via email.

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The NSRWA's annual River Watch Sampling Program has been in existence since 1994. Every year, volunteers monitor ten sites along the North and South Rivers for fecal coliform bacteria during the summer months.

The purpose of the program is to provide the public with information regarding which sections of the river are safe for recreational purposes, as well as helping our organization identity, and potentially eliminate sources of pollution in the rivers. During the summer, our water quality data is published in the local newspapers.

Check out the sampling station map of River Watch on Google!
Our water quality sampling data

 

• 2008
• 2007
• 2006
• 2005
• 2004
• 2003
• 2002
• 2001
• 2000
• 1999

Please contact Paula at paula@nsrwa.org or 781-659-8168 if you want to get involved in the River Watch Water Quality Sampling Program!