Why is the monitoring taking place?
Typical reasons for initiating a volunteer monitoring project include: • Developing baseline characterization data • Documenting water quality changes over time • Screening for potential water quality problems • Determining whether waters are safe for swimming • Providing a scientific basis for making decisions on the management of a stream or watershed • Determining the impact of a municipal sewage treatment facility, industrial facility, or land use activity such as forestry or farming • Educating the local community or stream users to encourage pollution prevention and environmental stewardship • Showing public officials that local citizens care about the condition and management of their water resources Of course, an individual program might be monitoring for a number of reasons. However, it is important to identify one or two top reasons and develop the program based on those objectives.
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