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World Water Monitoring Day 2008 - Activities in New Jersey

October 16, 2008

From September 18 to October 18, 2008, people around the globe will join together to monitor the quality of their local watersheds and enter the results of their efforts into an international database. A major goal of this effort, which kicks off with "World Water Monitoring Day," is to create an awareness of how important it is to protect our waterways, a resource on which our lives depend.

As part of this month-long projects, local high school teachers and students with an interest in science and ecology are invited on October 16th to learn from and interact with staff from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP), the United States Geological Survey (USGS), and the Delaware River Basin Commission (DBRC). These agencies will demonstrate water quality monitoring activities using chemical, biological, and flow techniques at Prallsville Mills, in Stockton, NJ.

More information can be obtained at www.worldwatermonitoringday.org

Delaware River Basin Commission personnel explain estuarine and large-water-body sampling methods and equipment.
USGS Data Chief, Robert Reiser, presents a welcome to students and other attendees. 		A USGS employee explains stream-gaging equipment to the WZBN television crew.
Students and other attendees view demonstrations.
NJDEP personnel demonstrate water-quality sampling procedures in the Delaware River.
Students and other attendees view demonstrations.
A USGS employee explains stream-gaging equipment to the WZBN television crew.
A USGS employee explains stream-gaging equipment.		 Rick Kropp, New Jersey District Chief, USGS; Carol Colliers, Executive Director, DRBC; and Gary Sondenmeyer, Chief of Staff, NJDEP, explain the role of the various agencies in water monitoring in New Jersey.
Attendees view demonstration of stream-gaging equipment by a USGS employee.		 A USGS employee explains stream-gaging equipment to the WZBN television crew.
A USGS employee explains stream-gaging to students.
A USGS employee explains stream-gaging equipment to high school science students from Perth Amboy.
A USGS employee explains stream-gaging equipment to high school science students.		 A USGS employee explains stream-gaging equipment to high school science students from Perth Amboy and other attendees.
A USGS employee explains Acoustic Data collection to students and other attendees.		 A USGS employee explains stream-gaging equipment to the WZBN television crew.
A USGS Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler in use.
USGS personnel demonstrate water-quality sampling equipment.
A demonstration of a USGS Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler.		 USGS personnel demonstrate water-quality sampling equipment.
USGS personnel demonstrate water stage monitoring equipment. 		NJDEP personnel demonstrate water-quality sampling procedures in the Delaware River.
USGS personnel demonstrate water-quality sampling equipment.
Attendees view demonstration of stream-gaging equipment by a USGS employee.
USGS personnel demonstrate water-quality sampling equipment.		 Gary Sondenmeyer, NJDEP Chief of Staff, listens to a USGS employee explain how the USGS publishes the water data that it collects.
USGS personnel demonstrate water-quality sampling equipment.		 A USGS employee explains stream-gaging equipment to the WZBN television crew.
USGS personnel demonstrate water-quality sampling equipment.