2017 Year in Review
We are grateful to all the volunteers and partners who participated in Utah Water Watch in 2017!
Participants
1,249 total participants (includes family, friends, students participating in events)
1,931 hours volunteered
84 - number of individual trained volunteers who submitted data
45 Water Week Entries
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Training
Many excited new recruits!
332 trainees
34 total training events
18 counties
12 students and 43 educators
7 Tier 2 training events
Sites
Several volunteers picked up additional sites and volunteers doubled the amount of lakes monitored from 2016!
143 sites monitored
26 lakes, ponds, reservoirs monitored
9 of the 10 Utah Watershed Management Units
17 sub-watersheds (HUC 8)
10 DWQ E. coli sites
7 HAB monitored lakes/reservoirs
Monitoring Reports (data submissions)
680 monitoring reports in 2017
4,287 total reports since 2012
Explore the data at https://uww.usu.edu
Additional volunteer support:
- East Canyon Creek monitoring station - bi-monthly calibration of a multiprobe
- Benthic Macroinvertebrate sampling on the Ogden and Weber Rivers for pre and post project work.
- Photo Point monitoring
- Cross-section stream bed assessments on the Jordan River
- Assist new Provo River Watershed Coordinator collect monthly samples on Main Creek.
- Assist US Forest Service collect monthly samples in the Uintas.
- Volunteer Engagement Survey - 80 responses.
