John
Carroll University - Department of Chemistry John
Carroll University - Department of Chemistry
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EUCLID CREEK VOLUNTEER WATER
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The Euclid Creek watershed is located within Cuyahoga and Lake counties in northeast Ohio. It covers 24 square miles within 11 municipal communities and drains directly into Lake Erie. The Watershed has evolved over the past 100 years to one of the most highly urbanized areas along the Ohio Lake Erie coastline. As has been the case with other urban watersheds, Euclid Creek has been heavily impacted by urbanization. Since it is part of the nearly 100 headwater tributaries that feed directly into the Lake, it is important to balance urban living and sustained water resources within the Watershed.
The goal of the Euclid Creek Volunteer Monitoring Program is to provide participatory environmental education to adults and students as part of a community-based watershed stewardship effort to monitor and document water quality of the watershed and establish long-term trends. The Program is currently being submitted for approval under Ohio EPA's Credible Data Criteria Program and it is hoped it will serve as a model for other watersheds in Cuyahoga County. The core of the program is monthly monitoring of the watershed by citizen volunteers and groups, supplemented by monitoring by grade school, high school, and college students.
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The Euclid Creek Watershed Explore the Watershed. Where is it? What municipalities does it include? What are its classifications? What are its impairments? What can you do to help improve the water quality?
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Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring Program Obtain information about the program and sign up to become a citizen volunteer monitor. What are the goals of the monitoring program? What chemical and biological species are being studied? Where are we monitoring within the watershed? What data have been reported to date?
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Water Chemistry and Biology 101 Learn about the basics of water quality and water chemistry and biology as you monitor the stream. What can the pH, conductivity, turbidity, dissolved oxygen, temperature, ammonia, and phosphorous concentrations tell us about the health of the stream? What are E. coli and fecal coliform bacteria? How can unicellular algae called diatoms be used to estimate the health of a stream?
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Links Learn more about water monitoring, water chemistry and biology, and our partner agencies and groups.
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For more information about the Euclid Creek Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring Program, contact Lynn Garrity, Euclid Creek Watershed Coordinator, Cuyahoga Soil and Water Conservation District, 6100 West Canal Road, Valley View, OH 44125, Phone: 216-524-6580, ext. 16, FAX: 216-524-6584, E-mail: lgarrity@cuyahogaswcd.org.
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This page was last updated on July 8, 2006.
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