John Carroll University - Department of Chemistry

EUCLID CREEK VOLUNTEER WATER    QUALITY  MONITORING PROGRAM

How Do I Sign Up to Become a Volunteer?

Becoming a volunteer water monitor is easy.  No prior experience is required.  You will receive training on water sampling and performing the physical and chemical analyses.  Once you have been trained, you're ready to start collecting/monitoring.  Make sure that you have read the important Volunteer Documents and then check  the Volunteer Calendar to see what sites and days are available for monitoring.  Contact Dr. Nichols (see contact information below) to reserve a set of equipment.  On that day, come to John Carroll University, get the equipment and and take it to one of the five monitoring sites in the watershed.  Collect a water sample and analyze it for a number of parameters that will help to determine the water quality and health of the watershed.  You then return a water sample, the equipment, and a completed data sheet back to John Carroll University.  The data you collected will be posted to the website and will be used by a number of agencies and groups for watershed management and pollution prevention.

To sign up to monitor a site, please contact either:

Lynn Garrity, Euclid Creek Watershed Coordinator                       Dr. Michael Nichols, Associate Professor
Cuyahoga Soil and Water Conservation District                            Department of Chemistry 
6100 West Canal Road, Valley View, OH  44125                          John Carroll University, University Heights, OH 44118
Phone: 216-524-6580, ext. 16                                                       Office Phone: (216) 397-4796
FAX: 216-524-6584                                                                        Fax: (216) 397-1791
E-mail: lgarrity@cuyahogaswcd.org                                              Cell Phone: (216) 577-4728
                                                                                                       E-mail: mnichols@jcu.edu 

The sampling and monitoring equipment must be picked up and returned to Dr. Nichols in Dolan West 333, Dolan Science Center, John Carroll University.

• Directions for Getting to JCU

• Campus Map Showing the Location of the Dolan Science Center

For more information about the Euclid Creek Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring Program, contact Lynn Garrity, Euclid Creek Watershed Monitor, 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 last updated July 8, 2006
For webpage questions or problems: email Dr. Nichols