Meet a Monitor: Nishka Shah
Nishka is a high school student, certified VA SOS monitor, and Youth Conservation Leadership Institute member who is working to reduce pollution in northern Virginia’s streams.
‘Aquatic Guardianship: The Importance of Monitoring and Maintaining Our Waterways’
In Category: In the News, Save Our Streams
A team of Save Our Streams volunteers is hard at work monitoring water quality in southeast Minnesota. This article from Root River Current highlights their efforts.
Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring: A Win for Both Volunteers and Local Decision-Makers
In Category: Clean Water, Save Our Streams
When volunteers with the Izaak Walton League’s Virginia Save Our Streams (VA SOS) program in Christiansburg, Virginia, reached out to the town’s Environmental Program Supervisor, Patricia Colatosti, about monitoring water…
It Takes a Village
In Category: Clean Water, Save Our Streams
Bepe had just moved into her home in Grayson County, VA, when she heard helicopters overhead. Small droplets were falling from these helicopters onto Bepe and her property. She would…
Your kit will include a bottle containing 25 nitrate test strips which you can use to test your water source(s) throughout the year. You’ll also receive postcards explaining how to use your nitrate test strips and how to share your Nitrate Watch results on the Clean Water Hub.
Your kit will include four test strips so you can test your waterway throughout the season. You’ll also receive a chart to help you interpret your results and a postcard with instructions for completing a Salt Watch test and reporting your findings.