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  • August 2025

  • Aug 21 2025
    Virtual

    Clean Water Webinar: Using Data for Advocacy – Making the Most of the Clean Water Hub

    Want to make a bigger impact with water quality data? Whether you're a concerned citizen or a seasoned monitor, the Clean Water Hub is a powerful tool to help you…

    Aug 26 2025
    Virtual

    Clean Water Webinar: Advocacy at the Local Level

    Virginia Save Our Streams monitors will share how they've gone beyond monitoring and used their data in their local community - and how you can do the same.   Speakers:…

    Aug 29 2025
    Bristow

    Virginia Save Our Streams Field Certification

    This event serves as the field training requirement for becoming a certified Virginia Save Our Streams monitor. Prior to this event, you must complete the online portion of the certification, including…

  • September 2025

  • Sep 6 2025
    Herndon

    Virginia Save Our Streams Field Certification

    This event serves as the field training requirement for becoming a certified Virginia Save Our Streams monitor. Prior to this event, you must complete the online portion of the certification, including…

    Sep 26 2025
    707 Conservation Lane, Gaithersburg

    Smart Salt Applicator Training for Parking Lots and Sidewalks

    This training will help property managers, salt applicators, business owners, municipalities, and MCPS and M-NCPPC Facilities Crews improve salt application effectiveness & reduce chloride pollution while keeping roads, parking lots,…

  • October 2025

  • Oct 4 2025
    119 The Plains Rd, Ste. 200, Middleburg

    Virginia Save Our Streams Field Certification

    Experience citizen science in action! This program, presented by Goose Creek Association, begins with an in-class lesson introducing students to the importance of water quality and how aquatic life reflects…

    Oct 4 2025
    10612 Westlake Drive, Rockville

    Walk in the Woods: Let’s be Smart About Winter Salt – Cabin John Creek

    A beautiful fall walk & talk to discover the hidden impact of winter salt use and what we all can do to protect our waterways.

    Walk in the Woods October 4, 2025
    Oct 25 2025
    2500 Green Hill Park Rd, Salem

    Virginia Save Our Streams Field Certification

    This event serves as the field training requirement for becoming a certified Virginia Save Our Streams monitor. Prior to this event, you must complete the online portion of the certification, including…

    Oct 28 2025
    Virtual

    Clean Water Webinar: Achievable Actions to Reduce Pollution with Salt Watch

    Winter is coming, and so is road salt pollution and increased Salt Watch monitoring! Join us for this kickoff event with Salt Watch Coordinator, Abby Hileman, to learn what to…

  • November 2025

  • Nov 1 2025
    Anacostia Tributary Trail System, Takoma Park

    Walk in the Woods: Let’s be Smart About Winter Salt – Sligo Creek

    A beautiful fall walk & talk to discover the hidden impact of winter salt use and what we all can do to protect our waterways.

    walk in the woods November 1, 2025
    Nov 15 2025
    Great Falls

    Virginia Save Our Streams Field Certification

    This event serves as the field training requirement for becoming a certified Virginia Save Our Streams monitor. Prior to this event, you must complete the online portion of the certification, including…

  • December 2025

  • Dec 11 2025
    Virtual

    Clean Water Webinar: Nitrate Watch 2025 Season Roundup

    Join the Izaak Walton League’s Midwest Save Our Streams Coordinator, Heather Wilson, for a rundown of what happened in the world of nitrate pollution monitoring in 2025 (spoiler alert...it was…

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Virginia Save Our Streams Scoring System

For the Virginia Save Our Streams protocol, monitors collect macroinvertebrates from a stream and then count and identify them. Based on the numbers of pollution-tolerant and pollution-intolerant macroinvertebrates found, a stream health score can be calculated. The scores range from 0-12. Scores between 0 and 7 are in the “unacceptable” range, meaning the stream is unacceptably unhealthy.  Scores between 9 and 12 are “acceptable”, meaning the stream shows an acceptable level of health. A score of 8 is considered “grayzone” – more information is needed to determine the health of the stream.

 

For more information on the Virginia Save Our Streams protocol, visit vasos.org.

What's in the Kit?

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.

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What's in the Salt Watch Kit?

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.

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