Water Sentinels: Clean Water Campaign

Goals

Develop regional water testing programs for use by students and teachers, community groups, local governments, and individuals.
Develop an accessable database with these water samples.
Integrate this database with existing geographic and geologic databases.
Start with pilot programs along the Peconic and south eastern Long Island watersheds.

Long Island area: related programs

Adopt-A-School Program, LI - The Long Island Chapter of the New York Water Environment Association Contact: Ben Wright, Chief Engineer, Division of Sanitation, LI Chapter of the New York Environment Association, c/o Suffolk County Department of Public Works, 335 Yaphank Avenue, Yaphank, NY 11980.
sSELF- http://www.nysmea.org/sSELF/ sSELF Database
Friends of the Bay - contact?
LISS - Long Island Sound Study
TNC?
Peconic Estuary Reserve
Northport Harbor
Save Yaphank Lakes
Coastal Steward
Cornell CCE - http://www.uwex.edu/ces/csreesvolmon/VolunteerMonPrograms/index.html
MySound UConn, USEPA and NOAA http://www.mysound.uconn.edu/mys_about.html
NY Sea Grant (LI Sound)- a NEMO project for NY http://www.seagrant.sunysb.edu/nemo/article.asp?ArticleID=227
US EPA adopt a watershed partners for LI Sound http://cfpub.epa.gov/surf/huc.cfm?huc_code=02030201

Greater NY area: related programs

Clearwater www.clearwater.org in-classroom education and onboard (sloop) and resource center
Hudson Basin Riverwatch - volunteer and school monitoring for entire Hudson River basin, database etc. http://www.hudsonbasin.org/
NY water monitoring groups registered with the EPA - http://yosemite.epa.gov/water/volmon.nsf/vst?openview&startkey=New+York&expandview
NY watershed groups registered with the EPA - http://yosemite.epa.gov/water/adopt.nsf
Project Watershed - volunteer water monitoring for central New York http://projectwatershed.org/?q=node/124
Riverkeeper has a private monitoring program with tie-ins to schools that request http://riverkeeper.org/campaign.php/watershed_education/the_facts/1210

Beyond NY

Community Resource Inventory (CRI) Online - sponsored by the Connecticut NEMO program, comprehensive environmental, cultural, and economic resource data of Connecticut communities http://clear.uconn.edu/projects/cri/interactive.htm
NJ High School Educational Water Monitoring Program - http://cimic.rutgers.edu/%7Eproject/epa/monitoringcenter.htm
PAwatersheds.org run by non-profit groups, uses volunteer data
Soundwaters - one time monitoring programs CT curriculum integrated http://www.soundwaters.org/education/middle/coastal/
Water Stewardship Program - from the makers of Low Carbon Diet http://www.empowermentinstitute.net/files/WSP.html

Water Quality Databases and Maps

EPA metadatabase - for many different sources to share data http://www.epa.gov/storet/wqx.html
EPA enviro mapper http://www.epa.gov/enviro/html/em/
AEGIS -american environmental geographic information system. Southeastern states, not presently in NY. Partners with AL, FL Water Sentinels. http://www.aegis.jsu.edu/
ESRI
MySound buoy data http://www.mysound.uconn.edu/stationstat.html
NYS DEC Interactive Online Maps
- Nature Explorer - a guide to biodiversity information http://www.dec.ny.gov/animals/57844.html
- Environmental Facilities Navigator - locate NY facilities of environmental interest http://www.dec.ny.gov/imsmaps/facilities/viewer.htm
- Environmental Resource Mapper - identify natural resources and environmental features that are state protected, or of conservation concern http://www.dec.ny.gov/imsmaps/ERM/index.htm
- Mineral Resources Navigator - location and information on mines and oil, gas and other regulated well types http://www.dec.ny.gov/imsmaps/minerals/viewer.htm
- Stormwater Interactive Map - sites for Phase II stormwater mitigation http://www.dec.ny.gov/imsmaps/stormwater/Run.htm

Water Quality monitoring resources

LI Water Sentinels