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AIPG SECTION ACTIVITIES Wisconsin Section Students Attend Testing the Waters Field Trip


The ten (11) day “Testing the Waters” educational adven- ture held from May 15 to May 25, 2016 on the Rock River in Wisconsin is complete!


Preliminary results were varied. Some areas were cleaner than expected and others had unexpected lower water quality results.


parameters, every 10 seconds, all along the river throughout the 11 days of the trip.


The information was instantly uploaded to a mapping server via the paddlers’ cell phones, so anyone with Internet access could see the results.


Future website visitors are able to view data and even prepare maps to print or share in presentations or on social media.


The water quality tests included dissolved oxygen, tem- perature, conductivity and pH, each an important measure of water quality.


Traditional sampling was done as well by collecting water samples for phosphorus analysis at the start and end of each day and at the conuence of every maor stream or river en- tering the Rock River. The paddlers also measured turbidity, or how clear the water was, several times each day. Together all these measurements will give a better picture of the Rock River’s water quality and help communities plan on how and when water quality improvement proects should be implemented!


WI AIPG provide them lodging, breakfast and AIPG base- ball caps on May 17th, an honor guard of a WI AIPG paddler on May 22nd, monetary support and river geology education- al resources for the student use in schools through-out the Rock River watershed basin!


The canoe and kayak paddlers used special equipment to take water quality samples along the Rock River from May- ville to Beloit, and stopped at communities along the way to share what they were learning and provided a forum for dis- cussions about water quality and practical solutions. Rather than conducting tests in one spot, paddlers in- stalled special equipment on their kayaks to measure four


Georgia Southwestern State University Drilling Field Trip


All the data, maps and photos collected can be viewed at: http://www.testingwaters.org/dashboard.htm Final reports by the students will be posted in the next few


months.


Photo Credit: Rock River Coalition


Professor Eric Compas – UW Whitewater


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