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The Blue Ridge Watershed Coalition Of Jefferson County, West Virginia. Stream and River Water Monitoring 2012 Funding Request. $10,000 Community Participation Grant Awarded - Senator John Unger $15,000 Jefferson County Commission Requested for 2012 ________
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The Blue Ridge Watershed CoalitionOf Jefferson County, West Virginia
Stream and River Water Monitoring2012 Funding Request • $10,000 Community Participation Grant Awarded - Senator John Unger • $15,000 Jefferson County Commission Requested for 2012 ________ $25,000 Total 2012 monitoring budget
Budget Detail: A. Friends of the Shenandoah River – Nitrogen/Phosphorus/Turbidity
Public Data Portal • Ammonia • Nitrate/Nitrite • Orthophosphate • Dissolved Oxygen • pH • Temperature • Turbidity
Budget Detail B. Peak flow Sediment Monitoring
Continuous Monitoring of sediment levels requires specialized equipment Campbell Scientific • OBS-3+ Turbidity Sensor Highly accurate – light diffraction sensor • CR-800 Data Logger Programmable logger - 200,000 data points stored – allows recording of sediment level every 15 seconds for 1 month