Water Quality Monitoring
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Water Quality Monitor
Milwaukee Riverkeeper supports a network of trained citizen-science volunteers who monitor streams and rivers throughout the Milwaukee River Basin May through October.
Road Salt Monitor
Milwaukee Riverkeeper is working to determine if chloride concentrations from road salt are reaching harmful levels. Road salt monitors are needed to help collect data for this research. Sampling typically takes place within 48 hours after events that trigger road salt use such as large snowfalls and snowmelts.
Emerging Contaminants Monitor
Milwaukee Riverkeeper works with partners to collect and analyze water samples for more than 60 emerging contaminants including prescription drugs, antibiotics, herbicides, personal care products, and even vanilla and cinnamon.
Mussel Monitor
The goal of Milwaukee Riverkeeper’s Mussel Monitoring program is to identify mussel demographics within in the Milwaukee River Basin and is part of a larger effort by the Wisconsin DNR’s Mussel Monitoring Program.
Monitoring Resources
Find all the documents you’ll need to successfully participate in our water monitoring programs.