Monitoring Center
Our Volunteer Water Monitoring Data Center contains water quality data
collected by Volunteer Monitoring Groups and schools
from 20 watershed areas throughout
the state of New Jersey.
The database and information are managed and maintained by CIMIC, Rutgers
University
under the sponsorship from EPA.
The Data center provides Web-based data
entry forms for the volunteer groups to enter their water quality data,
and searching, reporting and graphing capabilities for the public,
government agencies, and educators.
It also provides information regarding volunteer water
monitoring data collection methods, data quality management, and other
related resources.
Ideas
for Using Water Quality Data in the Classroom
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Compare sites within a watershed or between watersheds
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Compare water quality parameters within one or numerous
sites; research possible reasons why differences might occur (i.e. different
habitat/ geology influences chemical parameters at each site).
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Compare parameters along a single tributary; map how
the tributary changes and how that relates to changes in water quality parameters.
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Construct or refer to topographic maps of watershed
and compare to respective parameters measured.
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Follow water quality parameters over time and through
seasons and years within a site, tributary, or watershed; how do sites
different among seasons between watersheds?.
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How do water quality parameters relate to the types of
flora and fauna found at a site?
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