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BRC Water Quality Testing Begins!

April 8, 2023 @ 8:00 am - 11:00 am

The Blackstone River Coalition water quality team will be out in the Manchaug Pond watershed this season with one of our Board members serving as a key Manchaug watershed volunteer!

Manchaug Pond Water QualityThe Blackstone River Coalition watershed-wide monitoring program tests monthly in two locations in the Manchaug Pond watershed and a third just downstream after the Manchaug Pond dam before Stevens Pond.  Manchaug Pond is a head waters of the Mumford River which is a tributary of the Blackstone River.

Volunteers go out the 2nd Saturday morning of the month from April through November sampling/monitoring streams for aesthetics which include turbidity, water appearance, presence of trash and nuisance aquatic vegetation as well as water temperature, dissolved oxygen, and nutrients of phosphates and nitrates.

Visit their website to learn more about the program!

Contact us to get involved – we’d love to have you!

 

Details

Date:
April 8, 2023
Time:
8:00 am - 11:00 am
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Manchaug Pond
Sutton/Douglas, MA United States + Google Map
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