Volunteer Water Monitoring

Volunteer water monitoring organizations provide valuable information on the health of Maryland's water. They are instrumental in producing citizens who are well informed concerning the impacts of land use and land based activities on the aquatic environment. We encourage you to learn more and get involved in water monitoring in your own community.

Resources

• Manuals, training, equipment, identification keys and grants available to volunteer monitors.
  
• K-12 Water Monitoring Resources
• Building your own equipment.
• Maryland's Surf Your Watershed:
  http://www.dnr.state.md.us/watersheds/surf/index.html
  
• What you can do to protect Maryland's waterways:
  http://www.dnr.state.md.us/bay/protect/index.html
  
• A list server, called Citizen Water Monitors or Maryland (CWMM), has been established to facilitate the exchange of information on volunteer water monitoring in Maryland. You can subscribe/unsubscribe or access the archived messages using the web site:
  http://listserv.chesapeakebay.net/scripts/wa.exe
  
• For more information on volunteer water monitoring, visit the EPA web site:
  http://www.epa.gov/OWOW/monitoring

Organizations

• Volunteer Water Monitoring Organizations listed by state:
  http://yosemite.epa.gov/water/volmon.nsf
• For events, data and more information on Maryland's volunteer monitoring and watershed organizations.
• The Maryland Water Monitoring Council is an umbrella organization that includes representatives from professional and volunteer monitoring organizations. For more information see:
  http://mddnr.chesapeakebay.net/mwmc/

Contact Information

• Maryland Department of Natural Resources
  • Customer Service main number : toll free (877) 620-8367
  • Customer Service e-mail: customerservice@dnr.state.md.us
  • Customer Service Directory: http://www.dnr.state.md.us/irc/dig/

• Maryland Department of the Environment
  • Main number: (410) 537-3000
  • Emergency number, Pollution Problem: toll free (866) 633-4686
  • Customer Service Directory: http://www.mde.state.md.us/contactus/service_directory/default.aspx

Contact Dan Boward ,for more information at (410) 260-8605 or e-mail dboward@dnr.state.md.us.

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This page was updated on 3/17/2005