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Water Quality
Team Leader: Stacie Bender
2007 State of the Rivers Report
The Water Quality Team will be taking regular measurements of temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen and
more at a number of sites throughout the West/Rhode Rivers.
Bacteria counts will also be measured from May through August.
Data will be posted here.
The Water Quality Team always needs help, especially from volunteers with boats.
To volunteer, contact Stacie Bender. See the Contact Us page.
| Sites For 2008 | Sampled For | Sampled For | |||||
| Site | Name | Bacteria | Water Quality | Site | Name | Bacteria | Water Quality |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R1 | High Island | x | x | W1 | West River Sailing Club | x | x |
| R2 | Cloverlea Community Beach | x | x | W2 | Westelee | x | x |
| R3 | Camp Letts | x | x | W3 | Avalon | x | x |
| R4 | Whitemarsh Community Dock and Beach | x | x | W4 | West River Center/Methodist Summer Camp | x | x |
| R5 | Riverclub Community Dock and Beach | x | x | W5 | Parrish Creek | x | |
| R6 | Holly Hills | x | x | W6 | West River/start of float free channel | x | |
| R7 | Cadle Creek Community Dock | x | x | W7 | Scaffold Creek | x | |
| R8 | Sellman Creek | x | W8 | West River/Red Marker #6 | x | ||
| R9 | Deep Beach/Rhode River Cove #1 | x | x | W9 | West River/East of Marker #6 | x | |
| R10 | Rhode River #3 marker | W10 | South Creek | x | |||
| R11 | Holly Hills (upstream site) | W11 | Lerch Creek | x | |||
| R12 | Taylor Dock | x | W12 | Smith Creek | x | ||
| W13 | John's Creek | x | |||||
| W14 | Ford's Creek (upper West River) | x | |||||
| W15 | Galesville Pier | x | x | ||||
| W16 | Small Pond off Tenthouse Creek | ||||||
| W17 | Parish Creek #1 Marker | x | x | ||||
| W18 | South/Lafayette Creek (mid-channel) | x | |||||
| W19 | Holtzendorf dock | x | |||||
| W20 | Gauss dock | x | |||||
