USGS - science for a changing world

Virginia Water Science Center: World Water Monitoring Day 2009


River photo

Information

Water Environment Federation

Sponsors

US Geological Survey

Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation

Virginia Department of Environmental Quality

Virginia Water Monitoring Council

Virginia Institute of Marine Science

Virginia Department of Health

U S Environmental Protection Agency

Virginia Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts

Virginia Commonwealth University

Chesterfield County

Friends of Chesterfield's Riverfront

Virginia Water RRC

Adopt-A-Stream

Coordinator

Gary Speiran

About The USGS Virginia Water Science Center

USGS IN YOUR STATE

USGS Water Science Centers are located in each state.

There is a USGS Water Science Center office in each State. WashingtonOregonCaliforniaIdahoNevadaMontanaWyomingUtahColoradoArizonaNew MexicoNorth DakotaSouth DakotaNebraskaKansasOklahomaTexasMinnesotaIowaMissouriArkansasLouisiana Wisconsin IllinoisMississippiMichiganIndianaOhioKentuckyTennesseeAlabamaPennsylvaniaWest VirginiaGeorgiaFloridaCaribbeanAlaskaHawaiiNew YorkVermontNew HampshireMaineMassachusettesSouth CarolinaNorth CarolinaRhode IslandVirginiaConnecticutNew JerseyMaryland-Delaware-D.C.

Virginia Water Monitoring DayVirginia Water Monitoring Day 2009  

The statewide events webpage will be updated as more events are confirmed, so check back often.

World Water Monitoring Day TM (WWMD) is an international education and outreach program that builds public awareness and involvement in protecting water resources around the world by engaging citizens to conduct basic monitoring of their local water bodies. The program engages communities in monitoring the condition of local rivers, streams, estuaries, and other water bodies. WWMD is coordinated by the Water and Environment Federation (WEF) and the International Water Association (IWA) . The Virginia Water Monitoring Council encourages World Water Monitoring Day activities in Virginia. The following information and links are designed to help you better understand Water Monitoring Day in Virginia and around the world and to plan to participate in a monitoring event in a watershed near you.  From the inception of WWMD in 2002 through 2005, more than 80,000 people in 50 countries participated in WWMD. In 2008 alone, 73,510 people participated in 70 countries.

Although World Water Monitoring Day is officially celebrated on September 18 each year, the monitoring window has been expanded in 2009 to include March 22 (World Water Day) -- December 31. If you register your sites(s) and submit your data to the WWMD web site, your data will become part of a world-wide data set and also will be included with other data collected in Virginia in 2009 like that of past years (see below) and will be accessible at this web site when available. After you register your site(s) and plan your event, please email Gary Speiran at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) (gspeiran@usgs.gov) so that your event can be listed with other "Statewide Events" to promote greater participation in your event. Our goal is to have events in every basin in Virginia!

Monitor your own stream - Take steps to officially monitor a stream in your watershed.

Register your own site

Participate at a registered site.

Prepare your monitoring equipment (Includes link to obtaining kits)

Monitor your site

Report your data

Statewide Events - Participate in a registered event near you.

Tools for Schools - Helping teachers and their classes participate.

Contacts - Finding answers.

Posting Data - All data reported for Virginia will be posted along with that of past years.

World Water Monitoring Days - Past Years

 

For maps and data from previous events go to:

Maps and data from Virginia Water Monitoring Day 2007

Maps and data from Virginia Water Monitoring Day 2006

Maps and data from Virginia Water Monitoring Day 2005

Maps and data from Virginia for World Water Monitoring Day 2004

Maps and data from Virginia for World Water Monitoring Day 2003.

Maps and data from Virginia Water Monitoring Day 2002.

 World Water Monitoring Day  World Water Monitoring Day 2009 

World Water Monitoring Day is an international outreach program that builds public awareness and involvement in protecting water resources around the world. Held annually between September 18 and October 18, the program engages communities in monitoring the condition of local rivers, streams, estuaries and other water bodies. Since its inception in 2002, more than 80,000 people have participated in 50 countries.

USGS Home Water Resources Biology Geography Geology Geospatial Program

Accessibility FOIA Privacy Policies and Notices

Take Pride in America logo USA.Gov logo U.S. Department of the Interior | U.S. Geological Survey
URL: http://va.water.usgs.gov/wqday_09/intro.htm
Page Contact Information: webmaster-va@usgs.gov
Page Last Modified: 05/05/2009 09:58