The Nisqually River Education Project can provide your classroom with the training, supplies and bus funding for two trips (mid-October and mid-February) to a local waterway to conduct a suite of chemical and physical tests of the water. Students will use their findings to determine if the waterway could support salmon. In March, you can send a handful of student delegates to our annual GREEN Congress to report their findings to their peers at Evergreen’s campus during a day of workshops and fun!
Not sure where to begin? Check out our introductory video below to find out more about water quality monitoring and how to get started!
Portal and Virtual Resources
Current Manual
Here is a link to our newest Water Quality Monitoring Manual. If you are looking for a particular page from our old manual, you can find it here: Water Quality Manual (old version).
The Safety Data Sheets for each chemical in our kits can be found here.
Preparing for Testing Day
In addition to the resources outlined in the manual, we have several others that will help you and your students feel confident on testing day:
Here is a great PowerPoint presentation to introduce your students to water quality testing, and the 8 water quality tests they will do.
Watch our staff do each of the 5 main water quality tests (Temperature, pH, Dissolved Oxygen, Nitrates, and Turbidity) in this video.
All of our virtual water quality monitoring resources are excellent pre-trip learning options. The portal contains many helpful videos and games to ensure students grasp the basics of water quality monitoring.
Historical Water Quality Data
Check out our new map that shows each water quality site and all of the data ever collected there! Also, here’s the last couple of years’ data. These can be useful for comparisons, making predictions about your monitoring, and identifying trends.
- February 2024 Data
- October 2023 Data
- February 2023 Data
- October 2022 Data
- February 2022 Data
- October 2021 Data
- February 2021 Data
- October 2020 Data
- February 2020 Data
- October 2019 Data
- February 2019 Data
- October 2018 Data
- February 2018 Data
- October 2017 Data
- February 2017 Data
- October 2016 Data
- February 2016 Data
- October 2015
- Feb_2015_NREP_WQ_FINAL
- Oct_2014_NREP_WQ_FINAL
- Feb_2014_WQ_FINAL
- Oct_2013_WQ_FINAL