Alabama Rivers Alliance, Friends of Big Canoe Creek, and Friends of the Locust Fork River to Hold Muddy Water Watch Training
Event Date:
Monday, June 20, 2011 - 5:30pm
Muddy Water Watch Training
Be part of the solution! Attend this MWW workshop:
WHAT: MWW Training
DATE: Monday, June 20 5:30 – 8:30pm
Tuesday, June 21 5:30 – 7:30pm
LOCATION: Oneonta Public Library
Contact Liz Brooke at Alabama Rivers Alliance for more information at 1-877-862-5260 and ebrooke@alabamarivers.org Registration deadline: Sunday the 19th.
In two evening sessions, learn about the national Clean Water Act, state and local regulations, and how to determine what constitutes a violation. Learn to monitor construction sites, take photographs of potential violations, and document and report off-site sedimentation and waterways that are polluted. Learn to use data storage websites to report identified violations. No previous knowledge of erosion and sediment control is required to participate.
Program History
Led by Mobile Baykeeper, five environmental organizations are partners in MWW, including Alabama Rivers Alliance, Cahaba Riverkeeper, Choctawhatchee Riverkeeper, and Hurricane Creekkeeper. Although the program has only been in action for one year, these partners have already trained over 100 citizen volunteers to monitor construction sites and protect their waterways.
Similar programs conducted in North Carolina and Georgia have trained hundreds of citizens, local officials, developers and engineers.
Waterkeeper Alliance
All participating Alabama waterkeepers are members of the global Waterkeeper Alliance.
