The Partners of Scott County Watersheds reported the newest available results from water quality monitoring conducted in Scott County, Tuesday, November 15th, 2011 from Noon-1pm at the Davenport Public Works Building, 1200 East 46th Street, Davenport, Ia. 52807.
Clare Kerofsky, Coordinator with Partners of Scott County Watersheds and Scott County Soil and Water Conservation District, spoke on increased monitoring plans in the Duck Creek Watershed. Duck Creek is impaired or highly polluted for E. coli bacteria and the goal of increased monitoring is to learn more about the sources of this bacteria.
Lynette Seigley, Research Geologist with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources IOWATER Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring Program delivered water quality monitoring results from 56 sites in Scott County for transparency, water temperature, pH, nitrite and nitrate, dissolved oxygen, phosphate, chloride and E. coli bacteria.
Jason McCurdy, Beach Monitoring/Water Lab Coordinator for the Iowa Department of Natural Resources reported on results of water quality monitoring conducted at 23 sites in the Duck Creek Watershed on October 5th, 2011 for flow, turbidity, dissolved oxygen, pH, temperature, chloride, E. coli bacteria and optical brighteners. Optical brighteners are active ingredients in most laundry detergents. Analysis of water samples for optical brighteners is a relatively new source tracking technique which can help determine the presence of human fecal contamination.
