The Blue Ridge Watershed Coalition
Of Jefferson County, West Virginia
Stream and River Water Monitoring
2012 Funding Request
• $10,000 Community Participation Grant
Awarded - Senator John Unger
• $15,000 Jefferson County Commission
Requested for 2012
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$25,000 Total 2012 monitoring budget
Budget Detail:
A. Friends of the Shenandoah River – Nitrogen/Phosphorus/Turbidity
Monitoring
Mountain Streams
6 - Twice each month
Shenandoah River
3 Locations
Training
Total
# Samples
Lab fees per sample
144 Samples
$50.00
$7200.00
72 Samples
$50.00
$3600.00
2 Sessions
FOSR & WV DEP
Total
$650.00
$11,450.00
Public Data Portal
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Ammonia
Nitrate/Nitrite
Orthophosphate
Dissolved Oxygen
pH
Temperature
Turbidity
Selectable Graph or table presentations
Budget Detail
B. Peak flow Sediment Monitoring
Quantity
Price
5
$1,000.00
$5,000.00
5
$1,000.00
$5,000.00
Marine Battery
5
$70.00
$350.00
Containment
5
$500.00
$2,500.00
PC-400 Software
2
$350.00
$700.00
Equipment
Total
Campbell Scientific
OBS-3+ Turbidity Sensor
Campbell Scientific
CR-800 Data Logger
Total
$13,550.00
Continuous Monitoring of sediment levels requires
specialized equipment
Campbell Scientific
– OBS-3+ Turbidity Sensor
Highly accurate – light diffraction sensor
– CR-800 Data Logger
Programmable logger - 200,000 data points stored – allows
recording of sediment level every 15 seconds for 1 month
Turbidity Sensor
Data Logger