Water Monitoring

Michelle Humphrey,  AWW Coordinator
Email: [email protected]

Every month the FLFR team tests water quality on the river and some of its tributaries. Each volunteer offers 2-3 hours of their time once a month.

In this effort, FLFR collaborates with Alabama Water Watch  and Black Warrior River-keeper.
​Continuous testing, over the past 26 years, has created a valuable database -- both bacteriological and chemical.   
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FLFR currently monitors water quality at McCay Lake, Gurley Creek, Mardis Mill Falls, Graves Creek and Swann Covered Bridge.

More monitors mean more data at more sites! Learn about volunteer monitoring from AWW.​ 

If you are interested in joining FLFR’s water monitoring team, sign up via the form linked: ​

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Current Certified Water Testing Volunteers: 

April & Bryan Benefield 
(upstream of Swann Covered Bridge)      
Email: [email protected]

Brian Dean      
(Mardis Mill & Graves Creek at the bridge on Hamilton Mountain Rd- above and below Tyson's output pipe)     
Email: [email protected]

Michelle Humphrey,  Coordinator
Email: [email protected]

​Laura Katz Parenteau
(McKay Lake)

David Hothem
(Gurley Creek in Remlap)

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Alabama Water Watch is a citizen-volunteer water quality monitoring program, covering all of the major river basins of the state. The mission of AWW is to improve both water quality and water policy through citizen monitoring and action.
AWW uses EPA-approved monitoring protocol. With a “data-to-action” focus, AWW helps volunteers collect, analyze, and understand their data to make positive impact.

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Black Warrior Riverkeeper’s mission is to protect and restore the Black Warrior River and its tributaries - one of which is the Locust Fork. 
BWRK is a citizen-based nonprofit organization dedicated to improving water quality, habitat, recreation, and public health throughout our patrol area, the Black Warrior River watershed. This vital river basin is entirely contained within Alabama, America’s leading state for freshwater biodiversity.