CWMN

December 10, 2018
October 10, 2018
August 6, 2018

June 2018 CWMN Update

The June results are a bit worse than they were in May, but overall not terrible.

June 12, 2018

May 2018 CWMN Update

Our first CWMN (Citizen Water Monitoring Network) mission of the season was a great success! Thanks, as always, to all of the dedicated volunteers who sacrifice their mornings to help us take water samples all over the Neponset. The results have come back from the MWRA lab, and for the most part, they look good. […]

April 9, 2018

CWMN Updates April 2018

April 2018 — Here at NepRWA, spring ushers in the beginning of our Citizen Water Monitoring Network (CWMN). The sampling season will officially start on May 10th, marking the 23rd consecutive year of this very successful citizen based water quality monitoring program. Volunteer training sessions will be held in our office–2173 Washington St., Canton— from […]

December 7, 2017
October 27, 2017

Thank you, CWMN Volunteers!

  The CWMN season has just come to an end and we want to thank everyone who was involved! It’s been a pleasure getting to know such a large network of people who are interested in keeping the Neponset River clean. This year, CWMN volunteers collected close to 800 water samples and 200 Dissolved Oxygen […]

August 8, 2017

CWMN Results: June

The results for June show much higher E. coli levels than were observed in May. This is mainly because June was a wetter month than May, and bacteria levels in wet weather are typically higher than levels in dry weather.

June 28, 2017

CWMN Results: May 2017

The water sampling results are in and the findings are encouraging. Kudos to the Norwood DPW for the progress they've made toward a healthier Meadow Brook.

April 3, 2017
December 6, 2016
October 21, 2016
October 19, 2016

CWMN 2016 Recap

From May to October, over 50 volunteers took samples and performed dissolved oxygen analysis at 41 sites throughout the watershed.

September 23, 2016

Water Quality Data – August 2016

The majority of our CWMN volunteers managed to get samples for August, despite drought-induced low water levels throughout the Watershed.

August 25, 2016
July 26, 2016

Water Quality Data – June 2016

The June Citizen Water Monitoring Network (CWMN) sampling event took place on Thursday, June 16. By coincidence, this happened to be the morning after a fire on Hawes Brook resulted in a fish kill involving hundreds of fish, the results of which are discussed later in this post. Our volunteers collaborated to sample 41 different […]

June 15, 2016

Water Quality Data – May 2016

The first Citizen Water Monitoring Network (CWMN) sampling event of the year took place on Thursday, May 19. Our volunteers helped to sample from 41 different sites within the Neponset Watershed, and the below map illustrates the bacteria results we received. Red and orange dots on this map indicate areas along the watershed that are not safe […]

May 8, 2016
February 29, 2016