Water Monitoring
By: Eric Crosswhite
Updated: March 4, 2013
JOPLIN -- Volunteers spent part of Sunday afternoon collecting insects and performing chemical tests in Shoal and Silver Creeks near Joplin. The Stream Team monitors the water quality four times a year. This is the fifth year volunteers have done the testing and have never found any problems. Nature experts say creek monitoring is the best phase in identifying a possible water issue.
"We just expect to turn on the water faucet and have good clean drinkable water, but there is really a lot that goes into protecting the water quality here, and it's essential for a healthy thriving community to have a good water source that is clean," says Wildcat Glades Education Director Chris Pistole.
The results of Sunday's testing will be sent to the Department of Natural Resources.
"We just expect to turn on the water faucet and have good clean drinkable water, but there is really a lot that goes into protecting the water quality here, and it's essential for a healthy thriving community to have a good water source that is clean," says Wildcat Glades Education Director Chris Pistole.
The results of Sunday's testing will be sent to the Department of Natural Resources.
