Projects

To continue to develop the Stream Team volunteer water quality monitoring programs as a force for river conservation, and to further analyze data collected in both 1998-1999 grant years.

Continued support for the development of a geographic information system for the Quinnipiac River watershed.

To support the proposal entitled, Quinnipiac River:  Point Source White Paper which would bring together information on all current discharges into the River, rank them by volume of toxic materials discharged, etc.

To provide a more accurate estimate of point and nonpoint source loading of organic and inorganic nitrogen to the Quinnipiac River.

To complete the development of a chemical tracer technique for identifying nonpoint sources of pollution.

To conduct an assessment of the state of knowledge about pollution sources and legacies in the Quinnipiac River and produce a report to be used by general public involved in watershed improvement programs.

To sample and analyze food fish from the Quinnipiac and Mill Rivers for toxic organic and inorganic contaminants.

For current information on how the Long Island Soundkeeper Fund is advocating for clean water and solutions to local pollution problems, please visit their web site: http://www.soundkeeper.org/program-areas/

To research and analyze the issue of river pollution by landfill leacheates in the Quinnipiac Watershedd, to plan Y begin implementation of "stream team" bio-assessment in two watershed sub-basins, & to improve office as a resource center.

To bioassess the Quinnipiac Headwaters and Tributaries in Southington.