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The Task Force collects quarterly water quality data at seven stations.
Volunteers measure temperature, pH, and dissolved oxygen in the
field at each site, and collect water samples at each site for laboratory
analyses of nitrate, total and fecal coliform bacteria, and turbidity.
In addition, aquatic insect and benthic algal biomass samples are
collected annually. Click
on a monitoring parameter listed below to find out why we monitor
each of these parameters in the Upper Gallatin River. This information
was adapted from handouts produced by the Montana
Volunteer Water Monitoring Project.
You can view the BWTF Baseline Data Slideshow or
download a PDF (366k).
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