The Blue Ridge Watershed Coalition

Of Jefferson County, West Virginia

Stream and River Water Monitoring2012 Funding Request

• $10,000 Community Participation Grant Awarded - Senator John Unger

• $15,000 Jefferson County Commission Requested for 2012

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$25,000 Total 2012 monitoring budget

Budget Detail:A. Friends of the Shenandoah River – Nitrogen/Phosphorus/Turbidity

Monitoring # Samples Lab fees per sample Total

Mountain Streams 6 - Twice each month

144 Samples $50.00 $7200.00

Shenandoah River3 Locations 72 Samples $50.00 $3600.00

Training2 Sessions FOSR & WV DEP $650.00

Total$11,450.00

Public Data Portal

• Ammonia • Nitrate/Nitrite• Orthophosphate• Dissolved Oxygen • pH• Temperature • Turbidity

Selectable Graph or table presentations

Budget DetailB. Peak flow Sediment Monitoring

Equipment Quantity Price Total

Campbell ScientificOBS-3+ Turbidity Sensor

5 $1,000.00 $5,000.00

Campbell ScientificCR-800 Data Logger

5 $1,000.00 $5,000.00

Marine Battery 5 $70.00 $350.00

Containment 5 $500.00 $2,500.00

PC-400 Software 2 $350.00 $700.00

Total $13,550.00

Continuous Monitoring of sediment levels requires specialized equipment

Campbell Scientific

– OBS-3+ Turbidity Sensor Highly accurate – light diffraction sensor

– CR-800 Data Logger Programmable logger - 200,000 data points stored – allows

recording of sediment level every 15 seconds for 1 month

Turbidity Sensor

Data Logger