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Bellingen Riverwatch Online Water Quality Monitoring Manual
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Part 1. Must be done at the river
9 Lessons
1.1. Site Observations
1.2. Site Photos
1.3. Air Temperature
1.4. Water Temperature
1.5.1. Collect 60ml Dissolved Oxygen sample - walking into the stream
1.5.2. Collect 60ml Dissolved Oxygen sample - using bucket and rope
1.6. Fix Dissolved Oxygen
1.7.1. Collect 500ml bottle sample - with pole
1.7.2. Collect 500ml bottle sample - with bucket and rope
Part 2. Can be done at the river or at home / school
14 Lessons
2.1.1. Dissolved Oxygen - using Winkler Titration Method
2.1.2. Dissolved Oxygen - using SMART3 meter (for Penny's kit & Sue's kit only)
2.2.1. pH - using pH Strips (for all sites except Never Never)
2.2.2. pH - using pH Meter (for Never Never sites)
2.3.1. Check EC meter with the standard
2.3.2.1. Calibrate Grey EC meter
2.3.2.2. Calibrate Green EC meter
2.3.3.1. Grey EC Meter Test
2.3.3.2. Green EC Meter Test
2.3.4. Dilution for EC for B7, B8, B8.1, K4, S1 sites
2.4.1. Available Phosphate test - using DC1500 meter
2.4.2. Available Phosphate test with DC1200 meter for B4 kit + B7 kit
2.4.3. Available Phosphate test with SMART3 meter (for Penny's kit + Sue's kit)
2.5. Turbidity test
Part 3. Pack Up, Restock & Upload
8 Lessons
3.1. Pack up
3.2. Check your kit for refills
3.3. Restock kit from refills cupboard
3.4. Upload your data
3.5. Find recent flow data (optional)
3.6. Find recent rainfall data (optional)
3.7. Check the Missing Data Spreadsheet
3.8. Interpret your data (optional)
Part 4. Safety & First Aid
8 Lessons
4.1. Chemical First Aid Information
4.2. Testing Guidelines
4.3. What to do if an incident happens
4.4. Bull Routs
4.5. Snake Bites
4.6. Tick Bites
4.7 Covid-19
4.8. Blue Green Algae
Part 5. For Roving WQM Testers
2 Lessons
5.1. The importance of this role
5.2. Process for Roving WQM Testers
Part 7. Training Module
4 Lessons
7.1. Training and Support
7.2. About the WQM Program
7.3. WQM Volunteer Roles
7.4. About Bellingen Riverwatch
Part 8. Identification Guides
1 Lesson
8.1. Algae Identification
Bellingen Riverwatch Online Water Quality Monitoring Manual
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