Jerry Iles, OSU South Centers Extension Educator, Watershed
Management, coordinated efforts for Ohio volunteers participating in
the third year of a six-state volunteer monitoring study which focuses
on using E. coli as an indicator of water quality. Ohio volunteers
sampled on 46 days, donating 222 hours of service toward this important
study of Ohio's rivers and streams. Volunteer data included lab
analysis of 74 samples as well as 444 replicate samples processed by
the volunteers using two different home test kits. OSU Extension
provided three trainings for the volunteers and served as a repository
for all data. The project was featured in the Volunteer Monitor, a
prestigious national publication.
