Project Summary

1. Project ID
Name	Water Quality Monitoring at Grand Bay Savanna
Region	Gulf of Mexico Region
State	AL
Location	Grand Bay
Date of this update	8/3/00

Habitat Restoration/Protection
Wetlands
River systems
Beaches/Dunes
Offshore areas
Mangroves
Assisting Species at Risk
Pollution Mitigation
Non-Point Source Pollution
Other (describe)

3. Project description (100 words or less)

The Nature Conservancy proposes to establish at least six (6) monitoring stations that would cover three (3) sub-watersheds within the project area. These sub-watersheds currently do not have monitoring programs on them nor do they have historical data. For these reasons we propose to do weekly monitoring for basic parameters in order to obtain background data.

The Conservancy will work with the Alabama Water Watch (AWW) program, a statewide water quality monitoring network, in order to provide citizen volunteer training and certification. AWW will also be the clearinghouse for data, adding the data to an already existing statewide database. This will then allow AWW to provide maps and graphics for the area data. The project would address aspects of the Gulf Program's public health and nutrient enrichment issue areas.

In addition to basic water quality parameters (air temperature, water temperature, dissolved oxygen, pH, alkalinity, hardness, and turbidity) volunteers will be trained and certified for bacteriological monitoring. This will be done on a monthly rather than a weekly basis and will again provide background data to these subwatersheds. A preliminary budget estimate for this project is $15,000 for monitoring, equipment, travel, training and staff time.

4. Goals/Benefits (quantify where possible using measures of success list) Was a cost-benefit study conducted for this project? yes/no If yes, provide a summary of findings.

5. Partners (include each participant's responsibilities - funding, permitting, etc.)

6. Funding/Contributions (organization and amount)

	  Cash	Federal	
			Non Federal 	State government 
					Local government
					Private industry
					Public interest groups
			Total	


	  In-Kind Services (hours, equipment, or other forms of assistance and estimated dollar 	value)
	
	  Volunteers (number of people and hours, and estimated dollar value)
                

7. Legislative authorities used by each participant

8. Value added by Coastal America Partnership including Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) goals achieved through this collaboration (500 words or less)

9. Project Status

• Initiation date:
• Completion date:
• Current stage (Initiated - I, Underway - U or Completed - C)

10.Contacts

11. Any additional information/comments