Micro organism Monitoring | Arundel Rivers

Our micro organism monitoring program runs all through peak swimming season within the Bay, from Memorial Day weekend to Labor Day weekend. Each summer season, we monitor enterococcus micro organism ranges at greater than 30 neighborhood waterfront areas within the South, West, and Rhode watersheds. Enterococci is a intestine micro organism usually present in fecal matter waste that may trigger sickness when uncovered to people and pets at sure ranges. Sources of this micro organism can embody waste water spills, failing septic tanks, or livestock, wildlife, or pet waste that enters our waterways by way of stormwater runoff.

After volunteers acquire these samples on Thursday mornings, they’re despatched to Anne Arundel Community College to be analyzed. Arundel Rivers follows EPA pointers and the beneficial threshold of 104 cfu/100 ml for leisure swimming. Each Friday, the outcomes are disseminated by way of electronic mail, our social media, and Swim Guide (out there as an internet site and good telephone app) to make sure that communities obtain well timed public well being info to assist establish instances when it could be inadvisable to swim or recreate.​

​If you wish to be part of this monitoring effort by turning into a micro organism tester or including a brand new website, please watch this video for extra info! The full price of sponsoring a website is $500 or $450 in the event you present a volunteer tester for the season. Interested? Email us at [email protected] or submit a type to volunteer.

Swim Guide, by way of their web site (theswimguide.org) or app

Arundel Rivers’ social media (instagram or fb)