SAVEM--Southern Appalachian Volunteer Environmental Monitoring

Water Quality Inventory & Monitoring Project

• Methodology and Protocols
• Project Areas
  • Upper Clinch River Watershed (VA)
  • Upper Holston River Watershed (VA)
  • Upper Little Tennessee River Watershed (NC)
  • Coosawattee River Watershed (GA)
  • Watauga River Watershed (NC)
  • Upper Nolichucky River Watershed (TN)
  • French Broad River Watershed (NC)

Methdology and Protocols

Review and print the surveying methodology--in HTML or PDF
Review and print the Index of Biotic Integrity (IBI) Monitoring Protocol--in HTML

Project Areas

• Upper Clinch River Watershed (VA) Water Quality Surveying
  • Volunteer Partners: Upper Clinch Headwaters Association
    • Photo Gallery
  • Interactive Map on the SAIN web site
  • Static Maps on the SAIN web site
    • Clinch River Basin Impaired Streams (1998-2002)
    • Powell River Basin Impaired Streams (1998-2002)

• Upper Holston River Watershed (VA) Water Quality Surveying
  • Volunteer Partners: Friends of the South Fork Holston River and Upper Tennessee River Roundtable
    • Photo Gallery
    • Chart showing volunteer hours for Summer02-Winter04
  • Monitoring Charts/Graphs:
    • Charts showing October-December 2004 monitoring results for:
      • NH3 (ammonia)
      • NO3 (nitrate)
      • Orthophosphate
      • Turbidity
      • Total suspended solids
      • Conductivity
      • Alkalinity
      • pH
    • Chart showing Upper Holston benthic monitoring results through Winter 2003/2004
  • Interactive Map on the SAIN web site
  • Static Maps on the SAIN web site
    • North Fork-Holston River Basin Impaired Streams (1998-2002)
    • South and Middle Fork-Holston River Basin Impaired Streams (1998-2002)

• Upper Little Tennessee River Watershed (NC) Water Quality Surveying
  • Volunteer Partners: Little Tennessee Watershed Association
    • Photo Gallery--coming soon
  • View static maps, interactive maps, and access other information on the Upper Little Tennessee Project page of the SAIN web site.

• Coosawattee River Watershed (GA)
  • Volunteer Partners:
    • Photo Gallery
    • Graph showing volunteer hours through Fall 2003
  • Monitoring Data/Charts/Graphs:
    • Graph of data collected on benthic macroinvertebrates Summer and Fall 2003
  • Interactive Map on the SAIN web site
  • Static Maps on the SAIN web site

• Watauga River Watershed (NC)
  • Volunteer Partners:
    • Photo Gallery
    • Graph showing volunteer hours for 2003-2005
  • Monitoring Data/Charts/Graphs: (PDF files)
    • Data table of Chemical Monitoring Results: Summer 2003 - Summer 2005 (PDF file)
    • Charts (from data tables above) for alkalinity, turbidity, total suspended solids (TSS), conductivity, pH, ammonia (NH3), nitrates (NO3), and orthophosphates
    • Chart for benthic data
      
  • Interactive Map on the SAIN web site
  • Static Maps on the SAIN web site
    • Watauga River Basin Impaired Streams (1998-2002)

• Upper Nolichucky River Watershed (TN)
  
• French Broad River Watershed--volunteer base being developed