EOS Eco-Energy, a local non-profit focusing on climate change and environmental sustainability, is inviting residents from around Sackville, Port Elgin, Baie Verte and Murray Corner to take part in a water testing blitz on Friday, August 9.
CHMA talks with Rachel Francis, the summer watershed intern at EOS, to find out more about how residents can contribute by collecting water samples from their local streams or brooks. “It’s good citizen science,” says Francis, who also runs the EOS watershed monitoring program for the summer.
Testing for the August 9 blitz is limited to e. coli, an key indicator of water safety for recreation. Francis continues, “If someone has their own specific fishing place or a little down-low swimming area, we can test that for them so that they know where they’re hanging out and fishing and swimming is safe for them as well.”
