Why is a regional water quality database needed?
What is the importance of coupling the citizen monitoring efforts?
For me this is the first time that citizens have conducted or obtained water quality data related to groundwater and surfacewater that has been collected in a manner that insures the reliability of the data and provides a comprehensive evaluation of the inorganic, organic, and bacterial quality of the water.
This type of data has never existed at this scale in Pennsylvania. The PADEP has only data for community water supply or regulated systems, but private wells are not regulated by the Safe Drinking Water Act. The information that is in the hands of the individual citizen could be compiled into a resource that will benefit the local community, watershed, township, county, and state.
The database is confidential - no name, address, phone, number, or direct locational information is contained with in the database. The raw database does not an approximate location and zip code for the site, but the raw data will never be published.
Please consider supporting this Community Effort. To support this effort, please do the following:
1. Complete an Information Form and submit it along with your data to brian.oram@wilkes.edu or bfenviro@ptd.net.
2. Please send a copy of the data, chain-of-custody sheet, and any documentation related to the sampling.
3. If this is confusing, please consider hosting a community meeting. We would love to attend to speak about this effort and make it easier for citizens to submit their data.
To thank you for your support, we will do the following:
1. Review your data and provide you suggested action items - to help explain and if necessary provide guidance on fixing the problem. This is one and one assistance - not an online computer software tool. This is done for free by Mr. Brian Oram, PG at B.F. Environmental Consultants Inc.
2. Free Booklet from written by Mr. Brian Oram and two other professional geologists.
3. Happy to attend a community meeting to explain regional data.
4. Online list of suggested water quality parameters. This listing is slightly different and not as up-to-date as the recommend parameter list by Mr. Brian Oram.
Thanks for your time
Please support the Citizens Groundwater and Surfacewater Database in PA
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