Interested in the health of your local watershed? Want to find a great outdoor family activity? Join our Water Monitoring Warriors to test Fairfield's Mill and Rooster Rivers each month. We will provide you with the equipment and training to test the water, document the results and track the river's health over time. You take the training and then sign up to test as often as you are able.
Two Options for Training:
- Zoom Training: September 23, 7:00-8:00 PM. Click Here to sign up. Click here to get the Zoom event flyer.
- In Person Training: September 26, 11:00-12:00 Click Here to sign up. Click here to get the flyer for our training event. Please note limited numbers, masks, and social distancing will all be required. Bring waiver with you.
Become a Warrior!
Please sign up to become a Warrior! If you are unable to attend either training, the recording of the 9/23 session is available here. View our training presentation from Our Water Monitoring Ambassador will explain how to test the water using the EarthEcho kits. Contact Office@MRWC-Fairfield.org if you are interested but unable to attend.
Monthly Testing
Once you have trained, use our Sign Up Genius to choose from five water bodies we will be monitoring the first week of each month, beginning in October. Need training? Contact MRWC at Office @mrwc-fairfield.org
Sign Up GeniusHow's My Waterway?
Check out the EPA website that provides general reference about the health of our local waterways. Water quality is monitored for physical, chemical and biological factors as they relate to swimming, aquatic life, safety of eating the fish and drinking the water. The monitoring results are assessed against state water quality standards approved by EPA.
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Want to do more with EarthEcho? 
EarthEcho International is a nonprofit organization founded on the belief that youth have the power to change our planet. Established by siblings Philippe and Alexandra Cousteau in honor of their father Philippe Cousteau Sr., and grandfather Jacques-Yves Cousteau, our mission is to inspire young people worldwide to act now for a sustainable future. Find out more here.
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Water Monitoring Warriors, please enter your data into this google form.
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