Insights into stream water quality: Bacteria sampling at the Cromwell-Kebo watershed through summer storm events
Taylor V, Crowley C, Löwgren S, Garcia Freire PG, Hall SR, Henkel BL. 2018. Insights into stream water quality: Bacteria sampling at the Cromwell-Kebo watershed through summer storm events. College of the Atlantic
From the abstract: "Previous and ongoing water quality, discharge, and bacteria sampling has been conducted in the Cromwell/Kebo watersheds of Mount Desert Island as part of Wild Acadias Watershed Project. With five gauging locations throughout the watershed, stream stage and water temperature data have been recorded during April through September whenever streams were flowing. One location near Sieur de Monts Springs was dry through late July and August. Various sites were designated for sampling along the streams both before and after discharge pipes input water from local residences, the Bar Harbor Transfer Station, and the Kebo Golf Course. We aimed to sample the water and collect water parameter data from each location at least three times through a storm event, before, during, and after the peak precipitation. Data collected during two summer storm events shows elevated bacteria concentrations at locations along Cromwell Brook. Further, preliminary data suggests a correlation between turbidity and bacteria concentrations, as well as possible point sources of pollution draining into the Cromwell/Kebo system. Continued monitoring of stream discharge and water quality is important for managing water resources through changing seasonal flow. As such, these monitoring efforts will be continued through the fall and will resume in the spring."
- Type
- Poster
- Authors
- Taylor, Vanessa; Crowley, Celeste; Löwgren, Sara; Garcia Freire, Patricio; Hall, Sarah; Henkel, Brian
- Date of Issue
- 2018-10-20
- Publisher
- College of the Atlantic
- Units
- ACAD
- Keywords
- dissolved oxygen (DO), dissolved solids, Education, mapping, Research & Studies, salinity, solids (water quality), storms, stormwater, temperature, turbidity, water quality, water temperature, watersheds, weather