Isle of Wight Water Blitz – 25th Nov to 20th Dec 2017
2nd November 2017
The first ever landscape scale survey of water quality across the Island!
This November to December grab your wellies and get out testing ponds, streams, ditches and rivers across the Isle of Wight. Use quick kits to find amazing clean water gems, places free from pollution where wildlife can thrive. Join the citizen science survey and contribute to current scientific research.
(c) David Rees Roberts
The simple kits rapidly measure water quality, in particular the level of two widespread nutrient pollutants, nitrate and phosphate. Clean water supports rich and diverse communities of freshwater plants and animals. Sadly it only takes a little pollution to cause the loss of much this wildlife. Despite it’s importance very little is known about the water quality of the Isle of Wight. For most places this will be the first time the water quality has ever been measured.
The Isle of Wight Water Blitz aims to find those fantastic clean waters and, for the first time, to reveal the true extent of nutrient pollution facing the Island’s freshwater life.
Whether you’re a wildlife enthusiast, a landowner, a group, a school, a business or an interested individual, we want to encourage everyone to take part this winter.
Opening Event – 25th November (10am-12pm)
Join us for an introductory talk. Find out everything you need to know before collecting your kits and heading out to test your local freshwater habitats.
• Why is clean water important for wildlife • Kit pick up
• Kit demonstration • Guidance on where you can test
• How to interpret your results
Location: Riverside Centre, The Quay, Newport, PO30 2QR
To book please email Hannah at hworker@freshwaterhabitats.org.uk
Quick kits – how to video
Request your kits
To sign up for your kits please email Laura at lquinlan@freshwaterhabitats.org.uk or fill in the online request form below:
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