FRWA River Research

If you want to help the river, it’s important to know where, and what, its problems are. FRWA gathers information that can lead to action. Our research and mapping projects assist planners, policymakers, watershed residents and river users.

What We Monitor

Our ongoing water quality monitoring provides information that complements the work of other agencies. It also builds up a long-term record that could show how the river responds to changes in the watershed.

Bacteria

Learn more about how we sample E. Coli to observe water quality in the watershed.

Chloride

Learn about monitoring road salt pollution in the watershed and how you can help.

Temperatures

Learn how and why FRWA monitors water temperature throughout the watershed.

Aquatic Insects

Learn how we sample macroinvertebrates to observe water quality in the watershed.

Cyanobacteria

Cyanobacteria and the FRWA studies of cyanobacteria blooms in Rainbow Reservoir.

Nutrients

Monitoring is done on Rainbow Reservoir in Windsor and on tributaries in our watershed.

Water Quality Map

Interested in the E.coli levels in the river and tributaries in your town? Click on the map to see where the FRWA takes samples and the sample results.