The Rahway River Watershed Association's Water Quality Monitoring Program is made possible by a grant from the Watershed Institute and support from NJDEP (New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection).

Training is provided by The Watershed Institute and NJDEP AmeriCorps Watershed Ambassadors who have been highly trained by the NJDEP for this purpose.

At present we are performing visual assessments, and monitoring for benthic macroinvertebrates and road salt. We are currently accepting volunteers to join our RRWA Stream Team to help with this effort.

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STREAM SCHOOL 2021

The April 2021 Stream School Program finised up in May 2021. Volunteers learned stream-side techniques for visual and biological assessments including the identification of benthic macroinvertebrates. Join the Rahway River Watershed Association Stream Team and become part of a community-based water quality monitoring program.

Call Clea at 908-472-6152 if you are interested in joining our Stream Team and performing water quality monitoring at a location on the Rahway River near you.

Join the RRWA Stream Team!

Get involved in your community by monitoring water quality in local rivers and lakes.

Understanding the health of our rivers and streams helps us:
• recommend environmental policy and protections 
• educate the public about how to protect and restore clean water and the environment
• better work to restore ailing habitats

Monitoring our waterways is important for assessing stream conditions and water quality. Understanding the health and quality of our rivers and streams helps us recommend environmental policy and protections, educate the public about how to protect and restore clean water and the environment, and work to restore ailing habitats. We use a number of methods and parameters to determine water quality and stream health.