water quality

Dump the Drugs Prescription Drug Take-Back

Prescription drugs
Date and Time: 
October 29, 2011 - 10:00am - 2:00pm

A Dump the Drugs event will be on Oct. 29 in Prescott, Prescott Valley, Chino Valley, Dewey and Black Canyon City. 

The new face of E. coli monitoring

Submitted by arichardson on September 30, 2011 - 3:45pm
Colilert quanti-trays are the basis of the E.coli analysis

 When our volunteer water quality monitoring program resumes this winter, there will be a new addition: Colilert equipment from IDEXX so that we can process our E. coli samples in-house. This is an exciting advancement for our water quality monitoring program. The ability to run the E.

When do bacteria in our surface waters present a public health risk?

Submitted by arichardson on June 28, 2011 - 10:47am
Single celled organisms, like bacteria, appear like creatures from another plant

I have to admit that, as I write this, I do not have an answer to the question that I just posed. I must also admit that this question has plagued me for some time and without training in public health issues, I feel ill-equipped to draw conclusions. Thus, I am writing about it here in an attempt to unpack this complicated issue.

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