Volunteer Monitoring

The Waccamaw River Volunteer Monitoring Project is a volunteer-based program. Volunteers trained in using environmental testing equipment sample ten sites along the whole length of the river in the state of South Carolina. Volunteers work as a part of one of the five teams that sample all the sites. Most of the coordination of the team activity is done by the team itself and team captain helps to keep all the members of the team in the loop. Volunteer Monitoring Coordinator makes sure that all the quality assurance and quality control procedures are being followed according to the guidelines provided by United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA).

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Objectives

The objective of the project is to initiate and stabilize a volunteer-based, water quality monitoring program for the Waccamaw Watershed. This program will fulfill four needs:

1. Address NPDES (National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System) Phase II program measures for public education and involvement
2. Assist in illicit discharge detection (an NPDES Phase II program requirement)
3. Increase geographic and temporal coverage of water quality monitoring in the Waccamaw River to assist in development of site specific water quality standards.
4. An effort will be made to meet SC DHEC's (South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control) quality requirements for inclusion of the data in their biennial 305(b) reports.

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Partners

• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• City of Conway
• Horry County
• Georgetown County