Mission Statement and Project Objectives

The project has four major objectives:

1) to monitor key water quality parameters within the watershed of the Upper
Susquehanna/ Lackawanna American Heritage River (AHR);

2) to use real-time water quality instruments (provided by Yellow Springs Instruments, YSI) to characterize environmental conditions in a river ecosystem with mine scarred lands, acid mine drainage, and mixed sewage from combined sewer overflows (CSOs) ;

3) to make these data available to the public and other community stakeholders, including local and state agencies, via real-time data loggers linked to a community-based GIS (geographic information system) that provides Web based Internet visualizations;

4) to conduct environmental education and public outreach activities.

For More Information, please contact

Dr. Dale Bruns, GeoEnvironmental Sciences and Engineering Department, Wilkes University and PA GIS Consortium at dbruns@wilkes.edu

Mr. Rob Krehley, Wyoming Valley Sanitary Authority, wvsarob@hotmail.com

Mr. Brian Oram, GeoEnvironmental Sciences and Engineering Department, 
Center for Environmental Quality, eqc@wilkes.edu

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