PREEMO -- PASSAIC RIVER ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND MONITORING ORGANIZATION www.preemo-msu.org Coordinated by the Passaic River Institute of Montclair State University 1 Normal Ave. ML 116, Montclair, NJ 07043 phone: 973-655-7117 fax: 973-655-6810 email: pri@montclair.edu  web: www.csam.montclair.edu/pri  Dr. Kirk R. Barrett, Director

Funded by USEPA Region 2 Environmental Education Grant, the CMX Community Foundation the RBC Blue Water Project of the Royal Bank of Canada Foundation, RBC Wealth Management

Participating Schools

• Barringer High School (Newark)
• John F. Kennedy High School (Paterson)
• Montclair Kimberly Academy (Montclair)
• Passaic Valley High School (Little Falls),
• Wallington High School (Wallington),

Information

• Press Release from MSU announcing receipt of grant from USEPA

• Summary of PREEMO

• PDF Map of Passaic River Watershed showing PREEMO SCHOOLS

• Zoomable Google map of PREEMO sampling sites

• Approved Quality Assurance Project Plan

• Science project ideas

• Supplies reorder form

• PREEMO DATA SHEETS

  • Precipitation and temperature

  • Macroinvertebrates and water chemistry

   

• BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES

• Visual macroinvertebrate key (PDF)

• Virginia IWLA SOS macroinvertebrate identification sheet (PDF)

• NJDEP VOLUNTEER WATER MONITORING DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

• Access the system at www.njdeponline.com

• User Manual (MSWord file)

• How to sign up for an account (start at step 2 on the instructions)
  

• How to "associate" with PREEMO once you have an account at njdeponline.com (PDF file)

• OTHER INFORMATION AND RESOURCES

• Real-time stream flow and water quality data in NJ, from USGS

• NJDEP volunteer monitoring web site

• USEPA Region 2 volunteer monitoring web site

• USEPA Volunteer Stream Monitoring: A Methods Manual

• General Information on Phosphorus

• Water on the web: Understanding Water Quality

• Fundamentals of Urban Runoff Management

• Other resources available to PREEMO teachers from PRI (problems, models, sampling equipment, analytical instruments)
  
  
• Activities you can do with the PRI's set of laminated USGS topographic maps covering the Passaic Basin