1. Collaboration in Lake Water Quality Monitoring Bob R. Pohlad Carolyn L. Thomas

2. Smith Mountain Lake, VA Photo By: Bob Pohlad

3. EREN Ecologists and Students and Citizen Scientists

4. Smith Mountain Lake Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring Program Sponsoring Organizations Smith Mountain Lake Association Ferrum College Appalachian Power Company Virginia Department of Environmental Quality Western Virginia Water Authority Bedford, Franklin & Pittsylvania Counties Tri County Lake Administrative Commission

5. Annual Reports Since 1987

6. Involvement Levels Basic – Turbidity with Secchi Disk readings and temperature Intermediate – Algal and Bacterial Sampling Advanced – Chemical Analysis for Trophic State Index Total Phosphorus Chlorophyll-a Secchi Depth

7. Involvement Levels Basic – Temperature and Turbidity with Secchi Disk readings

8. Involvement Levels Intermediate – Algal Population Sampling

9. Involvement Levels Intermediate – Bacterial Population Sampling

10. Involvement Levels Advanced - Trophic Status A.Trophic State Index (TSI) 1.Total Phosphorus 2.Chlorophyll-a 3.Secchi Depth

11. Involvement Levels Advanced - Trophic Status B. Depth Profile 1.Dissolved Oxygen 2.Temperature 3.pH?

12. Volunteer Monitoring Sampling Equipment for Chlorophyll-a

13. Integrated Water Sampling Technique Chlorophyll-a

14. Chlorophyll-a Analysis

15. In Situ Troll Probe™ and Rugged Reader ™ - Dissolved Oxygen

16. Phosphorus and Nitrogen Analysis LACHAT

17. Webpage and Facebook Project website: http://www.ferrum.edu/academics/schools/n atural_sciences_math/projects/sml_water_qualit y/index.html http://www.ferrum.edu/academics/schools/n atural_sciences_math/projects/sml_water_qualit y/index.html Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/smlwqp

19. Let’s get it Clear! Water (from a recent DCR Bumper Sticker)

20. Smith Mountain Lake, VA Photo By: Bob Pohlad Questions?