Detroit Volunteers use Small Insects to Track Water Quality
Roughly 200 Detroit area volunteers went in search of stoneflies on Jan. 20, 2018 in order to gauge water quality in the area. Catching and counting the insects is able to effectively aid in charting progress made towards reducing water pollution.
Volunteers dug beneath ice and mud amidst melting snow to locate the bugs throughout various streams. On top of this work of locating insects, volunteers were also able to perform additional, general environmental checkups on their sites of analysis, with one group pinpointing a leaking pipe in a Rouge River tributary.
The bug hunt is an annual practice by volunteers in the area, taking place every January and spanning the three river systems in the metro-Detroit area.
Date: January 23, 2018
Image: Google Images
Coordinator: EnvGuide Team
Source: https://www.wwdmag.com/pollution-control/detroit-volunteers-use-small-insects-track-water-quality