The UNH testing of area lakes regarding water quality has begun again. There is only one upcoming testing in 2022, and it will be next week, either Wednesday (9\/7), Thursday (9\/8) and Friday, (9\/9).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The HPA (Horn Pond Association) acts as liaison and hopefully can get volunteers who own boats to bring the UNH students out to conduct the testing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For next week, we need a volunteer to bring the UNH staff member who heads this program, Bob Craycraft, out on the pond for water testing and sampling. One day would be the date for the sampling and an alternative day in the event of inclement weather. Bob could be at your location by 9:00am. He can complete the sampling in approximately one hour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Please email: mail@horn-pond.org by Sunday, (9\/5) if you are available next Wednesday, Thursday or Friday of next week to bring Bob out. The program will start again next May.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 How long is the Program each season? \u2022 What is the Frequency\/how often will the testing be done? \u2022 What day of Day of week will the testing be done? \u2022 What Time of Day will the testing be done? \u2022 How much Time is involved for Volunteers on each outing? \u2022 What is\/are the responsibilities of the power boat owner\/Volunteer? \u2022 How many students will be on the boat? \u2022 What will the students & staff be doing? The UNH testing of area lakes regarding water quality has begun again. There is only one upcoming testing in 2022, and it will be next week, either Wednesday (9\/7), Thursday (9\/8) and Friday, (9\/9). The HPA (Horn Pond Association) acts as liaison and hopefully can get volunteers who own boats to bring the UNH students… Read More »Urgent: Volunteer with boat needed for water quality testing in September<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mtviewshoresassoc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mtviewshoresassoc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mtviewshoresassoc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mtviewshoresassoc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mtviewshoresassoc.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=367"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mtviewshoresassoc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":368,"href":"https:\/\/mtviewshoresassoc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367\/revisions\/368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mtviewshoresassoc.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mtviewshoresassoc.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mtviewshoresassoc.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\u2022 During a full season, UNH normally strives to collect samples from mid-May\/June through mid to late September. So, we only need volunteers for this September.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Weekly or bi-weekly; depending on the number of volunteers we can get.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 UNH will try for Wednesdays, but due to weather and other obligations of UNH students and\/or staff. The timing may deviate by a day or two.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 The water transparency is impacted by the angle of the sun so measurements are collected between 9AM and 3PM as early\/late day measurements can result in artificially low readings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Approximately 45 minutes once anchored at the deep (approximately 30 feet) sampling location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Drive the boat and depending on the interest, the boat driver can help record measurements and can help with the sample collection under the guidance of the students.
\u2022 Volunteers need anything from an aluminum row boat to a powerboat to provide the desired stability due to the equipment UNH student\/staff will have and collecting water samples. Some UNH students and staff may not be comfortable with canoes or kayaks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 The UNH team would typically consist of two staff members\/students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Collect water transparency measurements
\u2022 Collect temperature readings at approximately 1.5 foot increments from the surface to the lake bottom. The meter used by the students would also record corresponding dissolved oxygen and specific conductivity measurements.
\u2022 Collect a surface water composite sample using a weighted clear tube sampler (works like putting a finger over a straw and lifting the straw out of the soda to retain the liquid)
\u2022 Collect a few bottom water samples with a special device that captures water samples at a specific depth.
\u2022 Who do I contact to volunteer:
\u2022 Email: mail@horn-pond.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"