Water Sentinels

Michigan Water Sentinels are making a difference.

With information gathered in our water quality monitoring, Michigan’s Water Sentinels work to protect and restore waters we live near and care about. The Sentinels test waters all over our state, at our southern border, in Mid-Michigan, the Thumb, and Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. We conduct baseline monitoring, we monitor polluting animal factories, we notify state agencies about pollution wherever we find it, and we teach students how to study their water. We advise on public water policy, submit comments on toxic cleanups, water permits, the state’s official list of impaired waters, even air quality permits that could harm our waters. We educate others about what we learn, and we have fun doing it! There’s a strong sense of friendship amongst Water Sentinels. There’s much to do. We need your help. Click the links for details, and contact Rita Jack if you want to help.

shown: Yellow Dog River, northern Marquette County, Upper Peninsula, Michigan

photo by Rita Jack

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Water Sentinels are testing water quality all over Michigan. We're making a difference.