Engagement
The
ELUCID system, along with water quality monitoring data, will help engage the
community at large. Using the U.S. Geological
Survey's (USGS) extensive, real-time monitoring data, water quality conditions
before and after the project can be compared.
This will provide a powerful coupling of the project's implemented BMPs
with the monitored impacts measured downstream by USGS.
These results can be used as a motivator for producers and other landowners as they are able to see both the current impacts and subsequent results they may be having on water quality. The same impacts on the landscape can be incorporated into school projects that monitor water quality characteristics. The anticipated result is that students will become more responsive within their community as they see their community’s effort to protect local waters and ultimately, the Great Lakes.
These results can be used as a motivator for producers and other landowners as they are able to see both the current impacts and subsequent results they may be having on water quality. The same impacts on the landscape can be incorporated into school projects that monitor water quality characteristics. The anticipated result is that students will become more responsive within their community as they see their community’s effort to protect local waters and ultimately, the Great Lakes.