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The Environmnetal Quality Institute (EQI) is in search of volunteers to help collect monthly water samples at three sites in Fairview and one site in South Buncombe for the Volunteer Water Information Network (VWIN). VWIN is a stream monitoring program where volunteers collect stream water samples that are later analyzed at the EQI laboratory in Asheville.

Buncombe County stream samples are collected at established sites on the first Saturday of each month. After collection, the volunteers take the samples to a designated drop point (usually a gas station cooler) where the samples are refrigerated. The volunteer coordinator picks up the samples from the drop point and delivers them to the EQI laboratory Monday morning. EQI tests the samples for pH, alkalinity, conductivity, orthophosphate, ammonia-nitrogen, nitrate-nitrogen, turbidity, and total suspended solids each month.

Volunteers are currently needed for the following sites:
Fairview – Cane and Ashworth Creeks at Hwy 74 and Cane Creek at Mills Gap Road (3 sites)
South Buncombe – French Broad River at Corcoran Park (1 site, even months only)

If interested, please contact Nicole Parrish at staff@eqilab.orgor 828.333.0392.