After quite a long wait for stocks to become available Friends of Astley Park have now received the full range equipment needed for our volunteers to carry out regular water quality sampling of the River Chor in the Park. Called the ‘Riverfly’ initiative (for details click here) it involves net sampling for mayfly and related nymph invertebrates along with chemical testing of the water to check for any pollution.
We successfully received a grant from United Utilities to cover the cost of the equipment. The photograph above shows our Chair, Steve Rhodes, with the sampling net, various containers, waders and water testing kit – blue bag. The picture below shows the full contents of the water testing kit!
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