Low-cost water quality sensors will soon be deployed across Georgia

East Georgia State College and the Altamaha Riverkeeper Organization formed a partnership in 2015 to provide internships for biology students. Kaitlin Warren, the second intern, graduated in May and was then hired as the Oconee Watershed Manager for the Altamaha Riverkeeper. She is overseeing this summer s intern, biology major Zach Davis. Warren and Davis have been taking samples of the Ohoopee River to measure any changes to the water quality. The river lacked any baseline data until the fall of 2015, when this internship program started, Warren said. Interns are required to obtain a quality control and quality assurance training trough Georgia Adopt a Stream, an EPA citizen scientist water quality program. The Chemical Monitoring program includes training in the following parameters: air temperature, water temperature, conductivity, pH and dissolved oxygen.