How ALLARM Captures Water Data
The nonprofit ALLARM is powered by volunteers who regularly monitor and take readings of waterways in the Susquehanna River watershed.
Joey Knouse, ALLARM’s volunteer and outreach coordinator, explains how the organization has evolved since its founding in 1986. Based at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Cumberland County, ALLARM now stands for the Alliance for Aquatic Resource Monitoring. But it began as the Alliance for Acid Rain Monitoring.
Anna Horn, ALLARM’s water quality technician, explains what types of measurements and readings volunteers typically take, as part of Stream Teams, and how…
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