The Aberdeen Daily World , 3/27/2001
ELMA - Students from Elma Elementary School took water samples, recorded measurements and logged data into a computer system shared by public schools from the Harbor to Chehalis, Centralia and Grays Harbor colleges.
The testing is being done through a $15,000 grant from the state Department of Ecology.
The water - testing program is looking for indicators of the watershed's health and measure local improvements. The data will be used by Ecology to track improvements in restoration sites in the Chehalis River Basin.
The Chehalis watershed has pollution problems from many sources, including failing septic systems and agricultural runoff.
Much of the river is on the state's list of most - polluted waters because of fecal coliform bacteria, low levels of dissolved oxygen and warm temperatures.
Ecology is conducting water cleanup planning in the upper and lower basin.
The grant comes from Ecology's Coastal Protection Fund, which is dedicated to projects that restore beneficial uses of water.
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