Yavapai-Prescott • Entered by Jenny Cobb on November 8, 2019
ADEQ Quality Water Sampling
November 5, 2019
Participants and Hours
| Pre Planning hours | |
| Post Admin hours | |
| Activity Hours | 12 |
| Participants | 1 |
| Total Hours | 12 |
Key Issue: Water-related Conservation
Activity Type: Stewardship (monitoring, sampling, planting, etc.)
Key Partners: ADEQ and Sierra Club Yavapai Group
Landscape/area: Prescott National Forest (1257005 acres)
Short Description of Activity
Testing water on the Upper Verde River at Perkinsville and Verde Springs and Granite Creek above the confluence with ADEQ. This was the first of three testing days scheduled so far – next are Jan. 28, 2020 and April 28, 2020. Testing is for Clean Water designation in the next few years.
Reflection/Evaluation
At Perkinsville upstream at Mund’s Draw testing done by Meghan Smart, ADEQ scientist, Jenny and Sierra Club member Steve Cook; Jenny as supervisor and Steve continued on to Verde Springs where we hiked upstream at Granite Creek to find flowing water; walked along Stillman Lake to assess condition, and downstream at the springs where we found flowing water at the beginning of the Verde River. Meghan and Jessica ADEQ, Jennifer Martin (Sierra Club Water Sentinels chair) and Gary Beverley continued on to Sycamore Creek and the Verde after measuring upstream from Perkinsville Bridge. See my FB page for pix.