Workshops

Water Sampling Workshop For Field Workers

Water monitoring provides information on the health of waterways, and is a vital step toward understanding ecosystems and ensuring appropriate management decisions at the catchment or local scale. It can be used for research and to fill gaps in knowledge, or simply to append historical water quality records. As an industry standard, consistent water monitoring should be a part of a wider regulatory practice, and as the world struggles with climate challenges, water quality and hydrology becomes increasingly significant in the health of our planet.

This workshop aims to provide an understanding of some of the basic methods, techniques and equipment used in collecting water samples from the field. It is designed to incorporate risk analysis, including safety for field work and provide hands-on practical demonstrations to some of the more common water sampling techniques.

The workshop will encompass both indoor theory and outdoor practical activities (weather dependent).

A little about your trainer: Peter Kolotelo is the Field Manager at One Water, and has over 20 years of experience in sample collection throughout a range of environments and countries within research and industry. Pete loves the water, he has a background in Aquatic Science, and is very approachable.

For more information, please contact onewater@monash.edu or +61 (0) 414 753 388.