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Environmental Services
Hood-CCWS offers a range of watershed services supporting private citizens, not-for-profit organizations, homeowner associations, and government agencies.
Services we provide on a stand-alone and long-term contract basis:
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- Water physical and chemical parameter sampling
- Benthic macroinvertebrates
- Harmful algal bloom (HAB) monitoring
- E. coli bacteria analysis
- Stream Embeddedness
- Lake Morphology
- Flow/Discharge measurements
- Storm-water event sampling
- Watershed Assessments
- Water and Air Temperature, long-term monitoring
- Trainings for community groups to collaborate on water quality monitoring design and implementation.
Laboratory Services:
The Hood-CCWS laboratory is equipped to conduct a variety of physical and chemical parameters. We are also able to provide general taxonomic identification of algal and cyanobacteria genera.
Contact us for a for list of parameters offered, pricing and more info.
Often, nonprofit environmental organizations require third-party evaluation of grant-sponsored programs. We can conduct such evaluations for projects that have both an environmental and social dimension.
Client Projects
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Sampling western MD tributaries for an acid mine drainage project with Potomac Riverkeeper Network.
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Stream Temperature Data Logger Deployment for the City of Frederick.
Algal ID on State Lakes for MD-DNR.
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Monthly sampling at the Linganore Lakes in New Market, MD.
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