What is Creek Watch?

Connect

Be part of a community that shares a passion for nature.
Test

Become a citizen scientist and monitor the health of our waterways.
Document

Record the results of our water quality testing and catalog what creatures we find.
Explore

Be curious, get your feet wet, and get to know your creek.
Discover

Unearth all that Nose Creek has to offer.

Testing kits provided by the Creek Watch Tributary Stormwater Monitoring program of the Riverwatch Institute of Alberta allow our volunteer team to collect data to monitor the health of Nose Creek.

Our citizen scientists use various testing techniques to monitor parameters such as dissolved oxygen, pH, ammonia nitrogen, temperature, turbidity and chloride. Additionally, they use a fine mesh net to collect samples of various invertebrates, such as insects and crustaceans, that inhabit the creek.

Testing is done almost every week between April and October, which gives us great insight into how our creek changes through all the seasons and allows us to compare year-to-year.