BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//www.nemasternaturalist.org//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.3 0.10// CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH UID:3af424b2-cec7-4202-bcfd-acc4bd3ecd54 X-WR-CALDESC:Water Quality + Citizen Science\nWhat?\n\nGood water quality i s important to the health of the public. In communities surrounded by agri culture\, there is potential for contamination of water resources by manur e and fertilizer application. Nitrates and phosphates are plant nutrients needed for improved growth\, but excesses of these nutrients cause adverse impacts on water resources. Excess plant nutrients also pose a health ris k to those who depend on these water resources. The goal of our program is to measure levels of plant nutrients present in well water\, rivers and s treams within the Elkhorn and Lower Platte River basins.\n\nThe reason we are testing of private wells on farms is to give an opportunity to farm fa milies to improve their health by identifying potential contamination of d rinking water supplies by excess nutrients. This program is not affiliated with or under the direction of any regulatory body\, such as the U.S. EPA .\nWho?\n\nThis program is a collaboration between the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln\, the Department of Env ironmental\, Agricultural and Occupational Health at the University of Neb raska Medical Center\, and GC Resolve.\nHow?\n\nThe University of Nebraska will provide all testing materials to volunteers. Volunteers will measure the concentrations of key nutrients\, nitrates and phosphates\, using rap id test strips that provide an accurate and reliable results in less than 1 minute. All volunteers will receive training (30 minutes) to ensure that they are comfortable with the tools provided.\n\nThe information that you collect will be sent to the University of Nebraska\, by either mail or em ail\, for analysis. Expert faculty and staff will answer questions and pro vide feedback to you on the levels of plant nutrients in the water that yo u tested. As a volunteer\, you are will be kept informed about the results of this program and alerted to future opportunities to improve your water resources.\nWhen?\n\nWe need volunteers during one or more of these testi ng weeks in 2019. We are also looking for volunteers who can test water sa mples throughout the entire year.\n\nApril 29th-May 20th\n\nAugust 26th-Se ptember 9th\n\n You will only need to measure your well water and/or lo cal waterway once during each of these 2-week periods.\n If desired\, y ou may have the opportunity to measure multiple locations along a river\, tributary\, or numerous wells.\n\nTo Volunteer:\n\nIf you are interested i n volunteering to measure plant nutrients in your water\, please contact u s using the information below. Please provide your name\, preferred phone number and/or email address. Volunteers are needed in the following counti es: Burt\, Cass\, Colfax\, Cuming\, Butler\, Dakota\, Dixon\, Dodge\, Doug las\, Lancaster\, Madison\, Platte\, Polk\, Sarpy\, Saunders\, Seward\, St anton\, Thurston\, Wayne and Washington.\n X-WR-RELCALID:32a6966136b67d560080148219cf3745 X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Chicago BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20181104T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 RDATE:20191103T020000 RDATE:20201101T020000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20190310T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RDATE:20200308T020000 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:5346dfee-3376-441d-a115-646ea9b0bdd0 DTSTAMP:20260531T110012Z DESCRIPTION:Water Quality + Citizen Science\nWhat?\n\nGood water quality is important to the health of the public. In communities surrounded by agric ulture\, there is potential for contamination of water resources by manure and fertilizer application. Nitrates and phosphates are plant nutrients n eeded for improved growth\, but excesses of these nutrients cause adverse impacts on water resources. Excess plant nutrients also pose a health risk to those who depend on these water resources. The goal of our program is to measure levels of plant nutrients present in well water\, rivers and st reams within the Elkhorn and Lower Platte River basins.\n\nThe reason we a re testing of private wells on farms is to give an opportunity to farm fam ilies to improve their health by identifying potential contamination of dr inking water supplies by excess nutrients. This program is not affiliated with or under the direction of any regulatory body\, such as the U.S. EPA. \nWho?\n\nThis program is a collaboration between the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln\, the Department of Envi ronmental\, Agricultural and Occupational Health at the University of Nebr aska Medical Center\, and GC Resolve.\nHow?\n\nThe University of Nebraska will provide all testing materials to volunteers. Volunteers will measure the concentrations of key nutrients\, nitrates and phosphates\, using rapi d test strips that provide an accurate and reliable results in less than 1 minute. All volunteers will receive training (30 minutes) to ensure that they are comfortable with the tools provided.\n\nThe information that you collect will be sent to the University of Nebraska\, by either mail or ema il\, for analysis. Expert faculty and staff will answer questions and prov ide feedback to you on the levels of plant nutrients in the water that you tested. As a volunteer\, you are will be kept informed about the results of this program and alerted to future opportunities to improve your water resources.\nWhen?\n\nWe need volunteers during one or more of these testin g weeks in 2019. We are also looking for volunteers who can test water sam ples throughout the entire year.\n\nApril 29th-May 20th\n\nAugust 26th-Sep tember 9th\n\n You will only need to measure your well water and/or loc al waterway once during each of these 2-week periods.\n If desired\, yo u may have the opportunity to measure multiple locations along a river\, t ributary\, or numerous wells.\n\nTo Volunteer:\n\nIf you are interested in volunteering to measure plant nutrients in your water\, please contact us using the information below. Please provide your name\, preferred phone n umber and/or email address. Volunteers are needed in the following countie s: Burt\, Cass\, Colfax\, Cuming\, Butler\, Dakota\, Dixon\, Dodge\, Dougl as\, Lancaster\, Madison\, Platte\, Polk\, Sarpy\, Saunders\, Seward\, Sta nton\, Thurston\, Wayne and Washington.\n DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20190826T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20190909T235900 LOCATION:following counties: Burt\, Cass\, Colfax\, Cuming\, Butler\, Dakot a\, Dixon\, Dodge\, Douglas\, Lancaster\, Madison\, Platte\, Polk\, Sarpy\ , Saunders\, Seward\, Stanton\, Thurston\, Wayne and Washington SUMMARY:VO: Water Quality + Citizen Science END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR