Storms put a damper on the Water Sample Collection
Storms rolled in quickly yesterday afternoon while we were collecting the water sample at Berry’sFerry (Rt. 50 bridge) public boat landing in Clarke County, VA. We called it a day. We went back to the FOSR’s water quality testing lab to set up the water samples that we did collect for E. coli enumeration. This […]
FOSR’s Summer E. coli Test Results for Tuesday, June 14, 2022
E. coli Results for 6.09.2022 are all over the Place
While it did rain on Wednesday, June 8, and possibly into the early morning hours of Thursday, June 9, the rain had stopped by the time I headed out to collect the water samples around 7 AM. From my observations at the sites that I collected the water samples at on the North Fork, South […]
FOSR’s 2022 Summer E. coli Results through 06.01.2022
Remember to check in weekly for FOSR’s Summer E. coli Testing Program Results for sites located at public access and recreational use areas on the Main-stem, North Fork, and South Fork of the Shenandoah River. FOSR 2022 Summer Quantitative E. coli Concentration Results through 06.01.2022
Join Us at Sage Bird Ciderworks on June 17, 4 – 11 PM
Join us at Sage Bird Ciderworks in Harrisonburg, VA on Friday, June 17th from 4-11 pm! We will provide FOSR-sponsored activities for families from 4-7 pm. There will also be a fundraiser and FOSR giveaways, with a portion of sales donated to the FOSR. The event is celebrating the launch of the “Butts Up!” cider […]
Confluence Conundrum
This image depicts what can occur when a tributary carrying elevated E. coli levels flows into a larger body of water. In this example on May 25, 2022, the E. coli level measured in Manassas Run was 1553.1. Downstream of the confluence with the Shenandoah River, the E. coli levels remained elevated, 648.8, along the […]
FOSR is Again Providing You with Current E. coli Data
It is summer again and the Friends of the Shenandoah River is here to provide you with E. coli data courtesy of our VA DEQ Level III water quality testing laboratory. These data can help you to make an informed decision about potential health risk exposure to pathogens associated with the presence of E. coli […]
WHEN IT’s BROWN, TURN AROUND!
FOSR’s 2021 Summer E. coli Results through 09.02.2021 All but one of the sites tested yesterday had exceedingly high E. coli concentrations. For many years Virginia had a single sample water-quality standard maximum threshold of 235 E. coli colony forming units (CFUs) per 100 mL of water sample for primary recreational use. Note: The E. […]
FOSR’s 2021 Summer E. coli Results through 08.25.2021
These are the E. coli results for the water samples that were collected yesterday, Wednesday, August 25, 2021. FOSR 2021 Summer Quantitative E. coli concentration Results through 08.25.2021 Of the 12 times that FOSR has tested Manassas Run this summer, the E. coli levels exceeded the previous Virginia water-quality standard threshold of 235 E. coli […]
Shenandoah National Park Temporarily Suspends Fishing
News Release Date: August 20, 2021 Contact: Claire Comer, (540) 999-3500 […]