Welcome to Mon River QUEST
The Mon River QUEST is a comprehensive water quality monitoring and reporting project for the Monongahela River being undertaken by the West Virginia Water Research Institute (WVWRI). Bi-weekly samples are collected and lab-analyzed with the resultant data presented on this website utilizing a Geographic Information System database and map.
News and Announcements
River researchers help assess Monongahela water's 'health'
It's a cold January morning. Ben Mack, a research associate from West Virginia University's West Virginia Water Research Institute, leaves a fresh set of boot prints in the snow as he walks down the ramp leading to the shore...
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Mon River QUEST Harnesses Volunteers as Early Warning System
In a watershed hit by two major pollution events in recent years, a West Virginia University-based program is helping residents monitor and document the quality of the streams they care about. Mon River QUEST is a...
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WVU Institute partners with volunteers on "QUEST" for Mon River Water Quality info
Mon River Quest isn’t the name of an upcoming Indiana Jones movie; it isn’t a board game you can find in the local toy store; and it isn’t the name of some kind of river geography quiz. Mon River Quest is a major West Virginia University -based initiative that is empowering...
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What Killed Dunkard Creek?
In August 27, 2009, Dan Cincotta, a fisheries biologist with West Virginia’s Department of Natural Resources, was conducting a routine inventory of Dunkard Creek, a small river that runs through West Virginia and southwestern Pennsylvania. He was accompanied by a...
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