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WHOOPS! ATTN: Team Leaders with HACH Kits!

Hello everyone: This week we received a new shipment of chemicals for the HACH Dissolved Oxygen Kits. These chemicals are new DO1, DO2 Packets and DO3 “pillows.” And a 3 500 ml bottles of Sodium Thiosulfate to replace the Sodium Thiosulfate that you have in the 3 ml bottles in your kits.

All the essential dissolved oxygen chemicals have expired within the last few months or so. So for the 2010 monitoring season, you’ll want to have these chemicals before heading out into the field for your water monitoring activities with your team members.

Yes, if you look in your existing Hach Kits, you’ll see these same items with EXPIRATION Dates--all in the past. If that isn’t true, leave a comment here or send an email because we want to be sure we’re measuring the same things as you.

So, when to exchange the ‘old’ for the ‘new?’

We’ll be collecting the old chemicals and sending them back to the UW Extension in Madison for proper disposal. (Please Don’t dump them on the ground or into the water!)

We’ll exchange them at the Training Session at Riverside Park on the East Side of Waupaca, 2 PM on SUNDAY, the 25th. We’ll try to be there early if you want to take care of this prior to the training session.

Lastly, if you notice other issues that need to be resolved please contact Central Wisconsin Riverkeepers so all can be ready for the field work that begins shortly.

Thank you for being an important of our WAV Water Monitoring efforts this year.

For the Committee, The Streamer