Kansas StreamLink
...a watershed exploration
StreamLink Collaborator
Shawnee Mission Northwest High School
Shawnee Mission , Kansas · Johnson County
Debra Ryder
Independent StreamLink Collaborator, TRUE Blue

Stream: Mill Creek
Major Watershed: Kansas-Lower Republican
Subwatershed: Lower Kansas (10270104)

Debra Ryder's students map their watershed, compare chemistry using LaMotte GREEN Kits and HACH Kits, learn about the global uses of water, water shortages, and regional pollution, and study programs that clean up contamination. The Environmental Problems class sample three sites on their stream three times a week for a nine-week period. Biology classes take two field trips per year.


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Data for the Streamshot program is being collected under a grant from the National Geographic Society.

December 2001 Streamshot Data

October 2002 Data
March 2002 Streamshot Data
April 2002 Streamshot Data

May 2003 Data

Links:

Shawnee Mission Northwest High School

Topographic map showing sampling site on Mill Creek

EPA Surf Your Watershed - Lower Kansas

TMDL Data for Kansas-Lower Republican - Mill Creek has TMDL's for Fecal Coliform Bacteria, Nutrients/BOD, Sediment/Biological Impact, and Chloride. What is a TMDL? Visit the Kansas Department of Health & Environment site for more information.

Kansas Lower Republican Basin - Kansas Water Office Basin Advisory Committee

Johnson County