Section 487:40 Duties of the Department.
To the extent that funds are available, the department shall:
I. Assist volunteer organizations in monitoring the water quality of rivers and streams;
II. Provide technical assistance to local river management advisory committees, watershed organizations, municipalities, educational facilities, and the general public for the purpose of monitoring river water quality;
III. Educate citizens about the need for and the methods of sampling river and stream waters and the importance of keeping the state's waters clean;
IV. Provide the water quality data obtained by volunteers to other state programs that administer water quality programs; the federal government, including the Environmental Protection Agency; and municipalities;
V. Provide volunteer monitoring organizations with an annual monitoring report that includes historical data, trends, and recommendations to keep a river or stream within the water quality standards; and
VI. Lend sampling equipment to volunteer monitoring organizations as needed.
Source. 2009, 201:18, eff. July 15, 2009.