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Bureau of Water Quality reports lab award, mussel propagation and expanded testing plans
Summary
Director Chuck Jones told the board the bureau completed more than 24,000 laboratory analyses last year, earned an IWEA Laboratory Excellence Award, is expanding testing to include oil and grease once hexane supply is available, and is growing 1,800 mussels at its propagation facility.
Chuck Jones, director of the Bureau of Water Quality, presented an annual recap to the board on Feb. 5 that highlighted laboratory capacity, river monitoring, a new mussel propagation facility and public education work.
Jones said the lab operated 365 days last year, completed more than 24,000 analyses, hired a full-time lab analyst and a weekend intern, and earned the Indiana Water Environment Association Laboratory Excellence Award. The bureau added total nitrogen testing to its in-house…
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