2024 Sampling Happening Now!
The Creek Monitoring Results link above provides sampling data access via a Street or Satellite map for 2024, 2023, 2022 & 2021. The link opens showing yearly E.coli averages for all the sampling sites. Results for Phosphorus, Nitrogen, Turbidity, Dissolved Oxygen, Stream Flow and pH can also be displayed. Watershed sampling data for for Centerville Creek, Pine Creek, Calvin Creek and The Little Manitowoc River can be selected from the web page. A legend is shown for the selected analysis and provides a link to current water quality standards.
Understanding the water parameters that affect us all is important! While water testing can be expensive and time consuming, we must collect benchmark data to develop and assess a management plan for Hika Bay and The Little Manitowoc. This data includes biological, physical, and chemical assessments of stream quality. The internship program has evolved through a partnership between the Friends of Hika Bay, Lakeshore Natural Resource Partnership (LNRP) and the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Manitowoc Campus. Student interns from the university are responsible for data collection and analysis of the watersheds in Hika Bay and the Little Manitowoc River on a regular basis through the summer. This testing helps diagnose potential problems and establish a base-line of water quality.
There is a public presentation of the project results and analysis from the interns each fall in a public forum at the UW-GB Manitowoc Campus. Here is a link to more information about the project and a video of the 2023 presentation.
Sampling for nutrient content and pathogens is done every Monday morning and after rain events of a half inch or more from 29 locations. The Creek Monitoring Results Site maps detail these locations and the Seasonal Sampling map shows results from analyzing the samples. The information is an important component to the Centerville Creek Restoration Project. Year to year comparisons will be made in an effort to detail water quality improvements due to the restoration. The wide area sampling information enables a comparison of how different land practices in each watershed impact water quality.