Swimmable Waters
Swim Guide can help you discover the best places to swim!
Heading to the river this weekend? The free Swim Guide app can help you find the best places to swim! Visit theswimguide.org for information! The Waterkeeper Swim Guide app and…
Read MoreSwimmable Waters Sampling has Begun!
As the school year nears its end and we start looking forward to warmer weather and time spent on the water, happy people are flocking to the Youghiogheny River watershed.…
Read MoreMWA Receives Funds to Continue Swimmable Waters Project in 2016
We’re pleased to announce we’ve recently received $25,000 from The Pittsburgh Foundation to support our 2016 Swimmable Waters project. Included in this project are funds to construct an in-house laboratory…
Read MoreSwimmable Waters Project A Success
Our 2014 Swimmable Waters project has come to a close. Many, many thanks to The Pittsburgh Foundation for generously providing the funding for this important initiative. Throughout the course of the…
Read MoreSwimmable Waters Update
Our August round of E. coli sampling at popular swimming holes around the watershed is complete. We’re happy to say that the vast majority of sites we’re sampling are safe…
Read MoreSwimmable Waters Materials Available
The first and second rounds of sampling for our Swimmable Waters project are in the book! We’re pleased to report that water quality in the Yough watershed as a whole…
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