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VOLUNTEER
Please fill out the volunteer form below to get involved!
If you are interested in sharing your stormwater or green infrastructure knowledge and information in a training at the Stormwater Innovation Center, we welcome all presenters and topics from the private, non-profit, and government sectors.
RainSnap
Help us monitor green infrastructure in Rhode Island by uploading videos and photos during storms!
Green infrastructure is a nature-based stormwater management solution designed to reduce the pollution that enters our local waterways. It utilizes soil and plants to filter the stormwater. To ensure its continued effectiveness, regular checks, and assessments are necessary during rainstorms and over time.
This is where RainSnap comes in – a community-based stormwater monitoring network that helps us keep an eye on the stormwater. Volunteers and environmental stewards actively participate in RainSnap by recording videos of stormwater flows at green infrastructure sites during heavy rain events, which are then uploaded to our interactive RainSnap.org website. This information serves as a valuable resource for stormwater management decision-makers, designers, contractors, and maintenance workers, enabling them to gain a comprehensive understanding of the sites’ effectiveness.
IT'S EASY TO PARTICIPATE - REGISTER AT RAINSNAP.ORG!
RainSnap is funded through the Stormwater Innovation Center by a grant from EPA's Southeast New England Program (SNEP), through SNEP Watershed Implementation Grants managed by Restore America’s Estuaries.
Watershed Watch
The SIC works closely with the University of Rhode Island by participating in their Watershed Watch program, a scientist-led volunteer water quality monitoring program. The Watershed Watch program provides current and historical information on the water quality of surface water resources throughout Rhode Island, including lakes, ponds, reservoirs, rivers, streams, and the marine environment. Trained volunteer monitors take weekly measurements from spring to fall.
Through Watershed Watch, we recruit local community scientists to monitor six pond sites in Roger Williams Park. Monitoring is conducted according to the standard Watershed Watch Lake and Ponds monitoring schedule, except we encourage volunteers to complete more intensive weekly dissolved oxygen measurements to better account for stormwater impacts in this urbanized watershed. Community scientists sample weekly for dissolved oxygen and temperature, bi-weekly for chlorophyll-a, and 3 times per year for nutrients, bacteria, alkalinity, and pH.
To participate as a community scientist, submit your information at the following URL and contact Stormwater Director Ryan Kopp at rkopp@asri.org for more details. https://web.uri.edu/watershedwatch/getting-involved/become-a-volunteer/
