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Peter Duffell and Lucy Diggens (both QMULGeography graduates, now working in the Geography Laboratories) chatting to students about career opportunities on the 'Moving On' island
More than 4 million people rely on the Huron-to-Erie corridor for drinking water. Unfortunately, the rivers in the area have been subjected to contaminant spills and discharge over the years, leaving the St. Clair River as an Area of Concern. To help clean the rivers and protect the drinking water for those 4 million people, the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality created a large-scale monitoring network. This involves data loggers at multiple sites, including Grosse Pointe, along with multi-parameter sondes, fluorometers, spectrometers, and carbon analyzers.
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Here's where we propogate plants for the many wetland areas within the AGCS Conservation Area. The terra cotta pots form a fountain which oxygenates the water.