Experience

Delaware Nature Society Inc

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Water Quality Analyst / Teacher Naturalist

  • Jan 2016 - Present

  Water Quality Analyst:  Sample 2 sites once a month, 12 months a year  Submit data monthly to Stream Watch staff  Maintain Stream Watch kits in good working order  Participate in Quality Assurance/Quality Control Workshops once a year  Perform Quality Assurance / Quality Control measures on-site once a year. Teacher Naturalist:  Teach environmental, farm-based agro-ecology, and cultural/historical education lessons  Assist with program preparation and clean-up and with care and handling of program materials and equipment  Attend appropriate instructor-training workshops  Promote Delaware Nature Society's mission, goals, activities, events and membership Show less



Karnataka State Pollution Control Board - India

• India
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Assistant Environmental Analyst / Scientist

  • Jun 2003 - Aug 2009

  KSPCB launched a monitoring program to monitor major lakes in Bangalore metropolitan area to know the quality of the water bodies and also waste water discharges into lake. Monitoring program carried out in two phases. Monitoring of 44 lakes were carried out in 1st phase and 16 lakes were monitored in 2nd phase. The water samples were collected as per standard procedure for every month and were analyzed for 28 numbers of parameter as follows: 9 numbers of core parameters, 19 numbers of physico-chemical and Bacteriological parameters apart from the field observations. The major parameters like pH, SS, TDS, BOD, DO, Nitrate, etc. by standard procedure and results were analyzed to know the pollution level and reasons for lake pollution. This would help to focus the attention of concerned agencies to take up remedial measures to safe guard water bodies. The samples were analyzed as described in standard methods for the examination of water and waste-water. The analysis found that urbanization had produced a long term impact on the lake ecosystem and most of the lakes in Bangalore were found to be contaminated by sewage mixing with lake water. Water hyacinth in many lakes had taken over with thick green crust. The weeds obstructed sunlight and reduced self-purification action through photosynthesis. The dissolved oxygen content of the lake water has gone below the desired level indicting depletion of dissolved oxygen due to organic pollution. The main sources for pollution of lakes are:  Sewage entry from human settlement in catchment area  Effluents entry from the industries in upstream of the lakes  Erosion of soils carrying nutrients from upstream  Ingress of sewage and industrial effluents, which contain nutrients  Run-off from surrounding which carries silt and nutrients  Disposal garbage on banks of lake  Dumping of debris  Draw off of water from lake  Immersion of idols during festivals. Show less