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FAQ: Monitoring the Water Quality of Lakes, Rivers, and Streams

Two EGLE staff examining organisms from a sample of a stream to assess water quality
Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy

FAQ: Monitoring the Water Quality of Lakes, Rivers, and Streams

EGLE's Great Lakes Watersheds Assessment, Restoration, and Management section (GLWARM) oversees the protection of the quality of surface waters throughout the State of Michigan. To do this, SWAS develops standards for the protection of water quality and monitors water, sediments, and aquatic life to ensure the viability of our aquatic ecosystems, that water quality standards are being met, and that surface waters meet designated uses.