School to monitor bay water quality

Pretty Beach Public School has received a Waterwatch kit and will now monitor the health of the bay.

It will include Waterwatch as part of its environmental activities.

The school's year 5 environment committee members were trained by Central Coast Waterwatch coordinators Ms Sally Hunt and Mr Steve Honeywell to monitor the water at the bay opposite the school.

The students carried out tests including pH, TDS, temperature and turbidity.

They also tested the biodiversity of the bay by conducting a water bug survey.

The results showed that the water quality was good.

The survey also revealed that there was a good diversity of creatures living in the seagrass beds including crabs, fish, snails, shrimp and mites.

Newsletter, March 10 Environment Committee, Pretty Beach Public School