Sound Rivers Swim Guide Program
APNEP provided funding to Sound Rivers to initiate a citizen science water quality monitoring program called Swim Guide. Community volunteers and interns, with the assistance of Sound Rivers staff, sampled sites weekly in the Neuse and Tar-Pamlico watersheds. Alerts and information were posted on the organization's website and sent to the larger Swim Guide database. The goal of this program, similar to NC DMF's Recreational Water Quality Program, is to improve public health by monitoring for harmful bacteria at strategic sites throughout these watersheds.