CLEARLAKE, Calif. – A proclamation recognizing the World Water Monitoring Challenge and the local effort to support the international program to test water from around the world was presented Thursday by the Clearlake City Council.

Local testing of Clear Lake waters takes place from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday at the playground at Austin Park on Lakeshore Drive.

Sampling will be conducted and the results discussed and recorded for submittal to the international database.

The community is welcome to attend and the city encourages participation of its citizens.

Sarah Ryan, director of the Big Valley Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians Environmental Protection Department, said World Water Challenge sampling kits will be used to test pH, dissolved oxygen, turbidity, temperature and Secchi disk readings.

Participants will have the opportunity to discuss those results during the event before they are submitted to the database.

The event is being sponsored by KPFZ public radio station, “The Water Hour,” which airs from 5 to 6 p.m. the first Friday of every month at 88.1 FM.

The radio program is supported by a Rose Foundation mini-grant awarded to the station to sponsor the show in effort to bring awareness to local water issues.

The council recognized the station, presenting a proclamation to Chloe Karl, board member and producer, for its commitment to promoting good stewardship of water resources and its efforts to instill a “stewardship mindset” in local citizenry and the throughout the world.

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