The SJRBC began a baseline water sampling program in 2014 with the goal of characterizing waterbodies that lacked historic data. A map of all the sampling sites and the data collected through that effort is available below.
In 2021, the SJRBC initiated a long-term biological monitoring program to evaluate water quality trends at 12 sites in the basin. A report detailing the first year of the program is available below. Sites were selected to complement the existing efforts of the Elkhart – South Bend Aquatic Biology Program.
In 2023, the SJRBC established several continuous water level monitoring stations to expand on the stream gage network of the USGS. Water levels are updated every 15 minutes at 8 stations maintained by the SJRBC. This data is currently available here.
Data from all the SJRBC monitoring programs and more will be available on our web map soon.
