Everybody remembers the Ghostbusters, the 1980s film stars who tracked down ghosts in New York City.But Mud Chasers?It’s the name of a brand-new group now forming in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, and you might be hearing more about them in the months ahead. That’s because they will be out on the ground during rain events, helping the local treatment plant and watershed officials track down nonpoint source runoff.Using rain gauges, cameras and sampling bottles, the Mud Chasers will focus on specific impaired streams, helping to determine where sediment plumes are coming from.“They’ll be our eyeballs on the ground,” says Tom Steinbach, operations manager at
Ghostbusters? How About Mud Chasers?
Introducing the Mud Chasers, a new breed of stormwater investigators. These volunteers are taking nonpoint source runoff detection to a new level.
Sep 06, 2016 | by Jim Force |
















