Water-testing part of Indigenous-led slough restoration in Chilliwack – Chilliwack Progress
Aug 30, 2024
Monitoring crews have been out on Hope Slough in Chilliwack checking water quality at 36 testing sites
Monitoring crews are out on the Hope Slough testing water quality along the historic waterway in Chilliwack.
The work is part of ‘Shxwlistexw te Sqwá:la Shxweli’ an Indigenous-led slough restoration project, which means “Care for the spirit of the Hope Slough” in Halq’emeylem.
Krissi Bonthoux and Lada Victor are two of the community water technicians who’ve been monitoring and testing the slough at 36 different sites for pollution and temperature levels as two examples.
