Alpharetta Environmental Programs Coordinator Terry Porter visited Fulton Science Academy Private School.

She spoke with Fulton Science Academy Science Olympiad Team Water Quality students, who discussed methods of determining water quality using small organisms called macroinvertebrates.

Aquatic insects and other organisms can tell you a lot about the water quality of a stream, and Porter discussed why macroinvertebrates are monitored, how we monitor, what types of macroinvertebrates we look for and how to identify them.