Water Quality Certification Workshops

2025 Training Schedule and Map

Please be aware, trainings are subject to change. Registered volunteers will be given as much notice as possible.

More information about the requirements and different types of trainings can be found below the schedule and map.

The 2025 training season has come to a close. Please check back with us in 2026!

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To register…

As a completely new water quality volunteer monitor, please contact us using the form on this page. We will contact you by email with information about the trainings. You will need to signup for and then attend one of the workshop sessions that is labeled as “New and Recert”.
As a current Secchi monitor who would like to become certified in Dissolved Oxygen monitoring, please contact the LSM office at stewards@lakestewardsme.org, or call to speak with Jonnie at 207-783-7733. You will need to attend one of the sessions that is labeled as “New and Recert”.
As a current monitor who needs to participate in recertification, please contact Jonnie by email with the workshop you would like to attend.

2025 Water Quality Training Workshops

Interested in becoming a new water quality monitor or renewing your certification? Below is an overview of the process. At the above, you’ll find a map and listing of scheduled trainings.

Thanks to the support of our local boat hosts, who generously volunteer their time and fuel, we can offer regional trainings across the state. The local boat host program is essential to ensuring every volunteer has the opportunity to become certified or recertified.

For New Water Quality Monitors

If you are new to the LSM water quality program, please contact us via this form. We offer multiple workshop sessions, some likely near your area.

Trainings are divided into three levels based on equipment, recertification frequency, and lake system theory:

Secchi Transparency Monitoring
Secchi + Dissolved Oxygen (DO) & Temperature Monitoring
Advanced Monitoring (using e.g., Kemmerers, in-situ data loggers, filter rigs)

To become a DO monitor, you must own or have access to a certified DO meter. LSM provides annual certification information through our MeterFest event starting each March. DO meters range from $600 to $6,000, but LSM also offers a rental program. Interested? Contact us at: stewards@lakestewardsme.org.

If a monitor already works on your lake, we recommend joining them to see monitoring firsthand.

For Existing Water Quality Monitors

Thank you for continuing to contribute to long-term water quality data. Consistent data collection is vital to understanding lake trends over time and thereby protecting our lakes.

In February, we’ll email details about the upcoming summer trainings, and our spring mailing of data forms will include 2025 training information. To sign up for an in-person recertification, please contact Jonnie by email.

Please submit any completed data forms by September 15. Additional data should be submitted when you have completed your sampling season.

Schedule updated 2024-11-12
Yellow rows indicate changes to the schedule

Waterbody	County	MIDAS	New / Recert	Training Type	Workshop Date	Workshop Time
Currently no scheduled workshops	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A