The Peter G. Meier Water Quality Survey

email: jacques@umich.edu
pgmeier@umich.edu

The Peter G. Meier Water Quality Survey, established in 2006, honors Dr Peter Gustav Meier, Professor Emeritus of Aquatic Ecology and Toxicology at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. Dr Meier serves as an advisor to the Survey and in addition he is available to the public as a water quality consultant.

Another member of the Survey is Dr Sumengen Sutomo, who is also a founder of the Bangun Indonesai Foundation, a non-governmental organization dedicated to the improving education and public health in his native Indonesia.

The Peter G. Meier Water Quality Survey is a self-funded public service initiated and managed by Dr Hannah-Maria Jacques. The Survey is partly an extension of her doctoral research in which she examined the distribution of aquatic insects relative to watershed vegetation.

The Survey is dedicated to the long-term monitoring of water quality in Ann Arbor and Washtenaw County, Michigan via bioassessment of benthic macroinvertebrate communities. We conduct this research and shall publish our findings in the spirit of public service. We hope that both the private and the public sector will use our findings to enhance the stewardship of our natural areas, and to more effectively safeguard the water quality of our lakes, streams and rivers.