The Brooklyn Creek Watershed Society has been working with the BC Conservation Foundation to collect water samples to check for the presence of a car tire wear compound, known as 6 PPD-Q. This organic chemical, often found in stormwater discharges, has been shown to be toxic to coho salmon, even at very low concentrations. Read about 6PPD in Road Runoff Assessment.
While we were able to get one rain event sampled this past summer; there is a need to expand our collection at the main site (Balmoral Avenue crossing) and possibly expand to include one or two other sites.
There was a tutorial led by Haley Tomlin, from the BC Conservation Foundation where we discussed our results so far, compared them with other streams being sampled, discussed the sampling protocols, and opened a new smartphone app to help us document the samples that are being collected. The samplings will be taken before, during, and after rain events.
If you are interested in joining one of the sampling group, please contact Haley at or contact us.