EnviroDIY Workshop: Relocating and Updating a Monitoring Station

• When: Wednesday, September 10, 2025, 1 to 5 p.m.
• Where: Stroud Water Research Center, 970 Spencer Road, Avondale, PA 19311.
• Audience: Those with intermediate experience in managing and working with an EnviroDIY monitoring station.
• Cost: Free. Registration is limited to 12.

EnviroDIY empowers people with innovative digital and electronic tools and training that enable cost-effective and customizable environmental measurements. 

This workshop will focus on relocating a standard Stroud Center EnviroDIY Monitoring Station, equipped with the Meter Hydros 21 CTD sensor; however, the skills apply to other contexts in which a Mayfly data logger/EnviroDIY Monitoring station needs to be repurposed. 

Topics will include:

• Removing a station from a stream.
• Reinstalling a station in a new location.
• Adjusting site details on Monitor My Watershed to represent the new station location. 
• Making minor edits/updates to Mayfly data logger code.

Please note:

• Station owner login credentials are required to adjust the Monitor My Watershed site details. 
• Attendees needing to reprogram a Mayfly logger will need to bring their own laptop computers (this will equip users with the computer programs needed for future station relocations). 

Is This Workshop Right for Me?

• Are you currently managing an EnviroDIY Monitoring Station?
• Do you have a station that may need to be relocated, but you’re unsure about all the details involved?
• Would you like to learn how to remove and install a station?
• Would you like to learn how to adjust and add sites in Monitor My Watershed and add key pieces of site information?
• Would you like to learn a bit about programming a Mayfly data logger?

What Are the Prerequisites?

Workshop attendees should answer yes to all of the “Is this workshop right for me?” questions above.

Who Attends EnviroDIY Workshops?

Watershed groups, academic faculty, students (including high school, undergraduate, and graduate students), and staff from state and federal agencies comprise the majority of our previous attendees.

What Do I Need to Bring?

At least one attendee from each organization should bring a laptop computer; this person should be the one responsible for reprogramming a station when necessary.  Attendees should wear comfortable clothes and shoes for walking trails alongside White Clay Creek. 

What Can I Expect from the Workshop?

• Hands-on experience working with hardware in the field is included.
• Classroom instruction on working in Monitor My Watershed is included. 
• Instructions on how to find and utilize online resources after the workshop are included.
• Instructions on making minor edits and updates to the Arduino code on a Mayfly data logger are included.
• One-on-one support from the Stroud Center after the workshop is not included. 

• A guarantee that you can monitor exactly where or how you want is not included. 
• A guarantee that you’ll be an expert on DIY electronics after the workshop is not included. 
• Instructions on making or fixing sensors are not included.

Agenda

1 to 2 p.m.	Review of the EnviroDIY Monitoring Station removal and reinstallation process (classroom).
2 to 3 p.m.	Removal of an EnviroDIY Monitoring Station from the stream (outdoors).
3 to 4 p.m.	Adjusting sites and site details on Monitor My Watershed and editing code on the Mayfly data logger (classroom).
4 to 5 p.m.	Reinstalling an EnviroDIY Monitoring Station (outdoors).

Instructors

• Shannon Hicks, Research Engineer, Stroud Water Research Center
• David Bressler, Citizen Science Facilitator, Stroud Water Research Center

Lodging

Workshop attendees are responsible for reserving and paying for their lodging. The closest hotel to Stroud Water Research Center is the Fairfield Inn & Suites Kennett Square Brandywine Valley, located at 719 East Baltimore Pike, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, 19348. Toll Free: +1-888-236-2427.