Week 3 - Wednesday and Thursday (deployment)

Before we left, Adama and I went over the deployment benchsheets. Anna, Adama, the driver and I left mid-day and picked up Marie along the way. We did not have enough time on Wednesday to visit the sampling sites so we did everything on Thursday.

We were only able to find 3 sites to deploy at. Two sites were the same as when Greg was here (the inlet and outlet). The two sites in the irrigation canal that Greg sampled in were dry due to one of the pumps being broken. The third site we sampled was at some other canal that had water in it. It was very stagnant water though. Pictures of the three sites are listed below. I also included a picture of the dry land around the old dried up sites.

Photo 1: Us at the first sampling site (drainage pump station). From left to right; Me (Lucas), Adama, Marie, Anna.

Photo 2, Site 1: The pump station. Evidence of fishing practices were obvious. There were also plenty of fish present. People were seen near by fetching water.

Photo 3, Site 2: In the adjacent river near the other pump station. 1.5 to 2 m deep. People and livestock were observed either drinking, fetching water, or washing their clothes.

Photo 4, Site 3: A stagnant canal, one of the few other places with any water. It was about 1 m deep. This area seemed to be a well travel route so we hid the rope lines near the bridge/culvert that the picture was taken from.

Photo 5: This is adjacent to the old middle sites that Greg sampled. As you can tell it is very dry.