b"C H A P T E R N I N Emen brought in results from sites ranging from Oyster Pond, to Little Mill Pond, to the Stage Harbor bell.Ever since then, its been onward and upward for Chatham Water Watchers. At its full strength of 140, C. W W tests at regular biweekly intervals at 25 stations; they run from the Harwich line in Pleasant Bay, south and west to the Harwich boundary beyond Forest and Pleasant Street beaches in South Chatham.At this juncture, the routine is fixed.Bob Duncanson coordinates the testing, while FCW recruits and assists him in training new volunteers. Happily for the lab director, he doesnt need to nurse those field workers. As he puts it, Martha Stone and George Olmsted have to deal with the frantic phone calls of 'Pm sick and I cant go out tomorrow. They do the scrambling to make sure the slot is filled.If there was any discord in early time, the cause was transparent. It took time to get the budgeting in place, Dr. Duncanson says, so we had to wait a year. Then it took time to sit down with the experts and decide where (to test), how many stations, what kind of equipment. So there was a little bit of frustration on some parts, including mine.But that was thenpast history now. Looking back, how has it been for him working with FCWs teams in this context? The volunteers are absolutely wonderful, Duncanson asserts. And again, their systematic output validates the whole project, producing more than 300 samples a yearhard data from 25 stationsto shore up the ongoing Comprehensive Wastewater Management Study. Chathams future health and welfare will depend as much on putting that studys recommendations into play as almost anything else on the horizon.A group of new Water Watchers learn the ropes from the man in charge,Dr. Robert Duncanson, Chathams director of Health & Environment.Gordon Zellner162"