CLEARLAKE, Calif. – Come be a part of an international effort to collect water samples from around the world.

The local sampling will take place from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Oct. 12, at Austin Park playground, 14077 Lakeshore Drive, Clearlake.

They will use World Water Challenge sampling kits and test pH, dissolved oxygen, turbidity, temperature and Secchi disk readings.

There also will be water sampling and discussion about the results.

The data will be recorded and submitted to the international database.

The event will be led by KPFZ’s “The Water Hour,” which takes place from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. the first Friday of every month.

For more information visit http://www.worldwatermonitoringday.org/ .