Rivers, oceans, lakes, aquifers, groundwater, stormwater, urban canals, underground streams, estuaries, and more -- we are passionate about water quality! This page will help you find resources to explore the waterbodies you care about, and connect with other people who have the same interests: ### Questions on Water Quality: [questions:water-quality] **** ## Monitoring * [Water sampling](/water-sampling) * [Water sensors](/water-sensors) * Posts on #water-monitoring * Posts on #water-testing * Posts on #reagents ## Water quality parameters Read about different water quality parameters here, including pH, nitrogen, conductivity, temperature, ORP and turbidity: * https://publiclab.org/common-water-contaminants Also see this overview of 7 ways to monitorn water quality: * https://publiclab.org/notes/anngneal/12-08-2017/7-ways-to-measure-monitor-and-evaluate-water-quality ## Groups and projects working on water quality issues: [wikis:project:water-quality] **** ## Water quality related pages [wikis:parent:water-quality] **** ## Activities [activities:water-quality]...
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| liz | "Thank you @Ag8n ! " | Read more » | over 4 years ago | |||
| stevie | "Hi All! Reminder the call is tonight! Looking forward to speaking with you then. " | Read more » | over 4 years ago | |||
| Ag8n | "Of you are using windows, start with SDR#. It's freeware. Start by listening to air traffic control in the local area. The new versions of SDR# ..." | Read more » | over 4 years ago | |||
| Ag8n | "Sorry, that should be UAT, not UAB. Look up UAT. " | Read more » | over 4 years ago | |||
| Ag8n | "Ok. There are two easy aircraft tracking systems, ADSB and UAB. ADSB is commonly used on aircraft flying above 10,000 ft. UAB is more often used..." | Read more » | over 4 years ago | |||
| eustatic | "I misread the title as "turbulence" and thought, yeah, perhaps you could add weight to the floats somehow, to stabilize the mouth of the net. But ..." | Read more » | over 4 years ago | |||
| eustatic | "Yo. I am doing Nurdle Patrol in Louisiana, and trying to coordinate with LSU. This is a particular kind of plastic pollution that is directly dep..." | Read more » | over 4 years ago | |||
| eustatic | "Another possible purchase here: https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/n932h " | Read more » | over 4 years ago | |||
| eustatic | "The entire flight history is available for purchase here: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N932H/history/buy " | Read more » | over 4 years ago | |||
| eustatic | "Yo. I am doing Nurdle Patrol in Louisiana, and trying to coordinate with LSU. This is a particular kind of plastic pollution that is directly dep..." | Read more » | over 4 years ago | |||
| eustatic | "here's the tail numbers: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N932H https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N64766 https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N..." | Read more » | over 4 years ago | |||
| auressig | "Hello @bhickman, I know it has been a while since your last message but I have read this thread with a lot of interest, and I was wondering if you ..." | Read more » | over 4 years ago | |||
| kazar | "Hi all -- looking forward to Thursday. Our team was planning to follow the methods for analyzing microplastics in marine & sediment environment..." | Read more » | over 4 years ago | |||
| amocorro | "Hi Everyone! I am always interested in expanding my knowledge base around microplastics, looking forward to joining this call. " | Read more » | over 4 years ago | |||
| stevie | "Hi all! Reminder this call is this Thursday. Looking forward to it! " | Read more » | over 4 years ago | |||
| amocorro | "I feel so honored! Thank you so much for awarding me my first ever barnstar! " | Read more » | over 4 years ago | |||
| ektopyrotic | "@ektopyrotic awards a barnstar to amocorro for their awesome contribution! " | Read more » | over 4 years ago | |||
| bhamster | "One way to get a rough idea of whether a foam is naturally-occurring or potential pollution is to poke it with a stick (much like the “stick test” ..." | Read more » | over 4 years ago | |||
| bhamster | "@Markos Thanks so much for finding and sharing this paper on aquatic foam! The paper helped me better understand that surface water foams can cont..." | Read more » | over 4 years ago | |||
| Markos | "Hi bhamster , I don't have the answer to your question, but I researched it and found a paper about it: Foam in the aquatic environment https://d..." | Read more » | over 4 years ago | |||
| liz | "Agree, and will mention that the BabyLegs technologists have identified that 3d printed plastic trawls have a higher risk of leaving bits of plasti..." | Read more » | over 4 years ago | |||
| stevie | "Great question! My first thought would be no, you shouldn't be loosing plastic pieces from the bottle into the waterway, but let's chat about this ..." | Read more » | over 4 years ago | |||
| Grace_Schwartz | "I'm interested in deploying Baby Legs as a part of a chemistry lab this Fall. I'm curious--do any contamination issues arise from using a cut plast..." | Read more » | over 4 years ago | |||
| jerdasmeltzer | "Yes! Very interested! Brief history: I was a scientist (hydrogeology and geochemistry with a background in marine ecology and microbiology) for 1..." | Read more » | over 4 years ago |