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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| warren | "We are exploring doing this at Public Lab, in coordination with our Kits Initiative, but many expensive tools or pieces of equipment require even m..." | Read more » | about 7 years ago | |||
| warren | "Hi, this looks awesome! Do you have a link to the Arduino sketch (.ino) file you've used? " | Read more » | about 7 years ago | |||
| Bardet | "Here's a great idea " | Read more » | about 7 years ago | |||
| stevie | "I'm not sure of any right now, but this would be a good question for the upcoming OpenHour on Data Loggers for Environmental Monitoring! It's going..." | Read more » | about 7 years ago | |||
| warren | "Ah cool, i found it! When you are done with the experiment, simply unlink the two hoses and put the output from the pump into a bottle of bleach. ..." | Read more » | about 7 years ago | |||
| warren | "I wonder if @shanlter knows about absorbing #h2s #hydrogen-sulfide -- and also I saw @jsummers had a system for eliminating h2s from a test setup -..." | Read more » | about 7 years ago | |||
| eustatic | "dot " | Read more » | about 7 years ago | |||
| danbeavers | "Go here to see the results from experimentation. " | Read more » | about 7 years ago | |||
| donblair | "Hi @gretchengehrke! Sorry for the much-delayed reply :) and thanks for the comment. I, too, liked this approach -- basically, using the differenc..." | Read more » | about 7 years ago | |||
| EdMallon | "I've been working on an overhaul of the code base for our data loggers and in the process I standardized some of that spagetti code into a simple s..." | Read more » | about 7 years ago | |||
| gilbert | "Is your community engaged with on-line networks with other communities and advocacy organizations, supporting your community's water quality, envir..." | Read more » | about 7 years ago | |||
| gilbert | "Has your community experienced any successes in attempts to protect or clean-up local water resources? If so, was this success achieved largely thr..." | Read more » | about 7 years ago | |||
| gilbert | "Have there been any local responses, complaints, protests, demonstrations or litigation, with respect to federal and/or state regulatory changes, s..." | Read more » | about 7 years ago | |||
| gilbert | "What specific water quality issues have recently emerged in your region , such as "boil water alerts," "swimming bans," "no fishing advisories," "n..." | Read more » | about 7 years ago | |||
| gilbert | "Which community advocacy organizations have you found to be most helpful in addressing environmental, public health and/or community sustainable de..." | Read more » | about 7 years ago | |||
| gilbert | "Have you had direct experience using water testing devices in your local community and, if so, will you share your assessment of such device(s), th..." | Read more » | about 7 years ago | |||
| gilbert | "Can you share details on any recent changes in environmental regulations or court rulings, particularly as relates to water quality, in the State w..." | Read more » | about 7 years ago | |||
| eustatic | "algae blooms? woah. thanks! " | Read more » | about 7 years ago | |||
| liz | "one more: https://publiclab.org/questions/liz/09-22-2017/what-are-examples-of-citizen-science-projects-that-have-tested-water-for-ph " | Read more » | over 7 years ago | |||
| liz | "Also this one: https://publiclab.org/notes/liz/09-22-2017/when-is-litmus-paper-not-good-enough-for-measuring-ph " | Read more » | over 7 years ago | |||
| liz | "Very cool! I just asked this question: https://publiclab.org/questions/liz/09-22-2017/how-has-ph-testing-evolved-over-time " | Read more » | over 7 years ago | |||
| MadTinker | "@stevie I'd love to but this summer got away from us and there just isn't time or resources this year. I'm hoping to touch base with @warren in Den..." | Read more » | over 7 years ago | |||
| stevie | "Hi @MadTinker ! wondering if you are considering coming to the Barnraising? There should be some good opportunities to collaborate and work on thes..." | Read more » | over 7 years ago | |||
| warren | "I wonder if NOAA will be posting imagery for Hurricane Maria in coming days -- perhaps @jasonwool or @willowbl00 can chime in on this? Thanks! " | Read more » | over 7 years ago |