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]...
| Author | Comment | Last activity | Moderation | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pdhixenbaugh | "Thanks for this Nigel! I'm especially interested in hearing what the kids think about the limitations and the new ideas you come up with -- like th..." | Read more » | over 7 years ago | |||
| dswenson | "The lower seal of the camera encasement did get ~24 hours of prolonged exposure (partial submersion) to elevated water volume during last week's he..." | Read more » | over 7 years ago | |||
| EdMallon | "I've developed a method to calibrate thermistors of unknown specification to something near +/- 0.1 C https://edwardmallon.wordpress.com/2017/04/2..." | Read more » | over 7 years ago | |||
| warren | "Wow yeah, i'd thought it was waterproof, but it's good to know (although too bad!) that heavy rains can damage it. Do you think it got submerged at..." | Read more » | over 7 years ago | |||
| stevie | "Hi Dwight, wow sorry to hear it was damaged -maybe we should look into a different type of camera @warren . Would have been great to catch some of ..." | Read more » | over 7 years ago | |||
| dswenson | "Hi Stevie, I'll attach some recent sedimentation examples. We've experienced heavy rain fall and flooding this month which caused moisture damage..." | Read more » | over 7 years ago | |||
| stevie | "Hi Dwight! Have you tried to up the photos taken per day? catch anything interesting? " | Read more » | over 7 years ago | |||
| xose | "Hi aryachandran, the Mae d'agua measures acidity in water by power of hydrogen (pH), oxidation reduction potential (ORP), water conductivity, water..." | Read more » | over 7 years ago | |||
| aryachandran | "what are the different sensors which has been used for your project .....................please reply as soon as possible , we are desperate .... " | Read more » | over 7 years ago | |||
| ghing | "I ordered a WheeStat from the Public Lab Store. The board is stamped "WheeStat 5". I'm running Ubuntu 16.10 (64-bit) and just wanted to share the..." | Read more » | over 7 years ago | |||
| JSummers | "Hi Aneesahmad, In the US, you can order one from my website, smokymtsci.com. Outside the US, you can contact me at my email summers at wcu dot edu..." | Read more » | almost 8 years ago | |||
| aneesahmad | "Dear JSummer I am interested to buy one latest version of WheeStat. Please let me know its cost and procedure. Thanks " | Read more » | almost 8 years ago | |||
| dswenson | "Thanks Warren. Blasting events resonate landscape and concern! " | Read more » | almost 8 years ago | |||
| stevie | "Wow! looks like you have a great spot for the camera! Thanks for posting " | Read more » | almost 8 years ago | |||
| warren | "That's great to hear, thanks. 4 months would indeed be great. Just came across this -- blasting caught on timelapse at a mountaintop removal site ..." | Read more » | almost 8 years ago | |||
| EdMallon | "I'm currently working out how to calibrate these oversampled thermistors to a reasonable level without breaking the bank for a high quality referen..." | Read more » | almost 8 years ago | |||
| dswenson | "Following an initial brief posting in early December (cold snap conditions), I re-posted the camera the third week in February attempting to preced..." | Read more » | almost 8 years ago | |||
| warren | "Wow, Ed, this is really cool, and obviously applicable to many sensor projects using Arduinos. Just curious if you'd be interested in posting a mor..." | Read more » | almost 8 years ago | |||
| EdMallon | "After much experimentation, I finally came up with a simple dithering method that allows you to easily use oversampling to add 4-5 extra bits of re..." | Read more » | almost 8 years ago | |||
| warren | "This looks great, thank you for sharing! How long has it been out there, and do you have a sense of the battery life? How often are you shooting? ..." | Read more » | almost 8 years ago | |||
| liz | "Thanks @vjpixel, i just clicked all the report links and they all load. This is a fantastically comprehensive report. " | Read more » | almost 8 years ago | |||
| vjpixel | "@mathew, can you please check now if you can download the files?if you're unable to access, as soon as I can I download/upload them. " | Read more » | almost 8 years ago | |||
| mathew | "@vjpixel, I'm getting a login permissions issue for the Narrative report google docs. do you think you can export the google doc reports and post ..." | Read more » | almost 8 years ago | |||
| EdMallon | "We just fired up a new collaborative project, and some of the academics from the other university suggested that our blog was something of a spaghe..." | Read more » | almost 8 years ago |