Water quality
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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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Ag8n "The reason I ask- the EPA testing will always be expensive. Sometimes you can do some "screening" pH tests that are much cheaper. These would be ..." | Read more » over 3 years ago
Ag8n "Can you give more information on the pH test is being done? Who is doing it? What instrument is being used? Thanks for the help. " | Read more » over 3 years ago
pornwb746 "nice post great work everything thanks " | Read more » over 3 years ago
bhamster "We're so happy and thankful that you're here @alejobonifacio! Welcome! 🎉 " | Read more » over 3 years ago
alejobonifacio "Hi @amocorro! :hand: Thanks for the welcome greetings! I am also very happy to be part of the Public Lab community. And I hope to learn a lot her..." | Read more » over 3 years ago
denissebn_06 "Mucho gusto @alejobonifacio, de igual manera acabo de llegar a public lab hace 3 meses como becaria del proyecto VVAMP, Si nesecitas ayuda en algo ..." | Read more » over 3 years ago
amocorro "Welcome @alejobonifacio! So glad to meet another water advocate and fresh water enthusiast. Can't wait to learn more about the waterways you are de..." | Read more » over 3 years ago
mimiss "Sharing this resource: The Pothole Report is a citizen sourced, community driven campaign to address the blight, transportation and development ch..." | Read more » over 3 years ago
liz "Fantastic! Just adding some screenshots of your videos so people can get excited: " | Read more » over 3 years ago
EdMallon "Finally have acceptable screen captures exporting from zoom (though frame rate is low) so we've been producing tutorial videos for Dr. Beddows inst..." | Read more » over 3 years ago
amocorro "@sfererro23 would love to see some photos from your water quality testing on your campus! Sounds like a fun activity. Here are a different methods..." | Read more » over 3 years ago
anns "we are using Rockler filter with ColeParmer gridded membrane filter papers rated at 0.45 microns " | Read more » over 3 years ago
nsabido "@greenbeans What were your results of the experiment? " | Read more » almost 4 years ago
eustatic "Only the some of the parts behind levees are below sea level, the rest of the state actually floats to some extent. Weird as that sounds. This is..." | Read more » almost 4 years ago
liz "Fantastic! " | Read more » almost 4 years ago
bhamster "Hi @wln215! If you're still looking for more info on the holographic microscope, one of the authors on the paper you referenced, Tom Zimmerman, has..." | Read more » almost 4 years ago
HappyS5 "Hello, Do a material balance around the water usage in home--see if the school will work with you too. After you have a week of measurements, impl..." | Read more » almost 4 years ago
amocorro "@cummins_leila great question! You might appreciate this activity from Public Lab contributor @eustatic over at one of our partners (another non-pr..." | Read more » almost 4 years ago
amocorro "@greenbeans thanks for sharing your process! Where are you collecting your water samples? How often do you plan to go out and collect samples? If y..." | Read more » almost 4 years ago
SteveGoldman32 "Hi Everyone Just thought I should post a progress update on the Cave Pearl Project. We finished off 2020 with a challenging field trip that had so..." | Read more » almost 4 years ago
digitaldipak "This is really a good one with a proper circuit diagram as well as with all the step by step procedures. Keep sharing more in the future. Have a go..." | Read more » about 4 years ago
EdMallon "With Covid making it hard to predict whether students will be in the lab, or working from home we’ve done an incremental update to the ‘Classroom L..." | Read more » about 4 years ago
amocorro "@eymund, I know this is an older project -- though I really enjoy reading and listening to the stories! Really fascinating. Do you have a step-by-s..." | Read more » about 4 years ago
liz "Hi @amirberAgain , this post's author links to one of your research notes, and I'm wondering if you'd take a look at not only this question but the..." | Read more » over 4 years ago