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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| thangvu | "Thanks for your helpful answers " | Read more » | over 6 years ago | |||
| Ag8n | "Try to avoid using blue water solutions, at least without doing some testing. The compact florescent lamps (CFL) loose intensity at the blue and o..." | Read more » | over 6 years ago | |||
| Ag8n | "Yes, it can. You need to go to the spectrometer page for more information. It will show how to set up cuvette s to hold water and what to use as ..." | Read more » | over 6 years ago | |||
| briandegger | "Maybe colour of liquid compared to distilled water/plain iron water. Qn example: Dissolved tannins give water a brown hue. " | Read more » | almost 7 years ago | |||
| stoft | "Since H2O is a colorless fluid, 'color' appears not to be the correct intent of the question. The author would need to clarify the objective. " | Read more » | almost 7 years ago | |||
| nshapiro | "Oh those are great finds! I would think for $18 that is probably just as (if not more) affordable as making it one's self (including labor time). I..." | Read more » | almost 7 years ago | |||
| stevie | "Oh that decal is nice! I also found a couple really inexpensive secchi disks $18-$25 verses the Lamotte ones which are around $42-70. https://www..." | Read more » | almost 7 years ago | |||
| nshapiro | "Very cool! i haven't but seems pretty straightforward just like the technique itself. If you have other uses for black and white rust resistant pai..." | Read more » | almost 7 years ago | |||
| smmontgom | "Great work! Can you get GPS signal in the bush or is the canopy too thick? You might check out https://akvo.org/ and http://www.mwater.co/ to see i..." | Read more » | almost 7 years ago | |||
| jbreen | "It's been awhile since I did any hydrologic mapping, but I think you can use <5m resolution digital elevation model (DEM) LiDAR data to predict ..." | Read more » | almost 7 years ago | |||
| liz | "Interesting! @geography76, any ideas from Planet Labs? @jbreen :) " | Read more » | almost 7 years ago | |||
| CWells | "Hi Liz, thanks for your reply. Some of the water sources are covered by trees and protected from the equatorial sun and dont dry up, but some are j..." | Read more » | almost 7 years ago | |||
| liz | "Dear Chris, it's inspiring to hear of your vision for Guinea Worm Eradication. To get started thinking about this, can the water sources be seen fr..." | Read more » | almost 7 years ago | |||
| WaterGeek | "Thank you! @liz " | Read more » | almost 7 years ago | |||
| liz | "Hi @WaterGeek, great to hear from the https://www.mytapwater.org/ project! There are many various water testing projects happening around here, but..." | Read more » | almost 7 years ago | |||
| EdMallon | "Thanks xose! Its been a long road, and we documented the entire process on the blog over time, including the mistakes. Now we are working towards..." | Read more » | almost 7 years ago | |||
| xose | "Guys, all of you specially Ed, this thread is awesome! " | Read more » | almost 7 years ago | |||
| WaterGeek | "Anyone have a translation for this? would like to collect water quality data at a few locations for a project I'm working on. " | Read more » | almost 7 years ago | |||
| EdMallon | "We have finally published: A Flexible Arduino-Based Logging Platform for Long-Term Monitoring in Harsh Environments http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/..." | Read more » | almost 7 years ago | |||
| zengirl2 | "Whoah, my first! So exciting. :) " | Read more » | almost 7 years ago | |||
| warren | "@warren awards a barnstar to Zengirl2 for their awesome contribution! " | Read more » | almost 7 years ago | |||
| EdMallon | "I try to keep the blog tightly focused on the logger build details. But this year, I felt that I had to say something a bit more pointed about the ..." | Read more » | almost 7 years ago | |||
| EdMallon | "Like a great Hollywood franchise I finally released the prequel to that "Configuring I2C Sensors" post from a few months ago: Adding Sensors to an..." | Read more » | about 7 years ago | |||
| kgradow1 | "How big are the particles? I know very little about microplastics but I found this great reference sheet: http://www.ccb.se/documents/Postkod201..." | Read more » | about 7 years ago |