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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| amysoyka | "Thanks for that map. I hadn't seen that one before. I will add it to my collection. I agree with your sentiments on reading the landscape. As I s..." | Read more » | about 10 years ago | |||
| eymund | "Thanks for the research details Amy ! Very useful. Learning to "read the landscape" is fascinating. The clues are all around us. Here's another..." | Read more » | about 10 years ago | |||
| amysoyka | "Here - I started mapping out my old hometown & its waterways: mapknitter.org/map/view/cromernorfolkuk You should be able to see for yourself -..." | Read more » | about 10 years ago | |||
| amysoyka | "That is some really useful/interesting stuff your revealing there! Interestingly enough I know a fair bit about this from personal experience. I ..." | Read more » | about 10 years ago | |||
| stevie | "neat! " | Read more » | about 10 years ago | |||
| walkerjeffd | "Wow, that's crazy! Definitely would not have thought of doing that with my data! " | Read more » | about 10 years ago | |||
| geraldmc | "awesome! " | Read more » | about 10 years ago | |||
| mathew | "thanks for putting in a good note on bioindicators! I love benthic macroinvertebrates-- I think its the most clever way to monitor water quality. " | Read more » | about 10 years ago | |||
| EdMallon | "It's been a while so I thought I would post a project update to Public Lab 1) We had another successful fieldwork season, marking the deployment o..." | Read more » | about 10 years ago | |||
| Bob | "Here are the links: http://publiclab.org/notes/caseyrcampbell327/09-29-2014/bridget-casey-s-water-sample-locations https://www.youtube.com/watch?..." | Read more » | about 10 years ago | |||
| donblair | "Oh and -- yes, I'll be going to the barnraising -- excited to meet up there! " | Read more » | over 10 years ago | |||
| donblair | "Hey Greg -- neat ideas! Re: compiling errors -- just to make double-sure: are you using the version of the RTC library linked to here: https://gi..." | Read more » | over 10 years ago | |||
| gbathree | "I used micro SD when I started out also, but for our applications it just was too slow. However, we aren't trying to take lots of measurements ove..." | Read more » | over 10 years ago | |||
| donblair | "Hey Greg, Wow, this is amazing! Super cool to see you forging ahead with this. My impression is that what's going on here is that the basic util..." | Read more » | over 10 years ago | |||
| gbathree | "Hey Don, quick question, I was trying to compile the riffle code on a naked Arduino Uno (nothing attached), and downloaded the libraries and such, ..." | Read more » | over 10 years ago | |||
| gbathree | "Awesome! I think given our workload, ordering one may be easier... I'll just wait till I hear more on that front. Do you have a device yourself a..." | Read more » | over 10 years ago | |||
| donblair | "Hi Greg! Just revisiting this here (rather than on Twitter -- 140 char would almost be over right now :)). The platform looks fantastic. Re: get..." | Read more » | over 10 years ago | |||
| gbathree | "Thanks! Yeah we've kept the data site hidden for a while because we're going to move it to the main site pretty soon. But you can find the curren..." | Read more » | over 10 years ago | |||
| donblair | "... and congrats on all the amazing progress with the MultispeQ!! " | Read more » | over 10 years ago | |||
| donblair | "Hey, Greg -- thanks for the feedback. And the data platform you're developing looks great! It'd be great to learn more about it ... is it on e.g...." | Read more » | over 10 years ago | |||
| gbathree | "Hey Don - I hadn't seen this for a while and it looks awesome! We are just bringing our analysis system online at PhotosynQ which might be able to..." | Read more » | over 10 years ago | |||
| marlokeno | "It's nearly impossible to separate the effects of irrigation hi-cap wells from the silica wash plants. Also, withdrawing large amounts of water for..." | Read more » | over 10 years ago | |||
| WhiteRabbit | "I found this: http://www.vernier.com/products/sensors/col-bta/ which is interesting because unlike other low-cost spectrometers/colorimeters its s..." | Read more » | over 10 years ago | |||
| warren | "Wow chris the barcode scanner filter idea is great!!! " | Read more » | over 10 years ago |