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| liz | "I got in touch with the author of the Grist article as we know each other from civic tech days in NYC. She stated that she has continuing interest ..." | Read more » | about 2 years ago | |||
| Ag8n | "Believe it or not, during the seaon, this is on the weather segment of the local news. The local water intakes (Cleveland) are often threatened by..." | Read more » | about 2 years ago | |||
| EdMallon | " It’s been a long time since I posted, and you’d be forgiven for thinking the Cave Pearl Project was yet another victim of COVID. While the attend..." | Read more » | about 2 years ago | |||
| liz | "For detecting temperature change in waterbodies, see: thermal "fishing bob" $5 diy sensor, then you take a timelapse of its color change as it is..." | Read more » | about 2 years ago | |||
| liz | "Looks like Harmful Algae Blooms are top of the list of direct threat to public health posed by the release of hot water into Lake Seneca. Summariz..." | Read more » | about 2 years ago | |||
| eustatic | "Here;s the satellite imagery from the new Skytruth platform: alerts.skytruth.org/issue/186-nurdle-spill-bnsf-in-raceland-ida-2021 " | Read more » | about 2 years ago | |||
| normawatson | "Hii " | Read more » | about 2 years ago | |||
| belkinsa | "@Ag8n Thank you for you comments! I so didn't think of regulatory issues attached to the kits and I'm not sure if there is a difference on how the ..." | Read more » | about 2 years ago | |||
| Rehanrao06 | "social media marketing specialist social media marketing miami pay per click ppc marketing ppc pay per click marketing pay per click - ppc - market..." | Read more » | about 2 years ago | |||
| Ag8n | "Now, there Maybe differences in how the sample is obtained. Don't know about that. " | Read more » | about 2 years ago | |||
| Ag8n | "From a scientific point of view, yes they can. Even an aquarium test kit can often be used to test water sources. The problem is with regulatory ..." | Read more » | about 2 years ago | |||
| mauriceatkinson | "Hi I would love to build a system just like this but I am concerned that the github libraries are over 4 years old and look like they are not manin..." | Read more » | over 2 years ago | |||
| eustatic | "Skytruth has sent me at Healthy Gulf a dataset since 2012. Map:: https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/edit?mid=1PXFVRlD8sQB_tVa68uFsgfASa8xZnq_m&..." | Read more » | over 2 years ago | |||
| Ag8n | "If you are using Gc/ms, there are two common type detectors, quad detectors and ion trap detectors. I'm partial to quads. But I've had salesman t..." | Read more » | over 2 years ago | |||
| laurel_mire | "Thanks to all who have contributed to this question! I didn't know about the gas chromatography-mass spectrometry method but found a good overview ..." | Read more » | over 2 years ago | |||
| Ag8n | "Of you go to a commercial lab...quite expensive. There is one commercial instrument maker that is very good at donating ( or at least dramatically..." | Read more » | over 2 years ago | |||
| liz | "This note doesn't fully capture the information shared by Randall Auston, Chief of the Spill Response Program, Region 2 (NY City), Division of Envi..." | Read more » | over 2 years ago | |||
| jjcreedon | "Yes, you are correct that a GC could answer your question.. you could send it to a lab, not sure how expensive that would be. " | Read more » | over 2 years ago | |||
| Ag8n | "My purpose is strictly to measure. The cleanup part is not my strong point, so it must be left to someone else. But to go on with the testing. T..." | Read more » | over 2 years ago | |||
| jjcreedon | "Do you want to test the oil first and then figure out how to clean it up? what are your objectives? " | Read more » | over 2 years ago | |||
| Ag8n | "Others are better trained on how to soak up absorb the oil than me. Yes, I had some training. But only on a lab scale. It wouldn't work for the ..." | Read more » | over 2 years ago | |||
| liz | "Do you think you want to try to identify the weight of the oil and maybe find the likely sources in order to try to reduce how much is leaking, or ..." | Read more » | over 2 years ago | |||
| superslot89 | "You must have been practicing " | Read more » | over 2 years ago | |||
| Ag8n | "Ok. The last time I did this test was quite a few years ago. So there is probably something better, now. The quick test was called "oil and greas..." | Read more » | over 2 years ago |