Taking samples is a key technique in environmental monitoring. Sample collection, when done well, can be cheap, numerous samples can be taken, and many people can participate in sample collection. Lead image from @warren's [work](https://publiclab.org/notes/warren/03-25-2019/water-sampling-workshop-with-a-mega-coqui-kit-with-one-cranston) ## Types of sampling Not all of these types of sampling have pages yet, but we are working together to collect these resources, so please help by editing this page: * [Water sampling](/wiki/water-sampling) * [Soil sampling](/wiki/soil-sampling) * [Air sampling](/wiki/air-sampling) * [Dust sampling](/wiki/dust-sampling) * [Spectrometry sampling](/wiki/spectrometry-sampling) Please add other types of sampling here as well. ## Questions Ask and answer general questions about sampling: [questions:sampling] ...
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| jhondue123456 | "https://www.google.com/ " | Read more » | 9 months ago | |||
| kgradow1 | "Hi Stevie! I'd like to link this on the bucket project page, would you be willing to add the tag bucket-monitor? " | Read more » | over 4 years ago | |||
| MadTinker | "We take two different samples: one sample is used for local chemistry analysis (alkalinity, pH, hardness, ...). That sample is collected typically ..." | Read more » | almost 5 years ago | |||
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| stevie | "Thanks @MadTinker! Question for you - The sample bottles I found here are a little smaller than ones I've used in the past, and the ones suggested ..." | Read more » | almost 5 years ago | |||
| MadTinker | "Nice explanation. I do this a few times a month and this is the same procedure accepted in Colorado. The one minor difference is the option to use ..." | Read more » | almost 5 years ago | |||
| yaa8616 | "A great article to begin with. True Hindi Shayari And to be honest Harsh is one of the person on this planet that inspire me to have my own blog an..." | Read more » | almost 5 years ago | |||
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| atlaslab_marketing | "Nice Aricle!! ATLAS lube oil testing research centre gives quality and condition evaluation of oils utilised in motors and other equipment. We inc..." | Read more » | about 5 years ago | |||
| liz | "Awesome! Looking forward to updates! " | Read more » | over 5 years ago | |||
| jjcreedon | "Hi Liz, We are getting very good feedback. To get the kit ready to market, it appears we only have a few tweaks (manual, etc.). The biggest issue i..." | Read more » | over 5 years ago | |||
| jjcreedon | "PAH's and heavy metals (lead, mercury, arsenic, etc.). " | Read more » | over 5 years ago | |||
| liz | "Hi Jackie, Love this post! How did new people just learning about the kit find it in terms of useability and understanding what was happening? " | Read more » | over 5 years ago | |||
| pataxte | "what are you testing for? Minerals? pH? contaminants? thx! " | Read more » | over 5 years ago | |||
| liz | " Thanks @profpearce ! Looks like you and your group worked on creating this, is that so? " | Read more » | over 5 years ago | |||
| warren | " Wow awesome!!! Thanks for sharing!! " | Read more » | over 5 years ago | |||
| profpearce | "And the link https://doi.org/10.3390/instruments3020030 " | Read more » | over 5 years ago | |||
| profpearce | " Here is a fully 3D printed hand powered one -- " | Read more » | over 5 years ago | |||
| warren | "this is so cool :-) On Fri, Apr 5, 2019 at 2:11 PM \<notifications@publiclab.org> wrote: Hi! There's been a response to a discussion you're..." | Read more » | over 5 years ago | |||
| mimiss | "and a beautiful open-source one created by Pieter van Boheemen in Amsterdam. https://github.com/PieterVanBoheemen/RWXBioFuge this has been used at..." | Read more » | over 5 years ago | |||
| mimiss | " and one more made from a salad spinner! http://www.labonthecheap.com/index.php/2018/03/15/a-salad-spinner-centrifuge/ " | Read more » | over 5 years ago | |||
| mimiss | " Here's another cool hand-powered centrifuge made from a fidget spinner: https://www.instructables.com/id/Lab-Centrifuge-Fidget-Spinner/ " | Read more » | over 5 years ago | |||
| warren | " Love this! I think there are a bunch of use cases, yeah! also there's a number of power drill based centrifuges out there... This method for extr..." | Read more » | over 5 years ago |