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 | "It looks like the Coqui is a pretty well designed instrument. But, some of the pharmaceutical instruments would send the tone through a bridge. T..." | Read more » | about 2 years ago | |||
alejobonifacio | "Hi @warren! Yes, 0.1-1 g/L is a useful range at least in rivers in this part of the world, in fact for this river test it worked well. I still have..." | Read more » | about 2 years ago | |||
liz | "Thank you for this close and careful work <3 " | Read more » | about 2 years ago | |||
warren | "Hi @alejobonifacio i wonder if there is an 'ideal' range if we can use resistors or capacitor sizes to shift that to our looked-for "search range" ..." | Read more » | about 2 years ago | |||
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royshaw | "Thank you for sharing this. It is great to know how the environmental test results to health standards worked. A clean environment reflects on the ..." | Read more » | about 2 years ago | |||
hspencer22 | "Thanks for sharing this resource! Turns out, we are working with one of the researchers listed on here. I had no idea he was part of this organizat..." | Read more » | about 2 years ago | |||
liz | "Network map in Little Sis by @marinaraHQ https://littlesis.org/oligrapher/7566-why-is-nys-dec-delaying-on-greenidge-air-permits " | Read more » | about 2 years ago | |||
liz | "Hi @belkinsa it's amazing to hear from you and get a glimpse into your current work! Please keep us posted. I appreciate your tireless open science..." | Read more » | about 2 years ago | |||
Ag8n | "The last heard, Ohio decided it was excessive levels of fertilizers that caused the problem. So, the solution was to limit when fertilizers could ..." | Read more » | about 2 years ago | |||
marinaraHQ | "I think it would be great- really excited to work with you this coming weekend! I read over the materials you posted, I think the fishing bobs woul..." | Read more » | about 2 years ago | |||
EdMallon | "The ones from Fisher Scientific and Thermo have notably better quality seals than no-name brand tubes. So if you are putting them somewhere swampy ..." | Read more » | about 2 years ago | |||
bhamster | "Thanks for this update, @EdMallon! I read the full post you linked and laughed at "Pro-Minillennium Falcons." :smiley: The Falcon tube housing is n..." | Read more » | about 2 years ago | |||
bhamster | "For finding a researcher to analyze health registry data and create a health study, the Center for Applied Environmental Science (CAES) might be a ..." | Read more » | about 2 years ago | |||
EdMallon | "This latest update was motivated by several factors but the most important ones were: (1) Our own project has grown to the point that every fieldwo..." | Read more » | about 2 years ago | |||
liz | "What kind of net is used to sample for plankton? Is it more finely woven than the nylon "babylegs" tights or different in any way? If so, can we sw..." | Read more » | about 2 years ago | |||
liz | "What a fantastic update! It's great to hear from you @EdMallon. An underwater logger running for a year on a single coin cell battery?? COOL. Taggi..." | Read more » | about 2 years ago | |||
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 | |||
hspencer22 | "Yes, they absolutely wanted the trail to be hard to follow. I did acquire the sample results that were given to the city from the lab they contract..." | Read more » | about 2 years ago | |||
Ag8n | "The results you were given aren't "top of the line". To be honest, the book keeping is kind of shoddy. Normally, there would be reference to the t..." | Read more » | about 2 years ago |