Water quality
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:
Monitoring
- Water sampling
- 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:
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:
| Title | Updated | Version | Views | Likes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Water Quality Sensor | over 2 years ago by warren | 12 | 8,998 | 1 | |
| BabyLegs | almost 3 years ago by warren | 14 | 2,778 | 6 | |
| Coqui conductivity sensor | almost 3 years ago by warren | 57 | 3,364 | 22 | |
| Riffle: an Open Source Water Monitoring Approach | over 4 years ago by warren | 100 | 4,248 | 21 | |
| KnowFlow | almost 5 years ago by liz | 2 | 981 | 2 | |
| Open Water | over 5 years ago by klie | 122 | 3,688 | 18 | |
| infoamazonia-network | over 6 years ago by vjpixel | 2 | 326 | 2 |
Water quality related pages
| Title | Updated | Version | Views | Likes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assess Turbidity in Water | about 3 years ago by liz | 13 | 1,936 | 2 | |
| Common Water Contaminants | about 3 years ago by warren | 36 | 1,105 | 3 | |
| Nitrogen | about 3 years ago by warren | 3 | 128 | 1 | |
| Water quality parameters | about 3 years ago by warren | 13 | 636 | 2 | |
| Filters | about 3 years ago by warren | 11 | 160 | 2 | |
| Conductivity of Water and Community Science | over 4 years ago by gilbert | 5 | 528 | 1 | |
| pH | over 4 years ago by warren | 4 | 334 | 0 | |
| Turbidity Measurement Methods & Regulations | over 4 years ago by gilbert | 1 | 1,011 | 0 | |
| Water Sensors | over 4 years ago by Nova | 41 | 4,126 | 6 | |
| Water Sampling | over 4 years ago by warren | 2 | 1,130 | 2 | |
| NPDES | over 5 years ago by warren | 17 | 367 | 0 | |
| Parâmetros de qualidade da água | over 6 years ago by vjpixel | 3 | 2,888 | 0 | |
| water quality indices | over 6 years ago by vjpixel | 5 | 406 | 2 | |
| What's going on in Water Monitoring? | about 8 years ago by kanarinka | 5 | 357 | 9 | |
| Water Quality Primer with Jeff Walker | about 8 years ago by kanarinka | 4 | 402 | 3 | |
| The Open Water Project: FAQ | about 8 years ago by donblair | 4 | 425 | 0 |
Activities
| Purpose | Category | Status | Author | Time | Difficulty | Replications |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PureLab：Experiment and Installing Water Filters Record In Banmentun | - | - | @shanlter | - | - | 0 replications: Try it » |
| Water Quality Testing At Turkey Creek | - | - | @Delaney | - | - | 0 replications: Try it » |
| Coqui BBv1.0: Testing conductivity of a solution | observe | draft | @donblair | 1h | easy | 1 replications: Try it » |
| Draft: Collect a sample for laboratory analysis | - | - | @warren | - | - | 0 replications: Try it » |
| Practice reporting suspected frac sand violations | - | - | @stevie | - | - | 0 replications: Try it » |
| How to test a water sheen to tell if it is bacterial or petroleum | - | - | @stevie | - | - | 0 replications: Try it » |
| Draft: Find the concentration of a liquid with a DIY spectrometer | - | - | @warren | - | - | 0 replications: Try it » |
| How to collect a water sample | - | - | @stevie | - | - | 0 replications: Try it » |
Activities should include a materials list, costs and a step-by-step guide to construction with photos. Learn what makes a good activity here.