Water Quality Tests
Teachers will receive water quality test kits while supplies last. The kits and supporting classroom documentation are provided by H2O Q and the generous support of the ACS CERM 2019 corporate supporters.
- Conductivity: ions present in solution, correlated to total dissolved solids
- pH: hydrogen ion activity (acidic, neutral, or basic) impacts biological function and the ability to sustain life
- Phosphate: essential in plant life for eutrophication, found in many human activities causing overgrowth
- Dissolved Oxygen: necessary for fish, algae, macrophytes, etc. and many chemical reactions of natural water systems
- Nitrate: essential for plant and animal growth, overabundance water systems over stimulates plant and algae growth
- Turbidity: measure of the cloudiness of a sample, which impacts sunlight penetration, plant life, and rest of aquatic life.
