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 | almost 4 years ago by warren | 12 | 8,576 | 2 | |
| BabyLegs | about 4 years ago by warren | 14 | 2,428 | 6 | |
| Coqui conductivity sensor | over 4 years ago by warren | 57 | 3,099 | 22 | |
| Riffle: an Open Source Water Monitoring Approach | almost 6 years ago by warren | 100 | 4,085 | 22 | |
| KnowFlow | about 6 years ago by liz | 2 | 916 | 2 | |
| Open Water | over 6 years ago by klie | 122 | 3,501 | 19 | |
| infoamazonia-network | about 8 years ago by vjpixel | 2 | 310 | 2 |
Water quality related pages
| Title | Updated | Version | Views | Likes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assess Turbidity in Water | over 4 years ago by liz | 13 | 1,715 | 2 | |
| Common Water Contaminants | over 4 years ago by warren | 36 | 1,045 | 4 | |
| Nitrogen | over 4 years ago by warren | 3 | 119 | 1 | |
| Water quality parameters | over 4 years ago by warren | 13 | 636 | 2 | |
| Filters | over 4 years ago by warren | 11 | 136 | 2 | |
| Conductivity of Water and Community Science | over 5 years ago by gilbert | 5 | 508 | 1 | |
| pH | over 5 years ago by warren | 4 | 325 | 0 | |
| Turbidity Measurement Methods & Regulations | almost 6 years ago by gilbert | 1 | 937 | 0 | |
| Water Sensors | over 5 years ago by Nova | 41 | 3,701 | 6 | |
| Water Sampling | about 6 years ago by warren | 2 | 1,091 | 2 | |
| NPDES | over 6 years ago by warren | 17 | 345 | 0 | |
| Parâmetros de qualidade da água | almost 8 years ago by vjpixel | 3 | 2,595 | 0 | |
| water quality indices | about 8 years ago by vjpixel | 5 | 350 | 2 | |
| What's going on in Water Monitoring? | over 9 years ago by kanarinka | 5 | 337 | 10 | |
| Water Quality Primer with Jeff Walker | over 9 years ago by kanarinka | 4 | 385 | 3 | |
| The Open Water Project: FAQ | over 9 years ago by donblair | 4 | 418 | 1 |
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 » |
| Practice reporting suspected frac sand violations | - | - | @stevie | - | - | 0 replications: Try it » |
| Draft: Collect a sample for laboratory analysis | - | - | @warren | - | - | 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.