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Purpose
We tested the water in the Toppenish to find out the quality of the water and if our water was safe to drink or not.
Hypothesis
I thought we would find that overall the water was in our area was good quality water.
Procedure
We used different testing methods to test the quality of the water at 4 different sites and our home water.
I used the turbidity tester to see how much sediment was in the water.
We filled a glass bottle with water from each different site we went to and put it in the turbidity tester. It
shines a light through the water to test the clarity.
Results
These are the results for all the tests our class did put together. Site 1 was the furthest upstream; each site was more
downstream than the one before.
The
down the
went the
quality of
Temp
(C)
HAD
pH
Conductivity
(us/cm) CC
Conductivity
(us/cm) JW
Site 1
9.4
7.0
68
Site 2
10.7
7.1
Site 3
11.3
Site 4
Average
Conclusions
Flow
Rate
(m/s)
XA
1.56
Flow
Rate
(m/s)
LM
0.784
Dissolved
Oxygen
(mL/L)
73.6
Flow
Rate
(m/s)
BM
0.41
Nitrate
(mg/L)
Ammonium
(mg/L)
Turbidity
(NTU)
3.2
120
128.2
0.223
1.62
0.154
87.8
20.5
6.9
146
151
0.265
0.28
0.28
76.7
0.02
2.2
67.1
13.2
6.6
169
171
0.164
0.473
0.626
44.4
0.01
121.4
11.15
6.9
125.75
130.95
0.265
0.983
0.461
69.633333
0.0075
0.55
53.05
farther
river we
worse the
water got.
The normal levels for turbidity are 1-10 NTU. The only site that the water was in the normal range was at Site 1. For
the class data as we continued downstream, the temperature rose (9.4C to 11.15C), the pH was further from neutral
(7.0 to 6.6), the flow rate of the river slowed down (.918 m/s average to .336 m/s average), there was less oxygen in
the water (87.8 mL/L to 44.4 mL/L), and the nitrates and ammoniums increased, with the exception of a few outliers.
This proved my hypothesis wrong because I thought the water would have good quality all over and it only had a
good quality at Site 1.
Reflection
Something I wouldve done differently is to take more than one sample of water at each site for even better and
more accurate results.
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Temp pH
(C)
HAD
9.4
10.7
11.3
13.2
11.15
Flow
Rate
(m/s)
XA
1.56
1.62
0.28
0.473
0.98325
Flow
Rate
(m/s)
LM
0.784
0.154
0.28
0.626
0.461
Dissolved Oxygen
(mL/L)
87.8
76.7
44.4
69.6333333333333
0
0
0.02
0.01
0.0075
0
0
2.2
0
0.55
3.2
20.5
67.1
121.4
53.05