• Question: What tests do you carry out on water?

    Asked by xmas46car to Philip, Maxime, Jake, Ann, Annette, Amy Heather on 8 Nov 2019. This question was also asked by jump46cup.
    • Photo: Philip Schuler

      Philip Schuler answered on 8 Nov 2019:

      I measure the water level, electrical conductivity, temperature, turbidity, as well as some stable isotopes on water samples that I took.

    • Photo: Ann Reen

      Ann Reen answered on 8 Nov 2019:

      well we do lots of chemical tests like pH to see if the water is hard or soft, Turbidity -that’s how cloudy the water is, Conductivity.
      Ammonia nitrate, nitrite & reactive phosphorous-these indicate if a water supply be it a river a lake or groundwater is polluted or not.
      we test for metals like aluminium, copper, manganese & lots & lots of bugs!

    • Photo: Amy Heather Fitzpatrick

      Amy Heather Fitzpatrick answered on 11 Nov 2019:

      In my job, I test water for the winter vomiting bug, E.coli ( bacteria) and lots of other viruses that cause tummy bugs.

    • Photo: Jake Cunningham

      Jake Cunningham answered on 11 Nov 2019:

      My work is more computer-based. so I have not carried out any tests on water.

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