Introduction

During lab on Monday, April 9, 2002 our class conducted a lab on water chemistry and pollution. The two bodies of water that were choose as samples where, the Wall pond and the HGTC pond. Each group had to test the water for Temperature, Dissolved Oxygen, Nitrate, Phosphate, pH, and Turbidity. Only two people where chosen to test the waters for Coliform bacteria. "Coliform bacteria are not pathogenic (disease causing) organisms, and are only mildly infectious. For this reason these bacteria are relatively safe to work with in the laboratory". (Wilkes, 2001) This experiment is closely related to the study of science because it is a direct study of the environment. "The World Heath Organization estimates that 80 percent of all sickness and disease is lee-developed countries can be attributed to waterborne infectious agents and inadequate sanitation." (Environmental Science, 2002) Everything that lives needs to drink water and if all the world's water is polluted then......

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Title: The Quality Of Water
Approximate Word Count: 1382
Approximate Pages: 6 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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