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Title: Science Fair...
Post by: xitenshiix on January 20, 2006, 06:26:42 PM

Okay I have a science fair due soon, and I haven't got the slightest clue of how to go about this lab procedures thing. So I opted to do some water safety testing for my subject, and I'm trying to find some tests I can find online, some test that I can do at home, and not take it to a lab. If anyone finds a method that allows water to be tested at home. Please tell me, I know this is a lot to ask but if anyone has something... Thanks :)

Title: Re:Science Fair...
Post by: Mitch on January 20, 2006, 06:36:46 PM

Tested for what?

Title: Re:Science Fair...
Post by: xitenshiix on January 20, 2006, 06:43:35 PM

coliform bacteria <- expensive...? , minerals, chemical tests.

Title: Re:Science Fair...
Post by: billnotgatez on January 22, 2006, 04:51:41 AM

Would checking chlorine concentrations at different water fountains be a valid study?

Title: Re:Science Fair...
Post by: mike on January 22, 2006, 06:19:15 PM

pH tests

dissolved minerals

taste

conductivity

phosphates

chlorine

Title: Re:Science Fair...
Post by: billnotgatez on January 22, 2006, 10:46:57 PM

Although it is probably good to come up with an innovative idea for a science fair project, I am under the impression that it is sufficient to show that you can set up a good experiment and implement that experiment.

Let me know if this is correct.