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Environmental Justice Project Group Page

contact: Zach Smith, Project Organizer - zach.dsmith27@gmail.com
goal: to identify and address social inequities within our local community as they relate to the consequences of human activity and climate change, with a general interest in water, air, and soil quality
main function: to assist in community efforts to address aforementioned inequities, coordinating with local organizations and stakeholders to identify relevant and efficacious efforts for us to participate in

previous workshops: 2/04/23 Temescal Creek Bacterial contamination monitoring

members of the lab teamed up to test water quality of local creek, Temescal Creek, at various points using R-cards to test for relative contamination of common bacteria

what are R-cards?: https://www.rothbioscience.com/collections/r-card-products Above: Map of Temescal Creek and the points from which we took samples

R-Card of sample taken at Outflow point of creek into the SF Bay
R-Card of sample taken from creek at point near busy street
R-Card of sample taken from undergound section of creek near Post Office(via run-off drain)
R-Card of sample taken from toilet in our lab's Water Closet (as a positive control)
R-Card of sample taken from Lake Temescal, point 1
R-Card of sample taken from Lake Temescal, point 2
R-Card of sample taken from Lake Temescal, point 3
R-Card of sample taken from Lake Temescal, point 4

takeaways: clearly, Temescal Creek is not without contamination. While these R-card do not give quantifiably actionable results, they do indicate that further testing could elucidate additional issues, and the community needs to be wary of attempting to use the creek or its water. While further testing is beyond the capabilities of our lab, it is our hope that other organizations with the means either take this on themselves or are open to collaborate with us on further testing

Summer DIY home water quality testing workshop

members of the lab and local community members brought hot and cold water samples from their home, which we tested for common pollutant contamination using three different online-purchased water quality testing strips

what tests did we use:

POST LINK TO POLISHED EXCEL SHEETS HERE

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 * members of the lab teamed up to test water quality of local creek, Temescal Creek, at various points using R-cards to test for relative contamination of common bacteria
 what are R-cards?: https://www.rothbioscience.com/collections/r-card-products
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 LakeTem4RCard.jpg|R-Card of sample taken from Lake Temescal, point 4
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+* takeaways: clearly, Temescal Creek is not without contamination. While these R-card do not give quantifiably actionable results, they do indicate that further testing could elucidate additional issues, and the community needs to be wary of attempting to use the creek or its water. While further testing is beyond the capabilities of our lab, it is our hope that other organizations with the means either take this on themselves or are open to collaborate with us on further testing
 '''Summer DIY home water quality testing workshop'''
 * members of the lab and local community members brought hot and cold water samples from their home, which we tested for common pollutant contamination using three different online-purchased water quality testing strips