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'''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. It is common public understanding that the public bodies of water in the East Bay are likely too contaminated to sustain any community uses (fishing, recreation, local gardening/irrigation, etc.). Considering water is only becoming more precious in the US southwest, diagnosing and solving contamination in public bodies of water will only become increasingly important. while R-cards do not provide diagnostics quantitative enough to give grounds for immediate action, our hope is that this study will at least help build the argument for further action, while demonstrating the effectiveness of investigating microbial presence and implications in additional to inorganic pollutants.
what are R-cards?: https://www.rothbioscience.com/collections/r-card-products
[[File:Actual_R-Card_Sampling_Map.png|Map of Temescal Creek and the points from which we took samples]]
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'''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, comparing the efficacy of each test in the process. As of right now, citizens who are concerned about their home water quality must send in samples to local government entities for testing, which is a time and money consuming process that may not ultimately lead to any solutions. We hope to elucidate the efficacy of cheaper home methods while beginning to make the case for increased surveillance of home water quality.
what tests did we use:
* Testpert: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BG63JJ3T
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* JNW: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06W2JXKD5
Link to data table: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1A73ZDeJR2qROEW1a6XVcz5S-4c3af93LHJR0qCHQ8uY/edit?usp=sharing
data was collected using hot and cold home water samples from 5 volunteers, as well as hot and cold samples from additional
* takeaways: Due to the small sample size, this was more demonstrative of the relative capabilities of each test strip, but we hope to continue validating these test strips to determine the best one to later use in a larger scale workshop, which we would aim to capture more data points to determine more about the relative water quality of our community's home water supply.
'''Possible Novel Solutions to Investigate (once funding is secured)'''
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