Background
For this project we were assigned the task of using chemistry to test our water and come up with possible effective solutions to test that the tap water we were drinking is actually safe. Preceding this project, our class was given two presentations by speakers from the Rotary club who came and spoke how the waste water systems in our town works and what happens as well as what is needed to purify the water we drink and use in our houses.
Our Tests/ Presentation:
Below our some photos of our testing process specifically the dissolved oxygen test and the Nitrogen-N test. The part of the project I had the largest part in was doing the tests on filtered and unfiltered water to test the effectiveness on levels of Nitrate and Phosphate in the water. However due to limited time we were only able to preform a few tests on Nitrate and Phosphate so it did not influence our final data. However our final data was heavily influenced by pH tests that we did many of. We used multiple mediums of testing pH levels in the water since that was our most readily available tool.
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Reflection
In this project my group definitely had disagreements about how to tackle the project with our clashing personalities. Due to this we started the project later than we should have and had poor time management and our project was a bit rushed. These arguments over what to study for our project were to our detriment and impacted our final product heavily. However despite these disagreements we were able to find some compromises and get our project done to the best of our ability given the circumstances. We worked together to create a slideshow as well as preform different tests at the same time. Everyone worked diligently and did their fair share while presenting and in the end we were all fairly satisfied with our end product.