Water Quality testing

Our first stop of the morning, we divided up into groups testing the water quality of the waters of Yellow Creek.  Our group tested water in what is called a vernal bog.  A spring that appeared to be clear and have good water quality. During our testing we measured the dissolved oxygen in the water, the turbidity of the water, the temperature, the pH, and the total dissolved solids (conductivity) or the water.  We then calculated the Q value of our water sample based on all the measurements together.  We found that the quality of our spring was considered good.  We would then use these measurments to compare them to the water quality near the abandoned mines at the coke ovens.