Water Observations

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Table 1: Water Observations (Smell, Color, Etc.)
Beaker Observation
1 No smell and clear
2 No smell, oil and water don’t mix oil on top of water,look hazy
3 Little odor/can not determinethe clearnes
4 Slightly hazy/bubbles on top/no smell
5 The water is brown/no smell
6 Water is still brown/hazy no smell
7 Water brown/hazy/loud smell
8 Brown water/bubbles in soil

Expriment 2-
We compared and contrasted flitered water and comtaminated water. The contaminated water was brownish and had a loud smell. It was also was hazy and could not see clearly. The water that was recently flitered was clear and smelled clean
Experiment 3- Ammonia Test results
Table 2: Ammonia Test Results
Water sample Test results
Tap Water 0
Dasani 0
Fiji 0 Table 3:
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We had the capacity filtrate the water and as a next stride to our test would be to utilize chlorine, phosphate, iron and 4 in 1 test strips to identify how succesful was our home filtration. The test strips are a more dependable testing source than shading, smell and perceivability. At long last, not every single filtered water are measure up to regarding the nature of the water that it is advertised. We had the capacity demonstrate that faucet water had lower levels of chloride than Dasani filtered water. Notwithstanding, a conceivable defect with the chlorine testing is the way that the shading changes are extremely minutious and relies on upon the vision limit of the expert that performs the test. Later on would be very prescribed to utilize some numerical test techniques to quatify the measures of chlorine, iron, phosphate and pH show in faucet water versus filtered water.

References:
Chepesiuk, R. (2004). NRDC knocks nukes. Environmental Health Perspectives, 112(17), 1. Retrieved from http://ezproxy.uwa.edu:2048/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/222605644?accountid=14786
Chua, Philip S, MD,F.A.C.S., F.P.C.S. (2014, Oct). An easy way to find out how clean our drinking water is. Filipino Reporter Retrieved from http://ezproxy.uwa.edu:2048/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1629665920?accountid=14786 Zarabi, M., & Jalai, M. (2012). Rate of nitrate and ammonium release from organic residues. Compost Science & Utilization, 20(4), 222-229. Retrieved from

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