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This
website
consolidates
information,
programs,
mapping
tools,
and
databases
of
the
Environmental
Protection
Agency
which
pertain
to
and
regulate
water
quality.
The
site
includes
volunteer
and
technical
guidance
on
the
different
ways
to
monitor
water
quality,
such
as
physical,
biological
and
chemical
indicators.
Descriptions
of
and
links
to
the
various
EPA
monitoring
programs
and
data
systems,
such
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This
site
houses
a
module
on
Water
Quality.
The
module
is
designed
to
be
informative
and
interactive.
Students
are
presented
with
a
simulated
situation
where
their
newest
client,
who
owns
a
catch
and
release
fishing
guide
service,
is
upset
over
the
fact
that
the
fish
in
a
stretch
of
"Bear
Creek"
have
been
dying.
The
client
has
called
on
the
student's
firm
to
figure
out
what
is
killing
the
fish
in
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This
activity
is
designed
to
study
the
water
quality
of
a
stream
in
your
area,
by
measuring
the
temperature,
pH,
alkalinity,
conductivity
and
total
dissolved
solids.
It
lends
itself
to
integrating
biology
with
earth
science
when
using
the
microscope
to
study
the
living
organisms
in
the
water.
The
main
objective
is
to
determine
the
water
quality
of
a
local
fresh
water
stream,
as
surface
waters
may
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This
site
presents
two
case
studies
regarding
the
Wheeling
Creek
area
of
West
Virginia.
The
scenario
asks
students
to
research
problems
and
come
up
with
answers
to
a
ficticious
local
water
board's
concerns
over
water
quality
in
the
watershed.
The
site
provides
students
with
extensive,
yet
easy
to
understand
background
information
on
the
following
topics:
Importance
of
Water,
Water
Cycle,
Hydrosphere,
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In
this
lesson,
students
explore
how
human
activity
has
impacted
the
quality
of
our
water
resources
and
consider
ways
to
avoid
further
pollution.
Using
video
and
hands-on
activities,
they
will
first
examine
the
causes
of
water
pollution,
then
investigate
the
quality
of
their
community's
water
supply.
They
will
identify
different
human
activities
that
can
cause
water
pollution,
use
scientific
equipment
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This
module
on
measuring
nitrates
and
their
effects
on
water
quality
is
from
a
larger
series
on
water
quality
investigations.
It
provides
background
information
on
nitrates
and
how
it
affects
water
quality.
It
also
contains
both
a
pre-test
and
post-test,
a
laboratory
investigation,
and
a
self-study
game.
The
purpose
of
the
site
is
to
help
students
understand
the
sources
of
nitrates
and
the
role
that
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This
resource
will
help
students
to
understand
that
in
the
Chesapeake
Bay
region,
waterways
support
more
than
3,000
species
of
plants
and
animals,
and
that
healthy
water
contains
a
balanced
amount
of
nutrients
and
normal
fluctuations
in
salinity
and
temperature.
They
will
also
discover
that
healthy
water
has
plenty
of
oxygen
and
little
sediment
so
that
underwater
living
resources
can
breathe
or
receive
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Explore
links
to
water
quality
monitoring
training
and
equipment
information.
Building
Your
Own
Equipment
is
a
useful
PDF
document
with
instructions
and
illustrations
on
how
to
build
and
use
water
monitoring
equipment
such
as
stadia
rods,
crest
gauges,
kick
nets,
Hester-Dendy
samplers
and
Secchi
Discs.
Equipment
that
you
can't
build
at
home
and
can
check
out
from
Utah
State
University
is
listed
in
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This
is
a
fact
sheet
on
the
water
quality
programs
directly
administered
by
the
USGS.
USGS
provides
information
on
issues
such
as
the
suitability
of
water
for
public
supply
and
irrigation,
aquatic
ecosystem
health,
effects
of
agriculture
and
urbanization
on
water
resources,
acid
rain,
and
disposal
of
radioactive
waste.
There
are
hot
links
to
several
studies
and
to
data
available
from
USGS
and
other
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This
module
on
measuring
temperature
and
its
effects
on
water
quality
is
from
a
larger
series
on
water
quality
investigations.
The
purpose
of
the
site
is
to
help
students
recognize
that
temperature
can
affect
the
organisms
that
live
in
water,
describe
the
factors
that
can
change
the
temperature
of
a
body
of
water,
and
how
to
measure,
graph,
and
interpret
the
effects
of
temperature
on
fish.
It
provides
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