Water Quality - Deacon and Bethanya
Location
CoLab, COM 276
Start Date
30-4-2026 1:15 PM
Document Type
Poster
Description
Heavy traffic in the student parking lots at JCCC leads to water interaction with pollutants such as oils, heavy metals and acidic compounds. Without being properly treated, these harmful pollutants can find their way into local water sources. This pollution depletes oxygen levels in the water as well as making it harmful for wildlife to drink. JCCC has a natural basin in order to neutralize pH and remove heavy metals from the water before it finds its way into local water sources. Samples were collected from various stages along the basin cleaning process, in which experiments were done to determine the pH and heavy metal concentrations. Metals that were collected consisted of Nickel and Lead. This was all done to determine whether the basin is effective in making the water less pollutant for when it eventually reaches local water sources.
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Water Quality - Deacon and Bethanya
CoLab, COM 276
Heavy traffic in the student parking lots at JCCC leads to water interaction with pollutants such as oils, heavy metals and acidic compounds. Without being properly treated, these harmful pollutants can find their way into local water sources. This pollution depletes oxygen levels in the water as well as making it harmful for wildlife to drink. JCCC has a natural basin in order to neutralize pH and remove heavy metals from the water before it finds its way into local water sources. Samples were collected from various stages along the basin cleaning process, in which experiments were done to determine the pH and heavy metal concentrations. Metals that were collected consisted of Nickel and Lead. This was all done to determine whether the basin is effective in making the water less pollutant for when it eventually reaches local water sources.
Comments
The faculty mentor for this project was Amanda Glass.