Filtering the Flow
Location
CoLab, COM 335
Start Date
30-4-2026 2:30 PM
Document Type
Poster
Description
On the south end of the JCCC campus sits an artificial water basin, filled with engineered soil and native plant life that can help purify and filter water that's picked up. At several different points around campus, water runoff was collected to show the water quality and pollutants. Experiments were conducted with water samples from the JCCC water basin to figure out various data points, including pH, hardness, and the amount of heavy metals in the water. Spectrophotometric analysis was conducted for multiple heavy metals; nickel, iron, lead, and copper, it was concluded that the only heavy metal present in a measurable amount was nickel. Comparing the results from tests conducted on runoff, our goal is to figure out how well the basin is doing at filtering out these different metals before the water reaches its final destination at the drain.
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Filtering the Flow
CoLab, COM 335
On the south end of the JCCC campus sits an artificial water basin, filled with engineered soil and native plant life that can help purify and filter water that's picked up. At several different points around campus, water runoff was collected to show the water quality and pollutants. Experiments were conducted with water samples from the JCCC water basin to figure out various data points, including pH, hardness, and the amount of heavy metals in the water. Spectrophotometric analysis was conducted for multiple heavy metals; nickel, iron, lead, and copper, it was concluded that the only heavy metal present in a measurable amount was nickel. Comparing the results from tests conducted on runoff, our goal is to figure out how well the basin is doing at filtering out these different metals before the water reaches its final destination at the drain.
Comments
The faculty mentor for this project was Amanda Glass.