Conodoguinet Lab Report

The 101 mile long Conodoguinet Creek flows through about nine different municipalities, so testing for pollution and water quality is extremely important. To figure out the water quality of the creek however, we first needed to identify which tests to do. Realizing what the cause of pollution is, was our first problem. But, using prior knowledge of acid rain and eutrophication in Pennsylvania, we found out that those were, in fact, our main problems/causes of pollution in the Conodoguinet. When figuring out which specific tests needed to be completed in order to get an accurate water quality reading, we discovered that we had to evaluate different macroinvertebrates, test for pH, alkalinity, nitrates, phosphates, dissolved oxygen, etc. and also test the speed and velocity of the moving water.
My hypothesis was, if the velocity of the water is higher, thAn the water moves slower. We tested the velocity and speed in seven different locations and had a variation of results. In location one, we found that the velocity of the water was 32.04 and the water had traveled 257cm in 8.02 seconds with a depth of 37cm. In location two, the velocity of the water was 31.3 and the water traveled 263cm in 8.4 seconds with a depth of 56cm. In location three, the velocity of the water 30.35 and the water traveled 255cm in 8.4 seconds with a depth of 48cm. In location four, the velocity of the water was 30.32 and the water traveled 282cm in 9.3 seconds with a depth of 50cm. In location five, the velocity of the water was 34.92 and the water traveled 285cm in 8.16 seconds with a depth of 39cm. In location six, the velocity of the water was 43.49 and the water traveled 284cm in 6.53 seconds with a depth of 31.5cm. In location seven, the velocity of the water was 25.31 and the water traveled 281cm in 11.10 seconds with a depth of