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Sample Activities from Water Quality

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How Contaminants Move in Water


Students learn about environmental sampling and monitoring. They perform an investigation of a small-scale groundwater contamination problem.
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Reading Water Quality Reports


This activity introduces students to drinking water standards, the Safe Drinking Water Act, and terminology found in a typical annual water quality report. Students read their own community's water report and find specific information through a scavenger hunt.
 

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What's in Your Drinking Water?


This activity introduces students to a spectrum of common water quality hazards, as well as sources of hazards, route(s) of exposure, associated health symptoms, and methods for hazard control.
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