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Water Monitoring Project in Bangladesh |
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Foreword: On the occasion of the World Water Day, An initiative of checking the water impurities was taken by the international NGO named iEARN under the "Our river our world" campaign. The iEARN-BD coordinator Rajib lochan Das leaded the initiative in Bangladesh. Mahsinur (me), Waraqah, Dibyo Rafid, Nehal, Rudro and Ratul were volunteers. At first we went to Basilla at the bank of the Buriganga River. The closer we went to the bank of the river the more prominent the bad odor became. Then we measured the water temperature followed by collecting the first sample. After that we went to Ashuliya at the bank of the Turag River. This time the water was stinkier. We consecutively measured water temperature and collected the second sample. Then we packed up and returned to the iEARN office to test the water.
Water Testing: We started with sample-1 the color was grayish-green. The turbidity was 100+ JTU which is quite bad. The temperature change was 26 C, which is ordinary. But the chemical part was bittersweet. The pH level was 7 i.e. neutral which is very good for many of the aquatic life, the amount of dissolved oxygen was only 2ppm at 24.5% saturation. It indicates high level of bacteria or too much rotting of the plant. Both the phosphate and the nitrate was 0ppm. That means the water was much better than what it seemed. It is actually very good for the aquatic creatures.
Then came sample-2 the color was blackish-green. The turbidity was 200+ JTU which is quite bad. The aquatic life is quite hampered due to the factor. The temperature change was 26 C, which is ordinary. But the chemical part was also bittersweet. The pH level was 8 i.e. somewhat Basic which is good for many of the aquatic life, the amount of dissolved oxygen was only 2ppm at 24.5% saturation. So the plants and animal will have difficulties to survive. In this case the phosphate was 0ppm which is excellent. Again, the nitrate was 1ppm which is very good. Here it is in a chart below:
#Collecting water sample 1 #Me with water sample. #Our whole group collecting sample 2 #Finding the results. |
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23 Comments
nice report.
Posted 28-08-2013 10:15
You must be Proud to be citizen of Bangladesh
Posted 16-06-2013 20:07
Wow you have done great work.
Posted 31-03-2013 11:14
I wish I will be in the next testing
Posted 28-03-2013 22:20
keep going
Posted 28-03-2013 22:20
really feel proud somone from bangladeshi done great
Posted 28-03-2013 22:19
Its a great job
Posted 28-03-2013 22:19
@Chiristy: The black dress Ray Ban geek glass blue jeans the one holding the test tube..........dats Me
Posted 28-03-2013 18:05
Oh, very interesting activity! You did a great job, Mahsinur. By the way which one is you in the picture? :)
Posted 28-03-2013 11:44
Thanks....bro....
Posted 27-03-2013 23:42
Good 1st hand information and learnings...thx for the report brother...
Posted 27-03-2013 23:02
@pratap: sry 4 the mistake................
Posted 27-03-2013 22:09
@firas: Good*
Posted 27-03-2013 22:00
@everyone: it is a matter of sorrow that there is no SI unit of turbidity measurement..................JTU (jackson turbidity unit) and NTU (Nephelometric Turbidity Unit) are both acceptable.......also there is FTU (Formazin Turbidity Units ).....
Posted 27-03-2013 21:58
God job :)))
Posted 27-03-2013 16:40
If you keep monitoring the status and accumulating the result, that must be the great environmental data! Keep going!!!
Posted 27-03-2013 08:19
Great job..... keep on investigating....
Posted 27-03-2013 02:46
ahhh it may me NTU ....the riiver water have biological activities thats for sure .......
Posted 27-03-2013 02:44
Nice initiative. Thanks for the report.
Posted 27-03-2013 01:59
Good job Mahsin :)
Posted 26-03-2013 23:51
BTW wats JTU? in Nepal for drinking water we have turbidity limit 5 NTU but for river and aquatic life it might be different...
Posted 26-03-2013 23:46
nice work brother..it seems you missed 6 in each case of temperature reading in the paragraph..keep it up. so once again proved dont judge a book by its cover..
Posted 26-03-2013 23:44
Very informative!
Posted 26-03-2013 23:42