From the Littleton Independent (Tom Munds):
The Littleton Preparatory Academy class was among several schools that made Sept. 28 field trips to take part in the World Water Monitoring Day program hosted by the Littleton/Englewood Waste Water Treatment Plant. When schools arrived, classes were usually split into two groups. One group went to the plant building to look at displays and watch a slide show about the river, while the other group went to the river, where they ran a series of tests on the water. The groups then changed places.
At the river, students were divided into three- or four-member teams and each team ran the same series of tests on the river water. Advisers from the plant were on hand to guide them step-by-step through the testing process…
Tests include determining how much oxygen is in the water and performing a pH test to measure the level of acidity in the river. The students also run a test to determine turbidity or a measure of the clarity of the water. When the tests were completed, students got to wade out into the river with nets to see what creatures and critters they could find living in the water.
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