Title: A Study of pH, Salinity, and Clarity of Water Samples from Various Locations Around the World
Mentor: Kaiem Frink
Team Members: JerNettie Burney, Ryan Winder, Serenity Pender, Bernard Lynch Jr.

Key Words: Water Quality, pH, Salinity, Dissovled Oxygen, Alkalinity, Hardness, Nitrate, Conductivity, DiST WP,

Water Quality content varies from community to community and from throughout the world. A number of variances are natural differences caused by nature and some are induced by humans. The research team processed and compared the water quality results against the North Carolina Administrative Code, past CERSER research group results, local surrounding counties, statewide, countrywide and International water quality standards for samples from Austin Texas, Barcelona Spain, Pasquotank County, North Carolina, Indianapolis, Indiana & Lake Cavalier Portsmouth, Virginia. Microsoft Excel which had statistical software capabilities within this package were used to display team results. (In order to illustrate these differences between Austin Texas, Barcelona Spain, Pasquotank County, North Carolina, Indianapolis, Indiana & Lake Cavalier Portsmouth, Virginia). The team examined and utilized LaMotte testing kits, then measured pH which displayed acidity. Salinity, Dissolved Oxygen, Alkalinity, Hardness, Nitrate, Conductivity, DiST WP was also tested. The team utilized Google Earth for creating an aerial dataset utilizing KMZ scripting functionality. The team also linked and configured the Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet to communicate with Google Earth. The 2009 Water Quality Team developed the WSR Forms (Water sample request form) to record and maintain Water Quality data integrity.