Testing Our Water

When we got to the lake we were about an hour or so too late. Meaning we couldn't kayak, so instead we ran a bunch of tests on the water in the lake. My favorite test we did was testing the Turbidity of the water (the cloudiness of haziness of the water). So we tested the turbidity by using a Secchi Disk, a black and white disk with a tube connected to it. We filled the tube up until it was full, then let water out until we could see the Secchi disk. Then measured the turbidity. We test the turbidity in order to see how polluted the water is and how safe it is for the fish and animals living in it.~Braden H