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Water Quality Prediction Form

Group Name: _________________________________ Site Name and #: _________________________ Student Names: ___________________________________________________ Date: ______________

We expect the water at this site to have the following conditions:

1. The water temperature will be about __°C. Brief reasons for prediction:

2. The pH of the water will be approximately ____. The water will be (circle one) acidic basic neutral because:

3. The Turbidity of the water will be (circle one) low average high. Brief reasons for prediction:

4. The Dissolved Oxygen level will be
____ high (it will support abundant, healthy fish life)
____ average (it will support fish as long as temperature remains average)
____ low (it will not support healthy fish life)
Brief reasons for this prediction:

5. The Total Hardness of the water will be: ___ Soft (0-30 mg/L)
___ Moderately soft (30 -60 mg /L)
___ Moderately hard (60 - 120 mg /L)
___ Hard (120-180 mg/L)
___ Very hard ( > 180 mg/L)
Reasons for this prediction:

6. The Fecal Coliform level in the sample will be approximately ___ cfu / 100 mL which is good enough for (circle one) drinking swimming boating. We predict this because:

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