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Laura Morabito Final Summary.

On May 23, Chem com and Environmental science class went on a field trip to Mashamoquet for water testing. Some historical uses of Mashamoquet would be that the region was once the domain of the Mohegan Chief Uncas. The name Mashamoquet is Indian for "stream of good fishing" and originally was applied to the entire area. Later, Captain John Sabin built a house here to serve as an outpost and the settlement gradually increased in size. In 1723, parish and township privileges were granted and the town became Pomfret, named after Pontefract in Yorkshire, England. Some current day uses of Mashamoquet are trails, camping, and fishing. It didn't seem like a dirty place, it was cleaned up good and i didn't see any liter. The water was very smelly and didn't look very clean it self.

The weather during the water testing was really humid. The average temperature is 16 degree Celsius. My role during the field trip was collecting water samples and testing it.

What we did was take a water sample and put 8 drops of of Magenous Sulfate Solution then add 1 a sulfate acid powder and shake. Fill the titration tube with sodium solution and slowly drop it in intill the solution turns to blue. The water was a healthy level because it was a 9 and the ideal level is 7-11. so yes its healthy. We basically did that same thing we did for the other test but with different materials. Its healthy because it was a 9 out of 7-11. You need to indicate which test this is for in in the summary.

For the test what we did was get the water out of Mashamoquet and test it using calcium tablets and things like that to test and to see if the water was healthy and safe or not. The test results for a healthy environment would be 7-11. The test results for our test came out to be a 9. So it was healthy. If it was under a 7 then it would be not healthy but because it was a 9 the waters were fine.

The Biological indicator was when we tested the water to get the ph level. Thats when we got the 9 out of 7-11 to see if it was healthy. The water chemistry may impact the plant life because if its not healthy and bacteria filled then its gonna do not good things to the plants and animals around it because its dirty water and they need it to live a healthy life. Yes this is because like i've been explain that its a 9 out 7- 11 so its healthy. If it was below a 7 or higher then an 11 then it would be a not healthy environment. Some things that people could do to keep it clean would be to not liter and to not dump things into the water that could pollute it in any way. Its alot smaller and the water looks wicked dirty. It doesn't seem like anything i wanna go near so i don't. At all.

Laura, you are missing major pieces such as the dissolved oxygen test, alkalinity, ammonia, nitrate and environmental factors.