Amount of Trash vs.

Water Quality
Week 1
(for this experiment, not bioswales)
Tests

Bin 1A Bin 2A Bin 3A Bin 1B Bin 2B Bin 3B Bin 1C Bin 2C Bin 3C Bin 1D Bin 2D Bin 3D

pH

5.315

5.56

5.27

5.01

5.4

5.0

5.1

4.92

4.9

6.35

6.5

6.5

Temperature in
Degrees Celsius

21.8

21.6

21.7

21.9

22.0

21.6

21.9

21.6

21.7

21.9

22.1

21.7

Nitrite in ppm

Nitrate in ppm

Phosphate in
ppm

Dissolved
Oxygen (DO) in
mg/L

7.8

7.55

6.8

6.8

6.95

6.0

6.4

6.1

7.1

8.7

8.8

8.7

Averages

Week One

A buckets

B Buckets

C Buckets

D Buckets (control)

pH

5.382

5.1367

4.973

6.45

Temperature

21.7

21.83

21.73

21.9

Nitrite

Nitrate

Phosphate

Dissolved Oxygen

7.383

6.583

6.533

8.733

Extra Observations:
-Tests taken on 3/22, 24 hours after experiment was set up
-DO test was on 3/25, 96 hours after experiment was set up
.On day of DO testing, water was observed to look more cloudy than it was before
experiment

Amount of Trash vs. Water Quality

Week 2

Tests

Bin 1A Bin 2A Bin 3A Bin 1B

Bin 2B

Bin 3B

Bin 1C Bin 2C Bin 3C Bin 1D Bin 2D Bin 3D

pH

5.63 6.54 6.48 6.39

6.13

6.41

5.58 6.25 6.09 6.44 6.41 6.57

Temperature
in Degrees
Celsius

22.3 22.2 22.2 22.35 22.34 22.15 22.5 22.3 22.2 22.5 22.5 22.4

Nitrite in ppm

Nitrate in
ppm

Phosphate in
ppm

Dissolved
Oxygen (DO)
in mg/L

8.4

8.4

7.8

7.9

7.8

7.55 7.6

7.7

7.8

7.7

7.8

Averages
Week Two

A Buckets

B Buckets

C Buckets

D Buckets

pH

6.217

6.31

5.973

6.473

Temperature

22.23

22.28

22.33

22.467

Nitrite

Nitrate

1.67

1.67

3.33

1.67

Phosphate

1.67

3.33

1.67

Dissolved Oxygen

8.267

7.83

7.6167

7.767

Extra Observations:
- MOLD in all buckets
~It is gross

~Data sheet for bucket experiment week 2

Week 3

Amount of Trash vs. Water Quality

Tests

Bin 1A Bin 2A Bin 3A Bin 1B Bin 2B Bin 3B Bin 1C Bin 2C Bin 3C Bin 1D Bin 2D Bin 3D

pH

6.3

6.52

6.45

6.85

6.21

6.46

6.16

6.55

6.59

6.07

7.07

7.15

Temperature in
Degrees Celsius

22.07 20.6

24.3

22.4

22.5

22.4

22.7

22.2

21.5

22.6

27.5

21

Nitrite in ppm

0.5

Nitrate in ppm

Phosphate in
ppm

0-10 0

0-10 0

Dissolved
Oxygen (DO) in
mg/L

6.06

6.9

6.8

6.8

6.6

6.4

7.2

7.2

6.9

6.4

Week Three

A Buckets

B Buckets

C Buckets

D Buckets

pH

6.423

6.5067

6.43

6.763

Temperature

22.323

22.43

22.13

23.7

Nitrite

0.167

Nitrate

Phosphate

1.67

1.67

Dissolved
Oxygen

6.653

6.67

6.67

7.1

Extra Observations:

.Last Day

These data tables show the data and observations we collected in our
bucket experiment.