As an intern at New York City's Division of Environmental Protection (DEP) at Ward's Island I was involved with several processes that dealt with the determination of water quality. Samples that were collected off the boat were analyzed for the amount of dissolved oxygen using the Winkler Method, in addition to determining the pH of different water levels and measuring the light penetration via the Secchi Disk Depth method. Another procedure measured the collected TSS (total suspended solids) from top and bottom levels of water and most importantly used the Membrane Filter Method to collect and analyze bacteria such as fecal coliform and enterococci.

Analysis of water samples at the marine science department of New York's Division of the Environmental Protection Agency at Ward's Island

244th National Meeting (2012)

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