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GET WET!

GET WET!. Musselman High School. Before We Begin…. What is runoff water? Why is it bad? What is a rain garden and what does it do? Where is this water supplied from? Why did I choose to do this?. Purpose:.

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GET WET!

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  1. GET WET! Musselman High School

  2. Before We Begin… • What is runoff water? Why is it bad? • What is a rain garden and what does it do? • Where is this water supplied from? • Why did I choose to do this?

  3. Purpose: The purpose of my project was to create a rain garden and see if that would effect the quality of the water. I wanted to find out if, by removing invasive materials such as trash and planting native plants, the water quality would improve as set by GLOBE and stream sampling protocol.

  4. Hypothesis I hypothesized that if native flora were planted and invasive materials removed, then the water quality would ultimately improve.

  5. Materials • Buckets • Water testing kit (pH, chlorine, hardness, nitrites, sulfate, etc.) • Plants (native, non-invasive) • People to help with trash cleanup and planting process • Planting utensils such as shovels

  6. Analyze the location • Map the location • Test the water • Research, research, research! • Plan day to clean up area • Test the water (again) • Clean up with MHS Outdoor Club • Test again • Create PowerPoint • Get plants to be planted • Plant with MHS Outdoor Club • Analyze change, pass project on to current HSTA member Procedure

  7. Current Data • April 12,2010 • Free Chlorine- 0.0ppm • pH- 8 • Total alkalinity- 120ppm • Total chlorine- 0ppm • Total hardness- 0ppm • Nitrates- 0ppm • Nitrites- 0ppm • Iron- 0ppm • Copper- 0ppm • Sulfates- 100ppm • Hydrogen Sulfide- 0ppm • Chloride- 500ppm • Temp- 14.4 degrees C • April 19, 2010 • Free Chlorine- 0.0ppm • pH- 8 • Total alkalinity- 0ppm • Total chlorine- 0.2ppm • Total hardness- 0ppm • Nitrates- 0ppm • Nitrites- 0ppm • Iron- 0ppm • Copper- 0ppm • Sulfates- 100ppm • Hydrogen Sulfide- 0.2ppm • Chloride- 400ppm • Temp.- 15.0 degrees C

  8. What does it mean? • Free Chlorine- kills bacteria, algae, pathogens • pH- measure of the acidity/alkalinity of a solution; dissolved H+ ions • Total alkalinity- total concentration of bases in water • Total hardness- sum of the dissolved Ca and Mg ions • Nitrite- a form of nitrogen that kills fish • Nitrate- found in fertilizers • Iron- toxic in large amounts • Copper- toxic in large amounts • Sulfate- sulfur and oxygen; acts as a laxative to animals • Hydrogen sulfide- flammable and poisonous • Chloride- only allowed 250ppm for drinking water; road salt runoff; decreases oxygen and increases salinity

  9. Conclusions Progress in Planting: What plants? When? Who? What I expect… Future Project… • High total alkalinity • High Sulfate • High Chloride • What does this mean?

  10. Bibliography DeMedici, Terra. Telephone interview. 2 Apr. 2010. "How to Design and Construct a Successful Rain Garden." Rain Gardens. 2005. American Rivers. 14 Feb. 2008 <http://www.raingardens.org/docs/rain_garden_factsheet.pdf>. "NATIVE PLANT NURSERIES - West Virginia to Wyoming." Plant Native. 2002. 15 Jan. 2008 <http://www.plantnative.org/nd_wvtowy.htm>. "WATER the Future is Clear." 10,000 Rain Gardens. 2008. Clarity Connect, Inc. 10 Jan. 2008 <http://www.rainkc.com/>. West Virginia Division of Natural Resources. 2006. Department of Natural Resources. 10 Dec. 2007 <http://www.wvdnr.gov/>. West Virginia Native Plant Society. 17 Dec. 2007 <http://www.wvnps.org/>. Weurtonburg, Sara. West Virginia Soil Conservation-Panhandle District, E-Mail interview. Jan.-Apr. 2010. Weurtonburg, Sara. West Virginia Soil Conservation-Panhandle District, Personal interview. 9 Jan. 2010.

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