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I want to know which country has the best drinking water. My hypothesis is that the water will rank U.S first, Canada second and Mexico third.I have collected tubes of water from all three countries but I need to know what I am looking for. What makes tap water from Mexico unsafe to drink? Do I test with a microscope or swimming pool water test kit? Any suggestions?
From the way you are asking the question, I am guessing this is some kind of grade school level experiment you are conducting. You can test for pH, hardness, conductivity, nitrite level. All these water test kits are available from your local pet store. There are also test kits for detecting bacteria level in water you can purchase online.
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In our swimming pool water is not properly treated. Therefore students are getting infection problem.I want to know that to maintain water in pool what are the essential tests to performed & how can we perform i.e. I want the details of experiments & observations.
I can tell you what to test for, but how to test it, will depend on what test kit you are using. They are all different in the types and amount of reagents used in the titration process.
You should be testing for Total alkalinity, Ph and Chlorine at the very least.
Keep the kids out of that pool until you get it sorted out. You are endangering their health. If you have no idea what you are doing ( sounds like it) get a pool pro in to teach you how to operate your pool. Ear infections are a sure sign that there's not enough sanitizer in that pool for starters and worse infections could follow.
It has a salt water chlorinator. I had a water sample tested which showed OK , just needed a small amount of acid. Over the past week the water has turned green and I cannot see the bottom of the pool.
shock and other algae chemicals available ,bring a pool sample to your pool guy -- they will tell you
Yesterday I noticed that our pool water was looking a little green, so I checked the Ph and super chlorinated the water in the pool, and when my hubby came home he thought the water didn't look good, so he added chlorine (not knowing I had already done that)
When I test the water now, the Ph is ok, but the chlorine is very high - does anyone know what I can do and is doubling the chlorine make it dangerous to swim in the pool?
OK for the pH would be in the range of 7.4 to 7.6. Total alkalinity reading of 80 to 120 ppm. Your chlorine readings can go to as high as 10.0 ppm but you should wait until the readings get to about 3.0 to 5.0 before using the pool. You should be running the pump motor/filter for a period of 8 to 14 hrs depending upon size of pool & the amount bathers. If the water gets cloudy increase the filter run time and or reduce the bather load. If the water is green add more chlorine & extend the filter run time & back wash the filter. Both of you did the right thing but failed to adjust the filter run time. More is better in the summer months. It may also be that you have not cleaned your pool filter ( the large tank - either metal, fiberglass or plastic). Back wash the filter ... D E or sand - which will give you a better water clarity. Note: if the water smells swampy or you smell chlorine .... add more chlorine being sure to use a good quality liquid chlor. at 12.5 % in strength. The stuff you find at grocery & big box stores is a poor grade of chlorine with only 5% to 10% in strength. Liquid chlorine will give you faster boost than will dry or tab chlorine. Another thing you may want to add to the water is chlorine stabilizer or sometimes called conditioner. The levels you need to obtain on this chem. will be around 70 to 90 ppm during the whole swimming season.
In other words, why is the Bromothymol Blue pH indicator used instead of other pH indicators?
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well, bromothymol blue has a pH range from 6.0 to 7.6, and pools, for safety reasons, should be as neutral as possible, so BB's range is perfect to check for a neutral solution
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