Water Resources Education

• •Affects amount of Dissolved Oxygen (DO) in water, the rate of photosynthesis, and the sensitivity of organisms to pollution, parasites, and disease
• •Determines suitability of water for human and other use
• •Important measure for aquatic organism survival

• •Seasons and climate
• •Discharge of groundwater
• •Removal of streamside vegetation
• Discharge of municipal and industrial wastewater

Indiana Water Quality Statewide Investigation

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Held April 24-28, 2006 as part of the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF). 
Nearly 100 teachers and 4,000 students from Indiana participated in the event by sampling water quality near their schools
and entering in data for display at the Intel ISEF on May 11 and 12, 2006. 
2006 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair

Thank you to the sponsors of the Indiana Water Quality Statewide Investigation
 

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Water Quality Monitoring Information Links

Visit the Hoosier Riverwatch website for water quality monitoring procedures and background information.

Hoosier Riverwatch
http://www.in.gov/dnr/riverwatch/

River Network
www.riverwatch.org

US Environmental Protection Agency
Locate Your Watershed
http://cfpub.epa.gov/surf/locate/index.cfm

Veolia Water Indianapolis
http://www.indianapoliswater.com

World Water Monitoring Day
http://www.worldwatermonitoringday.org/

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Center for Earth and Environmental Science
 School of Science
 Indiana University~Purdue University, Indianapolis
 723 West Michigan Street, SL118
 Indianapolis, IN 46202
 www.cees.iupui.edu
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