Want to assess a pond??

To assess a pond or lake you have to take some sciency steps, like obervation is the first then you'll do some cheap water tests using things like algae! then for very accurate readings you could invest in some pretty pricy chemical tests. You would want to do it this way obviously to save some cash, if you can obviously see that there is something wrong with that pond or lake you know to check it out. But you dont want to spend a fortune on water tests if the major factor can be deturmined by the algae that live in that water. if you test the algae and use the polluion index from them and you still are not too savvy on whats going on then you can spend the cash to use a pricy and accurate chemical test. It is very important for cities to know about thier bodies of waters quality because of how those waters are used; by drinking or recreational activities. You dont want people of your city or town to swim or drink highly polluted water because that my friends is how lawsuits are started! and lawsuits are not good for anyone on the defending end.

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-Shark Biscuit