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Friday, 7th of June 2024
 
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Time for a bit of citizen science - water sampling as part of Earthwatch’s FreshWater Watch

As per the instructions - I took a water sample, mixed it into tubes to test for nitrate and phosphate, and waited for the colours to change…

Data uploaded to the app and reporting achieved!

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Rachel White
Rachel White
Tuesday June 11th, 2024 23:09

Oh do you get the results back? This sounds really interesting

Kingston upon Thames runner
Kingston upon Thames runner
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Wednesday June 12th, 2024 16:12

I'm hoping we'll get an update once they've seen all the data! They're running it again in September

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