Water quality monitoring tutorial

Learn how to efficiently, safely and accurately monitor water quality 💧
This video was produced in partnership with the Catchment Based Approach, Surfers Against Sewage and The Rivers Trust, supported by WaterCoG and Natural Course.

[@iaintoms7071]

Most of the common faecal indicator bacteria are killed off rapidly by daylight. It is very important that the samples should not be exposed to direct sunlight and preferable for the bottles to be uv absorbent. It is also that that they are analysed within very specific time windows, ans similar care should be shown in the laboratory.

[@iaintoms7071]

Should do what you can in the shade and put the sample bottle in black bag. Coliforms, E Coli etc die off very quickly in daylight.

[@scottmorrison3798]

How do you dispose of the virkon (once it has changed colour or after every home washing?) if you are not on mains sewage. It would go through a home sewage system and then into a stream.

[@iaintoms7071]

Does anyone take note of these comments? What I wrote is based on the published findings of the former Water Pollution Research Laboratory.