Science Fair 1

Water You Drinking? Abstract The problem I am trying to solve is the problem of water contamination. The level of contaminants will vary between the different houses I test because everyone’s pipes are different. I will test each sample of water by using a pH/alkalinity/chlorine test strip and then check to see if the levels tested fell in the range of acceptable. When I did my research I learned that chlorine and alkalinity can be extremely harmful when you consume too much of those contaminants. Water is everywhere so we need to watch how much of each chemical is in our drinking water. During my experiment I had to have everyone give me a vile of their kitchen tap water so I could use test strips and test it. I think my results will be that all the samples from each house are different because they all have different metals and chemicals in their pipes. My question was “Does water coming from different places around San Diego have different levels of chemicals?” In all my experimenting I learned that yes, it does have varying levels of chemicals. People’s pH levels were between 6.2 and 8.4. The alkalinity levels were between 40 and 180. The most shocking discovery I made was that Evian, a kind of bottled water, had the highest levels of every chemical. This project was fun to do because I found the most shocking results and I always was surprised by my results. Acknowledgments
I would like to thank everyone who helped me through the journey of Science Fair. Science Fair wasn’t always simple and it was nice to have the help of my friends and family. One of the most difficult things for me was getting all the water samples from my friends, but they brought it back as soon as they could. On that note I would like to thank Nicholas A., Allison, Jessica, Joanna, Aaron, Charlie, Brad, Joanna, Mitchell, Brenda, Melinda, Jeff, Sarah, Alex, John, Nicholas F., Kazia, Dylan, James, Zach, John, Laura, Russell, Victoria, Mariya, Delaney, Shayan, Carmen, Sharon, Sara Shah, Courtney, Stephanie, Andre, Chelsea, Tyler, and last but not least Tyra for bringing me all my vials on time and filled so I could test them. I would also like to thank the Dewyse Family and the Spence Family for helping me get information on my topic. I would also like to thank my family and close friends for giving me great ideas and helping me whenever I needed it. A big thanks also goes out to my science teacher Ms. Nicole Buchanan because she was always so excited about Science Fair and it always made me look at Science Fair as a fun project instead of something that was really hard. She also helped me a lot with ideas and she helped me get supplies and everything I needed. Also thank you to Mr. Negus for being there to discuss any problems I had. I thank you all from the bottom of my heart. You were a big help!! Statement of the Problem I am attempting to solve the problem of water contamination. If I found out how to identify and remove contaminants in our water we would feel better about what we drink. Too much alkaline, chlorine and pH can be harmful to your health and, 25,000 people a day die from water born diseases. I want to fix that.   I am going to test this by taking water and testing it for alkaline, chlorine, and the pH level. I will have everyone in my class bring home a vile and have them fill it with tap water from their kitchen sink. I want to see if some water is possibly a heath risk so I will then look on line to see the healthy level of these chemicals. I will have to control the amount of water, the size of the vail I use, the temperature of the water, the cleanliness of the vile, and if it’s fresh water. Hypothesis
My hypothesis is that the chemical levels in each person’s tap water will vary. I think this because every ones pipe systems are different and people live in different areas.