Over the past week and a half JJ has asked me to research what a water quality report looks like. I looked at various water quality reports from New York City, Tuscaloosa, and various ones from the EPA's website.
Every water quality report had these basic components:
Title
Goal of report/what was being tested
Outline where water came from
How the water is treated
Table of contamination and Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL)
Definitions for words that readers may not be interested in
Planning/Improvement
Contact Us
I sent JJ a water quality report with each of these topics. JJ suggested that I add more flow and explain more about the logistics and contamination testing of this study. JJ asked me to explain the MCL and health problems associated with the problems this water quality report tested for: turbidity, pH, residual chlorine, and thermo tolerant coliforms. She suggested that I add an explanation about each of these problems and give directions to the participant of how best to fix them.
I am having difficulty finding an explanation of residual chlorine that will help me understand its importance in regards to environmental/public health. I sent JJ my most recent copy of the water quality report and I haven't heard back from her yet. I hope it is all right, it was much more difficult to create a water quality assessment from scratch. I have definitely grown an appreciation for those who create these professional, easily understood, and relatively short documents.
I emailed Sue and Margaret in the New College office to try to find a quote for using the New College letterhead, envelope, and stamps. Margaret informed me that I should have the post office weigh the final water quality assessment to have a more accurate postal stamp fee for all 300 reports. Margaret also told me that they buy New College letterhead in bulk, so it would be difficult to estimate how much it would cost to print each report.
Since school started I haven't heard much from JJ, and I am very anxious to help her finalize and send out each of these water quality reports to the residents we collected samples from in Hale County.
Justinn
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