Water Quality

Resources

Image of a river running through a Boreal forest

Resources on the Environment

Resource page including articles and career profiles related to the environment.

Anne Simonen

Education Pathway

College/Technical

Job Title

Civil Engineering Technologist

Water Treatment

Learn about how water is treated at municipal water treatment plants.

Careers in the Great Outdoors

Students explore careers related to outdoors and the land and then design and build a water filter prototype.

Humans and Freshwater Ecosystems

Learn about how people impact the ecosystems of lakes and rivers.

White water rafting on the Fraser River in British Columbia

Introduction to Rivers & Streams

Learn about the physical geography, chemistry and ecology of rivers and streams.

Martina Bona

Education Pathway

University

Job Title

Process Discipline Specialist

Crack the Code: Water Systems

Students learn about the water treatment process as they complete a digital “escape room” on a Google site.

Rachel Chow

Education Pathway

University

Job Title

Wastewater Process Engineer

Using Mussels to Monitor the Environment

Mussels are a kind of invertebrate that filter food out of the water they live in. This makes them a great tool for monitoring environmental water quality and tracking bioaccumulation in aquatic food webs.

Environment Videos

Aerial of Gas well Marcellus Shale Formation in northern West Virginia

What is Fracking?

The fracking process gets natural gases out of rocks. This process can have effects on freshwater, water quality and even earthquakes!

How does rain become acidic?

Learn how to make a pH indicator and test water samples.

What are the effects of acid rain on rocks?

Learn about the chemical reaction that happens between acid rain and limestone.

How can I write secret messages?

Learn how you can write and reveal secret messages in this hands-on chemistry activity.

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