Water Quality Testing at John U. Lloyd Beach State Park

Water Quality Testing at John U. Lloyd Beach State Park

The purpose of this experiment is to test the water quality of four different sites in John U. Lloyd State Park. Sites to be tested will be the boat launch, Whiskey Creek at two different locations, and the ocean. The water will be tested for dissolved oxygen, salinity/conductivity, Nitrates and Nitrites, and turbidity at the boat launch and Whiskey Creek with a Secchi disk. Testing will take place once a week, for 3 hours, with the goal to observe differences in water quality as the day progresses. The information will be analyzed using graphs and charts showing the tests on a weekly basis. This information can give insight into how healthy the water is for organisms to live in and how much Port Everglades has affected the quality of the water. The hypothesis proposed for this experiment is that the salinity in Whiskey Creek will be lower than that of the ocean and the dissolved oxygen at the boat launch will be much lower, showing that the boat launch has affected the health of the water.