Students Test Water Quality At West Islip's Willetts Creek

West Islip NY

19 November, 2020

11:29 AM

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Press release from West Islip School District: Nov. 19, 2020 West Islip High School students – including research and AP Environmental Science classes as well as members of the Science National Honor Society and Students Acting for the Environment Club – recently visited Willetts Creek for stewardship projects in cleaning up garbage as well as water and soil quality testing. The APE students, guided by science teacher Kelly Sepe, tested for dissolved oxygen, biological oxygen demand, pH, salinity, temperature, turbidity, total dissolved solids, phosphorus, nitrates and the presence of coliform bacteria, then analyzed the results and answered discussion questions based on their experiences. West Islip School DistrictThis press release was produced by West Islip School District. The views expressed here are the author's own.