Hello everyone and welcome back to the blog!
For those who are new to the blog, my name is Hannah Vu-Bennett and I'm conducting research on groundwater to determine the health and quality of the aquifer in the Volusia County region. I began my research in the Spring of 2018 and thanks to Dr. Woodall, I'm able to continue my research this Fall semester of 2018.
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| Presenting my research poster at the Arts & Sciences Colloquium. |
Volusia County, Florida is a coastal county vulnerable to coastal urbanization, saltwater intrusion, over-pumping, leachate from a landfill, treatment plants, and agricultural farms. Many sources of drinking water in Volusia-County communities and private homes come from aquifer-sourced wells. These private well water systems often have private filtration system and are not subjected to water testing regulations as do residential homes, or homes that receive their water through the city, thus allowing contaminates to be easily missed until health conditions from toxins are developed. My goal is to conduct test on water sample taken from various locations with well water throughout Volusia County and determine the quality of our local groundwater. Each water samples will be retrieved from private homes and facilities in Volusia County and tested for nitrate, phosphate, salinity, pH and possibly lead. So far, four sites throughout Volusia County has been tested and analyzed.
Aquifers are a crucial source of drinking water for communities throughout Volusia County. It’s important that the quality of an aquifer system is studied and monitored to not only ensure the safety of locals, but to sustain a delicate natural resource.
If you have access to a location with well water and would like to support my research, please email me at Hannah_Vu-Bennett@daytonastate.edu or comment below! In the meantime, I cant wait to continue my research and share my finding through this blog.
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| Just a glimpse of part my findings! Here shows a microscopic point of view of one my samples containing salt remnants. This is evidence of a possible indication of saltwater intrusion. |
Charlene sec. 101. I'd like to know why does some folks well water smell so bad when they water their lawns? It smells like eggs or something? What causes that?
ReplyDeleteGiavanna B. Sec 101
ReplyDeleteWhat are some of the health problems related to the toxins that may be found in the well water? Are all reversible or is there possibility for a permanent health issue?
J Ogadah from 101 with a few questions. Are you studying disease in the water at all?-- possibly carried by mosquitoes?
ReplyDeleteAre you hoping to change the laws and regulations surrounding private water testing? If so, what is your plan?
Why is saltwater intrusion a problem?
If you had to name the one, most pressing source of pollution in the aquifers, what would it be? Thanks~
J Ogadah from 101. What would you say the biggest and most pressing source of aquifer pollution is, if you had to name one?
ReplyDeleteAre you studying disease in the water at all?--possibly carried by mosquitoes?
Why is saltwater intrusion a problem and what does it do?
Are you hoping to change the laws and regulations surrounding private water testing? If so, what are your plans?