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    The document discusses experiments conducted at an environmental laboratory to analyze water quality. Five experiments are described: sampling methods to detect pollutants, biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) testing to measure microorganisms, total suspended solids (TSS) testing requiring caution due to heated equipment, bacteria counting using visible colony growth, and jar testing to evaluate coagulants and flocculants. The laboratory exercises helped students better understand water quality testing and environmental engineering concepts from class.

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    The document discusses experiments conducted at an environmental laboratory to analyze water quality. Five experiments are described: sampling methods to detect pollutants, biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) testing to measure microorganisms, total suspended solids (TSS) testing requiring caution due to heated equipment, bacteria counting using visible colony growth, and jar testing to evaluate coagulants and flocculants. The laboratory exercises helped students better understand water quality testing and environmental engineering concepts from class.

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    DISCUSSION

    The Environmental Laboratory is the practice in the solution of problems of


    environment in the environmental engineering field. All of the experiment that had been held is
    to find the solution or to find out the quality of the environment especially the water quality,
    because in this laboratory the test of water was the main experiment that are done.

    For the experiment, there are 5 different experiment that have been done, and we will
    go through one-by-one, for an example the first experiment. The Sampling method, this
    experiment is to find any pollutants for river water. Maybe, there is slightly error in the result
    because of the sample or while using the equipment. The second experiment is Biochemical
    oxygen demand or BOD. Biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) is defined as a measurement of the
    amount of dissolved oxygen (DO) that is used by aerobic microorganisms when decomposing
    organic matter in water. The experiment result we obtained is consistent with the theory given
    in which the Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) is getting higher if there are a lot of
    microorganism in the water sample. From the result, we can see that the lower the dilution
    factor would increase the amount of BOD.

    The third experiment is, Total Suspended Solid or TSS. The test must be undertaken with
    caution because we dealing with high temperature furnace, and oven which all of that can
    cause harms. Always wear a thick glove when dealing with the furnace and use clamp to hold
    the filter paper. Next experiment is Bacteria count. The plate count method relies on bacteria
    growing a colony on a nutrient medium so that the colony becomes visible to the naked eye
    and the number of colonies on a plate can be counted.

    The last experiment is Jar Test. Jar tests have been used to evaluate the effectiveness of
    various coagulants and flocculants under a variety of operating conditions for water treatment.
    This procedure allows individual polymers to be compared on such criteria as floc formation,
    settling characteristics, and clarity.
    Conclusion

    At the end of this laboratory, we can acknowledge the test or experiment that have to
    be use to describe the water quality. And also find the way to increase and maintain the water
    quality. All of the experiment that have been done are helping us a lot to understanding the
    Environmental Engineering that we learned in the lecture class. For an example, we have
    learned about the Jar test in the class, and we know about the theory and the calculation
    needed in Jar test. But after doing it in the laboratory, we have gain full understanding on how
    the jar test been conducted including the procedure of the jar test and how the floc was
    formed.
    As the conclusion, this environmental laboratory helps us to gain knowledge and to
    understanding the about the Environmental Engineering. From all of the experiment we can
    conclude that the water quality is important. And the experiment helps us to understand the
    procedure of the test to know the water quality.

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