Preview - Water Quality And Nitrate Pollution (Part 1: Introduction And Data Retrieval)

Reflection

Today you read about nitrate pollution and collected data from the USGS database so that you can determine if and where there is a nitrate problem. In part 2 of this lesson you will use computational tools to analyze the data you have collected.  

 

Questions

Please answer the questions below.

You accessed the nation's principal repository of water resources data. It includes data from more than 1.5 million sites, some in operation for more than 100 years. What are advantages/disadvantages of using the USGS water database versus collecting your own water quality data?

Notes

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