Log Book for January 9, 2011

Science Report 1

Judah Epstein Reporting

The purpose of this project is to explore the effectiveness of a slow sand sedimentary water filtration system in a planetary environment. To simulate a planetary environment the experiment is conducted at the Mars Desert Research Station, a self-sustaining planetary research experiment and simulation expedition.

Background information regarding the project abstract, purpose, goals, and specific experiment details and information are included in the Science Report from January 6.

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The following data was collected yesterday (January 8):

MISSION SUPPORT NOTE: Table information below has been commented out, in favor of the spreadsheet of the Jan 8th data here.

NOTE: Some units below have also been clarified:

K - cm/s

t- seconds

TDS - raw probe reading

Temp - C

SpC - mS/cm

DO - mg/L

TDS - g/L

ORP - mV

Turbidity - NTU

Hardness, Total Chlorine, Free Chlorine, Alkalinity, Cyanuric Acid - ppm

Nitrate - ppm. mg/L

Nitrite - ppm. mg/L

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