1. By: Khadija Mitchell and Rachel Warehime

2. Discovering the pollutants in the river that have bad effects on the environment and trying to make a change

3.  About 444 square miles long through New York, Pennsylvania, and Maryland  Benefits humans and animals by providing drinking water, energy, fish for food, shipping ports, provides habitat for wildlife, and recreation  16 th largest river in U.S. that drains into the Atlantic Ocean  Named after the native tribe Susquehannocks that lived along the river

4.  It is aware that many pollutants are present in the Susquehanna River. These pollutants are killing off wildlife by overproducing algae  The over production of algae causes the depletion of oxygen in the water, as well as the blockage of sunlight which both plants and animals need to survive  In 2005 known as “America’s Most Endangered River”  Previous traces of pollutants have been found such as Zinc, Copper, Phosphates, and many more

5.  Over three weeks, we plan to use Inductively Coupled Plasma in order to detect trace metals by using argon plasma  We plan to use Ion Chromatography in order to determine the concentrations of the trace ions in the water samples  We will test for lead, copper, tin, sulfur, barium, titanium, zinc, iron, and nickel  We will test water samples from different areas of the river; Wrightsville Park, Long Level Marina, Lake Clark Marina, Craley Park

8.  Collect and filter all water/sediment samples  Run 7 anion sample through IC for reference  Run water samples through the IC  Collect results and determine which metals were found  Create calibration curves

9.  Create standards of known metals at 10ppm, 20ppm, 30ppm, 40ppm, and 50ppm to run on ICP  Create standards of all samples at 10ppm, 20ppm, 30ppm, and 40ppm  Run samples on ICP and collect data  Create calibration curves using the results

15.  Wrightsville Park  Fluoride, chloride, nitrite, phosphate  Lake Clark Marina  Fluoride, phosphate, nitrite  Long Level Marina  Chloride, nitrite, phosphate  Craley Park  Fluoride, nitrite, nitrate, phosphate

16.  Wrightville Park at 10ppm  Sulfur.445  Tin.08  Nickel.072  Barium.072 20 ppm  Sulfur.343  Nickel.048  Barium.043  Tin.044

17.  30 ppm  Sulfur.40  Tin.028  Nickel.0165  Barium.0156  40 ppm  Sulfur.49  Tin.023  Barium.014  Nickel.018

18.  Lake Clark Marina  10ppm  Sulfur.169  Barium.010  Nickel.009  Tin.014  20ppm  Sulfur.23  Tin.0145  Barium.005  Nickel.008

19.  30ppm  Sulfur.32  Tin.01  Barium.008  Nickel.0094  40ppm  Sulfur.429  Tin.011  Nickel.008  Barium.009

20.  Long Level Marina  10 ppm  Sulfur.153  Tin.021  Barium.006  Nickel.004  20ppm  Sulfur.264  Tin.052  Barium.006  Copper.0053

21.  30 ppm  Sulfur.363  Barium.006  Tin.013  Nickel.005  40 ppm  Sulfur.466  Barium.0064  Nickel.006  Tin.011

22.  Craley Park  10 ppm  Sulfur.0194  Tin.028  Barium.042  Nickel.003  20 ppm  Sulfur.254  Tin.028  Barium.011  Copper.0058

23.  30 ppm  Sulfur.404  Tin.025  Nickel.003  Barium.023  40ppm  Sulfur.538  Tin.023  Barium.013  Copper.007

24.  Sediment samples  Wrightsville Park  Barium.0056  Sulfur.186  Craley Park  Sulfur.21  Barium.009  Iron.322  Tin.035

25.  The second week of the experiment we began to run IC but needed to make new regenerate to get acceptable results  We also attempted to run ICP, but there was not enough argon gas  The third week we had to make both new regenerate and eluent for the IC for acceptable results  We also could not detect any metals in our samples by using the ICP

26.  In the past, there have been many pollutants detected in the river water and years later they are still detectable, although in much smaller amounts.  We chose this experiment to make others aware that traces are still found in the Susquehanna River and that hopefully changes will be made

27.  Be aware of animal waste, mine drainage, fertilizers, household cleaners, precipitation, and pesticides being dumped into the freshwaters of the susquehanna river  Recycle  Conserve water  Fencing or planting trees along the river  Correct disposal of fertilizers and pesticides

28.  http://www.dep.state.pa.us/dep/deputate/ enved/watershed/bayquiz.htm  http://www.greenworks.tv/radio/earthtones /susquehanna.htm