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Home » University of Louisville students invent more efficient water pollution test

September 21, 2020 by Amy Joseph Landon

University of Louisville students invent more efficient water pollution test

Source: WDRB
September 21, 2020

U of L water pollution collection, Sam Kessler
U of L student Sam Kessler using the water testing tool. (Courtesy of the University of Louisville.)

 

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — University of Louisville students have invented a new water pollution test that they hope reduces cost and saves time.

“We were traveling to some of these sites four times per week in between classes – Beargrass Creek, Bernheim Forest and all over. We needed something more efficient,” said junior applied geography major and Grawemeyer Scholar Sam Kessler.

U of L water pollution tool, Sidharth Sundar
U of L student Sidharth Sundar. (Courtesy of the University of Louisville.)

The students invented a patent-pending tool made from PVC pipe containing a special type of sediment material in mesh bags, which they can leave in the stream and read just once per month, according to a news release from the university.

“This is set-and-forget,” Kessler said. “You can leave it in the stream or river all month and test once instead of making at least five different trips,” he said. “And, because it’s in the stream all month instead of the isolated tests we currently do, you get more insightful results from a cumulative sample. This research could significantly improve the way we sample water for E.coli.”

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