2009-04-04

Biomonitoring of Water Quality in the rivers


This is a techique that uses insects and other acuatic organisms as bioindicators to qualify the effects of the contaminations of the rivers. It is a quick, simple and accurate method that can be of use to communties with no sophisticated lab equipments to test water quality.
It involves collecting samples of the bioindicators from the rivers using nets, identifying the bioindicators and storing, interpreting the data obtained using premade tables with ranges of water quality.

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