1. Group One: Shane, Ethan, Jake and Harrison
HOW TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH
OF THE MULLET RIVER

2. Test Results
We took four tests on the Mullet River. The
four tests we took are temperature, total
phosphate, pH and nitrates. In the
temperature test we measured 6 and 7
degrees Celsius. When we measured the
temperature near the drain we got 12 and 10
degrees Celsius. In the nitrates test we got
the reading of 13.2 mg/liter. On the scale for
pH, the nearest color relating was 8. Total
Phosphate we got 0.

3. Overall Health Of Mullet
Our opinion of the overall health of the Mullet
River is fair/decent. The phosphate reading we had
was zero which means, we did it wrong according to
Harrison. Otherwise though it means there is little or
no algae and fertilizer or maybe there is so much
there that it took away all the phosphates, or when
they dredged the river it took out most or all of the
phosphates. Nitrates we got 13.2 mg/liter which is
not necessarily good because high levels of nitrates
can poison fish and block it’s gills from cleaning out
ammonia from their bloodstream. We also have an
opinion just by looking at the river and seeing the
pollution and muck that’s in the Mullet.

4. How To Improve Health Of
Mullet
We need to be careful of littering and
polluting the water.
Stop polluting. We can dredge the river,
because then we can take all the crap that
was in the river out and then put the water
back in the river and it will be all good. Also
because of what we said before about
phosphates sinking into the soil.