Date
4-25-2012
Document Type
Presentation
School
North Attleborough High School, North Attleborough, Massachusetts
Teacher
Donna Cochrane
Students
Justin Sullivan, Nardine Moawde, Connor Brown, Kristin Morse, Mary Feeley, Katie Kirk, Logan Chmielewski, Lindsey McGrath, Jeremy Hoff, Eve Cook, Erin Mullaney, Pat Conley, Jen Dowling, Hannah Fornara, Zack La Voie, Margaret Loring, Nikki Shattuck
Description
Abbott Run, a stream in the Blackstone River Watershed serves as drinking water to the city of Pawtucket, Rhode Island, and must retain a Class A rating.
The stream runs through the western part of North Attleboro, the Camp Shady Pines (a Girl Scout camp) and also next to Chemawa golf course, which is 18 holes and privately owned. The golf course has the potential to be one of the major sources of fertilizer in the river, and as such is one of the major pollutants.
The class studied the stream on October 25, 2011. The water was tested for pH, fecal coliform, dissolved oxygen (%DO), temperature, and conductivity. Data was also gathered on nitrogen-nitrate and soluble reactive phosphorus (SRP).
Data was collected on all of this, as well as the seven day precipitation record, and depth and flow. After analyzing all data, Abbott Run retained its status of Class A.
By: Lindsey McGrath
Recommended Citation
North Attleborough High School, North Attleborough, Massachusetts (2012). Abbott Run Annual Study 2011-2012. In Watershed Access Lab Projects. Project 116.
Available at: https://vc.bridgew.edu/wal_projects/116
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