We used Coke bottles and placed a visibility disk with the numbers 1 to 4 on it. We took a sample of the canal water and waited for it to settle. According to the numbers that were visible to us, we could determine how polluted the canal water is. Our class came up with some fantastic ideas on how to improve the condition of the state of pollution in the canal. We hope that you have learnt as much as we have.
Farmers are busy planting crops and are hoping for rain.
It is predicted for Thursday, so hopefully we will get a nice slow and steady rain to help the corn and bean seeds that have already been planted. We visited our local water treatment plant in March. Since the water we use in Pettisville is piped from Archbold, a neighboring community, we travelled to Archbold to the water plant. The water we use at school is piped into two reservoirs in Archbold from the Tiffin River. Visiting the water treatment plant was interesting, because we didn't really understand before what an interesting process it is to clean and prepare water for drinking.