Water Sampling Stations
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To enhance water quality monitoring in a drinking water network sampling stations are installed along the route of a water network. Water sampling stations are connected to next water main and have a little sink. Water samples are analyzed for bacteria, chlorine levels, pH, inorganic and organic pollutants, turbidity, odor, and many other water quality indicators.
New York City has over 800 sampling stations that are distributed based on population density, water pressure zones, proximity to water mains, and accessibility. The stations rise about 4½ feet above the ground and are made of heavy cast iron.
[edit] Cultural references
- In William Gibson's Pattern Recognition the protagonist Cayce Pollard mentions Water Sampling Stations. Her "favorite fantasy of alternative employment is to stroll Manhattan like a itinerant sommelier,addressing one's palate with various tap waters of the City". (Chapter 4, Page 26, Paperback Edition)
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