Results
Our results showed that the chloride levels in the water were at a level of 5 mg/L in all three areas. After a record breaking amount of snowfall (approximately 90 inches), we took more samples to monitor the change in chloride levels of the water. As we expected, the amount of chloride dramatically increased. In the samples that we collected after a large snowfall, we found that in area 1 the levels increased to 6000 mg/L, area 2 increased to 4250 mg/L, and area 3 increased to 3650 mg/L (as shown in Figure 2).
FIGURE 2
