In September 2025, Water Rangers staff tested two popular recreational water sites near Ottawa, ON, where locals like to swim! We visited Parc Moussette (Gatineau, QC) on September 3 and […]
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Category: Water testing resources
PFAS 101
The more people understand about the chemicals and pollutants that affect our waterways, the better equipped we are to protect them. One emerging concern we’ve been hearing more about from […]
Why conductivity matters for water quality and livestock health
This summer, I’ve had the opportunity to work in Dr. Kerri Finlay’s lab at the University of Regina. While I’ve contributed to several limnology surveys in the field, my main […]
E. coli Testkit: development and validation
Exciting news! Water Rangers is currently piloting our E. coli test. We are in the process of developing our first ever bacteriological testkit which will allow community scientists to test […]
Sponge cities in the age of the flood
On July 13, 2024, Toronto was soaked with 126mm of rain in about 90 minutes. This amount of rain is the 5th most rain ever recorded for Canada’s most populous […]
This is how you DO it! Testing a new optical dissolved oxygen (DO) probe
For our community scientists, dissolved oxygen is an important parameter to monitor water health. For most of our community-based water monitoring (CBWM) programs, our beautiful blue Chemetrics test is the […]
‘Tis the season… to record ‘ice on’!
The following blog post was written by our Sustainable Development Coordinator, Emelia. Have any questions about the ‘Ice Watch’ feature? Contact her! Some of my fondest childhood memories involve skating […]
Introducing our new Winter Testkit!
Inspired by some of our amazing testers who are already testing in the winter months, we designed this testkit to monitor road salt contamination in our waterways. Our new Winter Testkits […]
Do you do DO? Testing a new dissolved oxygen testing tool
Always experimenting Here at Water Rangers, we are always trying to find the best equipment that is user friendly and accurate. Recently, we’ve been comparing a new dissolved oxygen (DO) […]
Something’s in the air
The impact of wildfire smoke on water quality Canada’s 2023 wildfire season is now the worst ever recorded, with the area burned this year to date, totalling more than 7,974,865 hectares […]