water samples
Collected fluid portions
Water samples are portions of water collected for testing or analysis.
Scientists, regulators, and utilities take water samples from lakes, rivers, wells, or tap water to check for contaminants, pollutants, or quality indicators: The lab analyzed water samples from three different sites along the river.
The term appears frequently in environmental monitoring and public health contexts.
- evidenceevidence, evidence bag, circumstantial evidence, proof, admissible
- fieldworkfieldwork, field work, field journal, field guide, field study
- research samplessurvey data, control groups, data points, respondents, participants
- water pollutionsewage, industrial waste, contaminants, algal bloom, toxic waste
- oceanographyoceanography, oceanographer, sonar, marine science, ocean circulation
- groundwateraquifer, aquifers, recharge, confined aquifer, wells