Origins of the MVP Grant: High Salinity at Center Hill

Black Pond is an outlier between the three ponds. Not only does its levels drastically change compared to the other two, it is also a mixture/runoff zone of the two ponds. Usually its conductivity is higher than the other two ponds, but it's never abnormally high or at a dangerous level. Because the area that I test Black Ponds water is so close to the road I think the readings are much higher than the other ponds because of the effects of the cars going by. This could be because of the road salts and car fluids mixing with the water where I collect. The bank I collect my sample at is very fragile and makes it hard to obtain the water or reach out to the open pond. Another issue I encounter is that if I cannot reach a more open part of the pond. Overall Black Pond is very different from the other two, however the drastic readings could be attributed to the area of collection. 

---> this image was taken zoomed into the pond