Hi,
I would like to conduct a little research on my own to help bolster my resume when it comes time for me to graduate in a few years. I recently changed my major to chemical engineering and immediately received a scholarship so I kinda feel obligated to move forward fast. Anyways, I've been racking my brain trying to think of something that's easy enough for me to do, yet hard enough for them to let me do it and I came up with testing municipal water supplies for the presence of antidepressants and the possible affects on the average city dweller. My question is this, is there any quick test I can use to detect the presence of pharmaceuticals in tap water. What I'm looking for is a field test and if it registers positive I can use gas chromatography (with advisers permission) or some other test to find actual ppm/ppb but lab time is at a premium so a field test would be wonderful. I've lined up people in several metropolitan areas around the country who will provide me with water samples just need a jumping off point. Any advice for me?
Thanks,
PP
