{"id":485,"date":"2023-07-28T07:45:13","date_gmt":"2023-07-28T07:45:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.ikasthuri.com\/?page_id=485"},"modified":"2024-02-09T09:21:59","modified_gmt":"2024-02-09T09:21:59","slug":"water-analysis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/buddhi.nsf.gov.lk\/ikasthuri\/water-analysis\/","title":{"rendered":"Water analysis"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"485\" class=\"elementor elementor-485\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ebfacf5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ebfacf5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.14.0 - 26-06-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Water analysis<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element 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data-id=\"87f0e06\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Table 1: Concentration of nitrate and potassium in well water samples collected from four locations<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c4e564c elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"c4e564c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"192\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\"><colgroup><col style=\"width: 48pt;\" span=\"3\" width=\"64\" \/> <\/colgroup>\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;\">\n<td style=\"height: 15.0pt; width: 48pt;\" width=\"64\" height=\"20\"><span style=\"line-height: 150%;\"><b>Location<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n  <td style=\"width: 48pt;\" width=\"64\"><span style=\"line-height: 150%;\"><b>Nitrate (ppm)<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n  <td style=\"width: 48pt;\" width=\"64\"><span style=\"line-height: 150%;\"><b>Potassium (ppm)<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 2;\">\n<td style=\"height: 15.0pt;\" height=\"20\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\">Jaffna<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"line-height: 150%;\">18.0c<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"line-height: 150%;\">9.2c<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 3;\">\n<td style=\"height: 15.0pt;\" height=\"20\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\">Matale<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"line-height: 150%;\">9.52b<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"line-height: 150%;\">3.57b<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 4;\">\n<td style=\"height: 15.0pt;\" height=\"20\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\">Hambantota<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"line-height: 150%;\">2.62 a<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span 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