On Saturday when we finished meeting with Art Cullen, we began our journey to Okiboji to meet with the “Queen of Water”, Mary Skopec. After arriving at Lakeside Laboratory, the most expensive land in Iowa, we were taken away to learn about water testing. We walked to a stream that had been created to help in filtering water running off into Okiboji to reduce nitrate and phosphate levels and increase oxygen levels found in the water. The tests were easy to conduct and only required a few moments before data could be collected. All of the levels were in the appropriate range. We then got into the van and went to a spot on the lake where we again tested the water. Here the levels were far higher than what was found in the stream, and the number of mosquitoes were far higher as well. Runoff into water sources is a serious problem for Iowa and one that should be looked into further and research preformed to determine what has caused the problems.