An electric utility company monitors water quality at a new hydroelectric facility using the Ohio River to provide clean energy to the surrounding area.
Environmental Data Logger
Sippo Lake Water Quality
Friends of Stark Parks
A nonprofit organization that promotes the use and development of a Stark Parks is also looking to monitor and protect Sippo Lake.
Tracking Water Impoundment Levels
Gulfport Energy Corporation
Gulfport Energy is working to monitor streams and rivers near hydraulic fracturing operations to ensure the aquatic life isn’t negatively impacted.
St. Clair & Detroit River Monitoring
Michigan Department of Environmental Quality
The St. Clair River is currently listed as an Area of Concern, but local officials are working to fix that with a large-scale monitoring network.
Lake Erie Tributary Monitoring
Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District
The Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District maintains multiple water quality monitoring stations along rivers that flow into Lake Erie near Cleveland.
Weir Installation Water Quality Effects
Minnesota State University
Researchers at Minnesota State University set out to investigate what effects a new weir might have on the water quality downstream.
Tracking Green Parking Lot Runoff
Wayne State University
A giant parking lot in southeast Michigan has become a concern for local park managers because of the runoff it contributes to Lake St. Clair.
Dissolved Oxygen Monitoring Below Dams
Oklahoma Water Resources Board
As part of the Resources Board’s mission to manage Oklahoma’s water resources responsibly, minimizing impacts to aquatic life in these lakes from hydroelectric dams is an important concern.
Eastern Lake Erie Dynamics
Buffalo State University
Researchers at Buffalo State University are studying water and weather at the deeper and less algae-prone eastern basin of Lake Erie near Dunkirk, New York.
Lake Lacawac Profiling Platform
Miami University
One of the new research projects at the Lacawac Sanctuary and Biological Field Station is a custom auto-profiling platform developed by scientists at Miami University with the help of NexSens Technology.