New Bedford Harbor is fed by the Acushnet River from the north and drains into the Atlantic Ocean to the south. Its steady flow is one of the reasons so many industrial plants set up shop along the harbor in the early 1900s.
Articles Tagged: data buoys
Tracking Lake Erie Hypoxia
LimnoTech
Conditions in the middle of a great lake are hard to predict. Wave actions can vary and weather can change in a flash. For those reasons, engineers with LimnoTech chose a NexSens CB-450 Data Buoy for the project.
Great Lakes Buoy Networks
University of Wisconsin
There are many different networks out there, which are largely supported by government agencies and universities. Maintaining these networks, including servicing old buoys or launching new ones, is a big and important job.
Buffalo River Dredge Turbidity Monitoring
Sevenson Environmental
After dredging the Buffalo River, Sevenson was tasked with dredge turbidity monitoring around operations to minimize negative effects to aquatic life.
Snake River Dredge Turbidity Monitoring
Northern Resource Consulting
Engineers at NRC worked with NexSens Technology to outfit dredge turbidity monitoring areas with buoys and sondes for tracking water clarity.
Great Lakes E. Coli Forecasts
U.S. Geological Survey
NexSens data buoys help protect Great Lakes tourism by making E. Coli forecasts possible, as well as setting an example for other monitoring projects.
Real-Time Beach Monitoring
Niagara Region Public Health
Beach monitoring data from NexSens water quality buoys are used to develop models based on wave and water measurements that predict elevated E. Coli levels.
Buffalo Pound Lake Algae Blooms
University of Saskatchewan
A NexSens data buoy on Buffalo Pound equipped with sensors for weather, sunlight and temperature changes helps researchers at University of Saskatchewan.
Iron Mountain Mine Dredge Monitoring
Los Alamos Technical Associates
A barge-mounted hydraulic dredge was used to remove the contaminated sediment, which was pumped from the Spring Creek Arm through a pipeline to a disposal.