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.
Articles Tagged: dissolved oxygen
Dissolved Oxygen Monitoring Below Dams
Oklahoma Water Resources Board
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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.
Preserving Lake Sunapee
Lake Sunapee Protective Association
A NexSens data buoy supports logging and sensing equipment that record water quality and weather data important to managing the health of Lake Sunapee.
Lake Auburn Monitoring Partnership
Bates College
To find out what conditions are spurring blooms in the water, Bates College partnered with the Auburn Water District to launch a monitoring system.
Great Pond Changing Water Quality
Colby College
A NexSens Data Buoy provides scientists at Colby College with info on lake health like oxygen dynamics, temperature stratification and productivity.
Dissolved Oxygen Monitoring
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and other agencies have established dissolved oxygen limits for hydropower facility operations to minimize dam impacts on the local aquatic habitats. NexSens dissolved oxygen systems offer a flexible sensor, data logging, and communications platform to monitor these levels in near real-time.
Water Quality and Flow Monitoring
University of Akron
Dr. Jessica Hopkins from University of Akron sets up four real-time water quality and stream flow monitoring sites in Bath nature preserve.
Multi-Point Dissolved Oxygen Buoys
University of Michigan
The Charter Township of Ypsilanti deployed two real-time dissolved oxygen monitoring buoys along with a multi-parameter weather station.
Monitoring Lake Stratification
US Army Corps of Engineers
Looking for a way to monitor the lake temperature at various stratification levels, the Army Corps of Engineers contacted NexSens.