To monitor the reservoir’s water conditions in real time, managers at the plant have deployed a data buoy. The buoy is equipped with temperature sensors and telemetry to let engineers know when conditions change so that they can adjust plant operations accordingly.
With Lake Erie’s algal bloom problem persisting in its western basin, state officials and researchers are working to expand monitoring capabilities there. Many of those are supported by networks of buoys that collect readings from advanced sensors measuring water quality.
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.
Scientists at WKU, in partnership with the City of Bowling Green, outfitted a section of the Lost River Rise with water quality monitoring equipment.
Officials at the South Florida Water Management District oversee many stormwater treatment areas as part of their mission to manage and protect water resources in southern Florida.
After dredging the Buffalo River, Sevenson was tasked with dredge turbidity monitoring around operations to minimize negative effects to aquatic life.
When Brushy Creek in Kentucky was not meeting designated uses under the Clean Water Act, University of Louisville scientists contacted NexSens.
A NexSens data buoy supports logging and sensing equipment that record water quality and weather data important to managing the health of Lake Sunapee.
