Scientists have added four new platforms to the network of monitoring buoys that has taken shape since the Toledo crisis. Three of these were launched in the summer of 2015 near Maumee Bay and at other points off the shore of Michigan.
Articles Tagged: water quality
New Bedford Harbor Superfund Site Dredging
Battelle
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.
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.
Managing Plant Discharge Temperatures
Southern Illinois Power Cooperative
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.
Sandusky Bay Algal Bloom Buoy
Bowling Green State University
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.
Maumee Bay Algae Monitoring
University of Toledo
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.
Karst System Groundwater Monitoring
Western Kentucky University
Scientists at WKU, in partnership with the City of Bowling Green, outfitted a section of the Lost River Rise with water quality monitoring equipment.
Florida Wetland Nutrient Transport
South Florida Water Management District
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.
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.