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Managing a Watershed Monitoring Project with Innovative Data Telemetry and Communications Software
Citation:
PATTERSON, C. L., P. GARRETT, AND R. HAUGHT. Managing a Watershed Monitoring Project with Innovative Data Telemetry and Communications Software. In Proceedings, Customer Service and AWWA/WEF Information Management Technology Conference, Charlotte, NC, February 28 - March 04, 2009. American Water Works Association, Denver, CO, ,, (2009).
Impact/Purpose:
To share information.
Description:
In collaboration with Clermont County, the U.S. EPA is developing watershed-wide load and transport models to better understand environmental stressors in stream flow and the structure and function of stream ecosystems in the tributaries of the Lower East Fork River. Watershed sensors have been installed in several locations for water quality monitoring and centralized analysis at EPA’s Experimental Stream Facility in Milford, Ohio. In conjunction with this watershed modeling research, EPA and the University of Cincinnati (UC) are optimizing the electronic transmission of watershed water quality data. A major research objective was to reduce the operation and maintenance costs and monthly service fees associated with data acquisition in remote watershed locations. The multi-year project has involved the development and installation of two innovative stand-alone non-line-of-sight data telemetry stations, a central server capable of accommodating multiple types of water quality sensors, and software to manipulate and control months of watershed monitoring data. This paper and presentation will highlight all aspects of managing and implementing this research project.
