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Online Biomonitoring and Early Warning Systems for Protection of Water Sources
Citation:
Eng, H. AND Joel Allen. Online Biomonitoring and Early Warning Systems for Protection of Water Sources. Presented at Singapore International Water Week, Singapore, SINGAPORE, July 10 - 14, 2016.
Impact/Purpose:
This poster describes collaborative efforts to date between US EPA ORD and Zweec Analytics under the USEPA/Singapore Public Utilities Board Memorandum of Understanding and CRADA 855-15.
Description:
The ability to perform real time biomonitoring of behavioral responses and stress levels experienced by fish is important as it could be used for assessing source water toxicity as a first line of defense to protect and encourage recreational use of waterbodies. This paper proposes an initiative to implement and evaluate an intelligent water quality monitor, also known as AquaTEC, for protection of source water. One key aspect of this effort is to evaluate the system's capability to respond to changes in source or ambient water quality and provide an indication when a river, lake or reservoir is experiencing conditions that might have a negative impact on ecological health, recreational water quality and drinking water treatment plants. A series of tests shall be conducted in the coming months at EPA's laboratory and test fields. In Singapore, the AquaTEC solution has been deployed at various water treatment plants and service reservoirs at PUB. All individual monitoring units are network connected to a control center that allows aggregation of real time information and status to one single point for ease of planning and decision making.
URLs/Downloads:
http://www.siww.com.sg/sites/default/files/WC2016_Poster_Presentation_Listing_as_of_13_June.pdf