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IN-STREAM CONTINUOUS SOURCE WATER QUALITY MONITORING SYSTEM
Citation:
Schade*, T G., J. Schulte, AND J A. Goodrich*. IN-STREAM CONTINUOUS SOURCE WATER QUALITY MONITORING SYSTEM. Presented at 2003 Source Water Protection Symposium, Albuquerque, NM, 1/19-22/2003.
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Abstract:
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Research and Development (ORD) provided the Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission (ORSANCO) with a grant as part of the Advanced Measurement Initiative (AMI). The objective of AMI is to provide an "early and inexpensive evaluation of innovative advanced technology and to encourage broad and rapid application in EPA operations (EPA, 2000)." This project initially focused on deploying and evaluating oil-sheen sensing and notification buoys on the Ohio River upstream from the City of Cincinnati drinking water intakes. Due to problems with the oil-sheen sensing equipment and problems with deploying a buoy system on a major river, the scope of the project changed to focus on the monitoring platform design and construction. The requirements for the monitoring platform include payload capacity for water quality and current monitoring equipment, space for solar panels to power equipment, telemetry to a land-based receiver, and all equipment must be protected from the elements. On November 5, 2001, ORSANCO deployed the platform including water quality monitoring equipment, current monitoring equipment, and the telemetry package. After some initial testing, the instrumentation and telemetry equipment began to send a continuous signal to the land-based receiver. The receiver automatically provides the data to an internet site for viewing.