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DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTING AN ESTUARINE WATER QUALITY MONITORING, ASSESSMENT AND OUTREACH PROGRAM/THE MYSOUND PROJECT
Citation:
ERG, Inc. DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTING AN ESTUARINE WATER QUALITY MONITORING, ASSESSMENT AND OUTREACH PROGRAM/THE MYSOUND PROJECT. EPA/625/R-02/010 (NTIS PB2003-103044), 2002.
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Description:
EPA has developed a technology transfer handbook for the EMPACT MYSound Project. The handbook highlights information and monitoring technologies developed from the EMPACT Long Island Sound Marine Monitoring (MYSound) Project. As part of the MYSound effort, telemetering data-buoys have been established in the Sound. Sensors, which are attached to these buoys, collect real-time data for a variety of parameters. Baseline real-time data is collected for temperature, conductivity/salinity, and dissolved oxygen. Four monitoring stations currently form the basic network. These are deployed in the vicinity of Bridgeport and New London Conn. and at the western end of the Sound. The monitoring data supports re-calibration and verification of the Long Island Sound LIS 3.0 Model and/or the Systemwide Eutrophication Model under different water quality and circulation conditions and other models being developed to predict LIS circulation and watershed water quality. The data collected from the real-time data sensors is compiled and synthesized with water quality data collected by other government and volunteer monitoring programs. Data is posted on a website and advertised through a variety of outreach efforts.