An open-source watertight unmanned aerial vehicle for water quality monitoring

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paulo Rodrigues ◽  
Francisco Marques ◽  
Eduardo Pinto ◽  
Ricardo Pombeiro ◽  
Andre Lourenco ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle ◽  
Water Quality Monitoring ◽  
Quality Monitoring ◽  
Aerial Vehicle

scholarly journals CWDAT—An Open-Source Tool for the Visualization and Analysis of Community-Generated Water Quality Data

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 207
Author(s):  
Annie Gray ◽  
Colin Robertson ◽  
Rob Feick
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Data Quality ◽  
Capacity Building ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Citizen Science ◽  
Water Resource ◽  
Water Quality Monitoring ◽  
Quality Monitoring ◽  
User Engagement ◽  
Community Based

Citizen science initiatives span a wide range of topics, designs, and research needs. Despite this heterogeneity, there are several common barriers to the uptake and sustainability of citizen science projects and the information they generate. One key barrier often cited in the citizen science literature is data quality. Open-source tools for the analysis, visualization, and reporting of citizen science data hold promise for addressing the challenge of data quality, while providing other benefits such as technical capacity-building, increased user engagement, and reinforcing data sovereignty. We developed an operational citizen science tool called the Community Water Data Analysis Tool (CWDAT)—a R/Shiny-based web application designed for community-based water quality monitoring. Surveys and facilitated user-engagement were conducted among stakeholders during the development of CWDAT. Targeted recruitment was used to gather feedback on the initial CWDAT prototype’s interface, features, and potential to support capacity building in the context of community-based water quality monitoring. Fourteen of thirty-two invited individuals (response rate 44%) contributed feedback via a survey or through facilitated interaction with CWDAT, with eight individuals interacting directly with CWDAT. Overall, CWDAT was received favourably. Participants requested updates and modifications such as water quality thresholds and indices that reflected well-known barriers to citizen science initiatives related to data quality assurance and the generation of actionable information. Our findings support calls to engage end-users directly in citizen science tool design and highlight how design can contribute to users’ understanding of data quality. Enhanced citizen participation in water resource stewardship facilitated by tools such as CWDAT may provide greater community engagement and acceptance of water resource management and policy-making.

scholarly journals In Situ Water Quality Measurements Using an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) System

Water ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 264 ◽  
Author(s):  
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Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle ◽  
Quality Measurement ◽  
Quality Data ◽  
Homogeneous Distribution ◽  
Aerial Vehicle ◽  
Water Quality Measurement ◽  
Quality Measurements

An unmanned aerial vehicle-assisted water quality measurement system (UAMS) was developed for in situ surface water quality measurement. A custom-built hexacopter was equipped with an open-source electronic sensors platform to measure the temperature, electrical conductivity (EC), dissolved oxygen (DO), and pH of water. Electronic components of the system were coated with a water-resistant film, and the hexacopter was assembled with flotation equipment. The measurements were made at thirteen sampling waypoints within a 1.1 ha agricultural pond. Measurements made by an open-source multiprobe meter (OSMM) attached to the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) were compared to the measurements made by a commercial multiprobe meter (CMM). Percent differences between the OSMM and CMM measurements for DO, EC, pH, and temperature were 2.1 %, 3.43 %, 3.76 %, and <1.0 %, respectively. The collected water quality data was used to interpret the spatial distribution of measurements in the pond. The UAMS successfully made semiautonomous in situ water quality measurements from predetermined waypoints. Water quality maps showed homogeneous distribution of measured constituents across the pond. The concept presented in this paper can be applied to the monitoring of water quality in larger surface waterbodies.

scholarly journals An Open-source Dual-beam Spectrophotometer for Citizen-science-based Water Quality Monitoring

HardwareX ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. e00241
Author(s):  
Jiansheng Feng ◽  
Banafsheh Khakipoor ◽  
Jacob May ◽  
Melissa Mulford ◽  
Joshua Davis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Citizen Science ◽  
Water Quality Monitoring ◽  
Quality Monitoring ◽  
Dual Beam

ZeMo: An Open Source Water Quality Monitoring System for Aquaria

Zebrafish ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (6) ◽  
pp. 652-655
Author(s):  
Seth P. Johnson ◽  
Joshua D. Yates ◽  
Zachary B. Frederich ◽  
Jonathon T. Hill
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Monitoring System ◽  
Water Quality Monitoring ◽  
Quality Monitoring ◽  
Source Water ◽  
Source Water Quality

scholarly journals Real-time water quality monitoring of an artificial lake using a portable, affordable, simple, Arduino-based open source sensor

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Murat Gökhan Eskin ◽  
Milad Torabfam ◽  
Meral Yüce ◽  
Hasan Kurt ◽  
Alessandra Cincinelli ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Water Quality Monitoring ◽  
Quality Monitoring ◽  
Artificial Lake ◽  
Testing Platform ◽  
Water Testing ◽  
Untreated Wastewater

Water quality assessment is vital to identify existing problems and any changes that emerge in water sources over a period of time. Conventional water quality monitoring systems remain to be limited to on-site sample collection and further analysis in environmental laboratories. The progress in Arduino-based low-cost and open-source hardware has paved the way for the development of low-cost, portable, and on-site measuring platforms. In this work, we have assembled an Arduino-based open-source water testing platform out of commercially available sensors and controllers. The water testing system was powered by a 9 V battery and had the capability of measuring water turbidity, acidity, and temperature on-site in real-time. The calibration and validation studies were carried out to assess the measurement capabilities of turbidity and pH sensors in the lab using calibration samples and UV-Vis-NIR absorption spectroscopy. The water quality platform was tested in an artificial lake that is located at Sabanci University Campus (Istanbul, Turkey), which serves as a reservoir for treated wastewaters and rainwater. Untreated wastewater samples were collected from the wastewater treatment station of the university for comparison. The measurements performed on several locations along the coast of the artificial lake were also validated in the laboratory. The water testing platform showed significant potential for miniaturization and portability of such analytical platforms for on-site environmental monitoring.

scholarly journals PEMILIHAN HARDWARE PEMBUATAN DATA LOGGER ONLINE MONITORING KUALITAS AIR BERBASIS MAINBOARD PC DAN OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Heru Dwi Wahjono
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Open Source Software ◽  
Online Monitoring ◽  
Treatment Plant ◽  
Water Quality Monitoring ◽  
Quality Monitoring ◽  
Quality Data ◽  
Data Logger

Real-time water quality monitoring requires data logger for automatic data retrieval  by sensors. The hardware data logger for realtime monitoring can be developed by utilizing scars computer mainboard that are still functioning and widely avaliable in the market at low prices. Through online monitoring applications that developed by using free open source software, water quality data can be measured in accordance with the specified time interval and stored in the database system. This paper discusses the hardware selection and recomendation studies that include the motherboard and CPU, storage, transmission and communication medium required for the manufacturing of computer's mainboard based data logger. The results of this study are to be used as an alternative data logger selection for realtime water quality monitoring with low investment costs. So, the water companies can monitor raw water quality from their water treatment plant as well as the industrial can monitor wastewater quality from wastewater treatment plant. Keyword : online monitoring, real time monitoring, early warning system (EWS), open source software, data logger, onlimo OSS.

scholarly journals CITIZEN SCIENCE FOR WATER QUALITY MONITORING APPLYING FOSS

2019 ◽  
Vol XLII-4/W14 ◽  
pp. 119-126
Author(s):  
S. Jovanovic ◽  
D. Carrion ◽  
M. A. Brovelli
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Citizen Science ◽  
Initial Phase ◽  
Water Quality Monitoring ◽  
Quality Monitoring ◽  
Smartphone Applications ◽  
Efficient Tool ◽  
State Of Art

<p><strong>Abstract.</strong> Citizen science is an efficient tool for data collection for scientific projects. In the framework of SIMILE Interreg Italy-Switzerland project, the citizen’s contribution to monitor the quality of lakes water has been envisaged. In the initial phase of this research, state of art of citizen science and water quality monitoring was investigated. The analysis of past and current projects, governed by different organizations and communities, pointed out a variety of tasks that can be accomplished by citizens. In these studies, authors stressed suitability of smartphones for the fulfilment of various assignments given to citizens. Due to that, in this research, different smartphone applications for water quality monitoring were tested and analyzed. Despite the fact that many applications for water quality monitoring are freely available, none of them is open source. Hence, this paper is proposing the design of a new application, for the purposes of SIMILE project, that will be free and open source, addressing not just users but also developers giving them a possibility for customization and improvement.</p>

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