waterway monitoring Articles
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Developing a public information and engagement portal of urban waterways with real-time monitoring and modeling
Waterways can contribute to the beauty and livelihood of urban areas, but maintaining their hydro-ecosystem health is challenging because they are often recipients of contaminated water from stormwater runoff and other discharges. Public awareness of local waterways’ health and community impacts to these waterways is usually poor due to of lack of easily available information. To improve ...
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Environmental Risk Assessment of compost prepared from salvinia, egeria densa, and alligator weed
Approximately 70,000 m3 of salvinia (Salvinia molesta) was removed from the Hawkesbury-Nepean River, New South Wales (NSW), Australia, during 2004. This study assessed the risks associated with applying compost prepared from aquatic weeds (AWC) to land, namely, survival and spread of aquatic and terrestrial weeds, eutrophication of waterways, accumulation of heavy metals and phytotoxicity. The ...
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Sludge Blanket Theory: Digging deeper
With over 50 years of design and manufacturing experience, we are rightly proud of our British-built environmentally friendly SludgeWatch 715 Sludge Blanket Detector. Our user-friendly design is highly portable, simple to use and along with its low cost has worldwide appeal. Things have changed somewhat since our first Sludge Blanket Detector was made back in 1974. No more messy man-handling of ...
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Temperature Profiling: A Key Tool for Monitoring Water Environments
The future of our planet and its inhabitants rests on the health of our water bodies. As climate change and human activity threaten the state of our lakes, rivers, streams, and oceans, temperature profiling provides us with a powerful tool to gain valuable insights and reduce the risks associated with these life-sustaining resources. In this blog, we’ll discuss a few uses of temperature ...
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BYU: After a Mega Fire, How Are Waterways Impacted by a Wildfire? - Case Study
Overview Utah continues to experience larger and more severe fires. Scientists from Brigham Young University are working to understand how these fires impact water flow, sediment, and TDS in the Spanish Fork ...
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Environmental risk management: Leaving little to chance
Life is risky at the best of times. And identifying and managing risks – in the environment, industry and financial markets – has become a priority for business and governments everywhere. Everyone knows what can go wrong. Environmental accidents, corporate scandals and financial imprudence have rung up damage bills in the billions of dollars. So the heat is on to find ways to better manage and ...
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How to identify issues in water quality
Water quality can mean different things to different people and therefore depends on what standard of quality one is looking for, for example, water may be fine for fish to live in but lack the quality required for human consumption. To measure the quality of water accurately, tests are carried out to identify several key indicators. These characteristics are then compared to numeric standards ...
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Reduce Sediment Runoff with These 4 Erosion Control Construction Practices
Sediment runoff pollutes waterways and can lead to health hazards and costly fines. Erosion control construction practices are the most effective way to prevent soil erosion and the problems of sediment runoff. 1. Phasing Your Construction Plans One practice to reduce sediment runoff is to clear land needed for construction projects in phases. Only the ground that needs to undergo rapid ...
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The Future of Water Quality Monitoring: Innovations in Water Quality Detectors
As the world's population continues to grow and urbanization expands, the pressure on our aquatic resources is increasing. Water quality monitoring has become crucial in ensuring the safety and sustainability of our waterways. Traditionally, water quality monitoring has relied on manual sampling and laboratory analysis, which can be time-consuming, costly, and limited in scope. However, with the ...
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ASTM Standards Help Meet Need for Clean Water
The new ASTM Water Portal provides a single access point to standards and related information about ASTM International’s diverse committees working to protect and monitor this vital global resource. Clean and safe water is the underpinning of the quality of life for people around the world. Global economies depend on water, whether it’s to support the manufacturing of goods across ...
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What are the main indicators of water quality?
“Water is the driving force of all nature;” so said Leonardo da Vinci. The survival of our planet depends on the availability of water and the condition that it is in. It is therefore vital to make sure that it is able to provide a hospitable environment for those that live in it, and is free from harmful levels of substances for those that drink it. Not monitoring water quality ...
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