Written by Liam Kelleher
As part of the SMARTWATER project, we have expanded our activities to support monitoring of the River Great Ouse in Bedfordshire in collaboration with BedsGOVET (https://begovet.org/), a charity dedicated to water pollution testing and community action.
Over the past few weeks, we have held planning meetings, developed a structured support plan, and tested and calibrated their existing sensors. Redeployment activities have now been completed, with sondes returned to the water and data transmission brought back online.
We are also preparing to deploy WaterBuoys, low-cost, online proxy sensors developed by collaborators at Imperial College London (ICL). To support this, a LoRaWAN data transfer network has been installed on the Bedfordshire Council building (similar to the system in place at Molecular Sciences). This infrastructure will enable real-time transmission of WaterBuoy data once the units are installed over the coming weeks.
Left: Installation of site 2 (l-r: Liam from UoB, Mike & Alan from BedsGOVET).
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