Advance Water Monitoring System

Funding

Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation with support from Enterprise Ireland through the Disruptive Technology Innovation Fund

Research Body

DCU Water Institute

Lead PI

Prof. Fiona Regan

Research Team

Dr. Ciprian Birciu

Dr. Elena Gómez Álvarez

Dr. Louis Free

M.Sc Adrián Delgado Ollero

Sean Power

Ruth Clinton

Industrial Partners

TechWorks Marine Industry Lead

Charlotte O’Kelly
 

TechWorks Marine Industry Team

Sinead McGlynn

Phil Trickett

Glenn Tarpey

John Lavelle

Eimear Tuohy

Project Summary

The project will develop a cutting-edge system that consists of reliable low-cost optical sensors, robust data processing, and an intuitive and easy to access data delivery platform. This system will allow us to monitor marine and coastal water quality on a real-time basis and supply the results in a user-friendly manner. This valuable information will serve to enhance many aspects of coastal monitoring and management operations for commercial companies, regulatory agencies and government departments. The project aims to develop low-cost, easy to deploy water sensors for continuous measuring of chemical and physical parameters in coastal waters. The sensor network and data delivery service have the potential to greatly enhance knowledge on water quality trends, pollution events and enable users to obtain high spatial and temporal resolution data from their area of interest.