Environmental Monitoring

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Environmental Monitoring

• Faculty Adviser
• Dr. Silvia Mah
• TA
• Scott Maghy
• Members
• Wilson Wong
• Aerang Kim
• Jacky Ly
• Priya Sundaramurthy
• Angelica Zabala

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Lakesides River Park Conservancy

• Non-profit organization in Lakeside, California
• Develop river park along their section of the San
  Diego River
• Clients Need
• Water quality monitoring system
• Collect different parameters from the river
• Monitor the improvement of the water quality
  during the restoration process

Angelica Zabala
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Role of EM Team

• Manual Water Testing
• Temperature
• Electrical Conductivity
• Dissolved O2
• pH
• Nitrates
• Phosphates
• Autonomous Water Quality Monitoring Device
• Collects WQ Data Automatically
• Solar Powered
• Wireless Transmission

Aerang Kim
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Junction Box
Side view
Top View
Anchor

• Floatation dock

Sensors
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Progress

• Plans for Current Quarter
• Continue water quality monitoring
• Testing and optimization of prototype device
• Fix and calibrate Dissolved Oxygen sensor
• Develop and finalize user interface
• Finalize User Manual

Priya Sundaramurthy
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Todays Standing

• Device has been deployed
• Accurate and reliable data (mostly)
• Regular measurements taken
• Future Work
• Add features to software (finish user interface)
• Conduct further statistical analysis of water
  quality

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Conclusion

• The TIES EM team from previous quarters have made
  much progress
• Our team this year - Fine tune the system

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• Q A