Lakeside: Environmental Monitoring Fall 2006

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Lakeside Environmental MonitoringFall 2006
User Interface Jason Najarro Structural
Development Tim Chow Jeanie Kwok Jason
Harp Jennifer Man Michael Barnes Danny Yip Oscar
Mendoza Faculty Advisors Srinivas
Sukumar Silvia Mah

• Project Lead
• Scott Maghy
• Hardware Development
• Tony Aung
• Daniel Su
• Shraddha Chaplot
• Miki Kelley
• Monica Borgund
• Water Quality Research
• Sam Hwang
• Nicole Law
• Veronica Aguirre
• Wilson Wong

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Client Lakeside River Park Conservancy

• Desired Goal Water Park for Community
• Problem Water Quality
• Industrial activity
• Neighborhood runoff
• 303(d) listing
• Restoration efforts

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Role of EM Team

• Manual water testing
• Temp, EC, Dissolved O2, pH, Water Depth
• Nitrates and Phosphates
• Analysis for client
• Baseline Data
• Water Quality Monitoring
• Device
• Remote
• solar powered
• wireless transmission

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Progress

• Previous Quarters
• Collected over a years worth of data (through Mar
  2005)
• Acquired all hardware components
• Completed a successful site test with wireless
  transmission
• Current Quarter
• Testing and optimization of power system
• Establish new useful testing sites and continue
  water quality monitoring
• Completely redesign system for a buoy structure
• Configure database and continue to develop the
  office interface

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Overall Quarter Goal Deployment

• Requirements for Deployment
• Integrate server into the system
• Complete structural redesign and construct it
• Recalibrate sensors
• Approximate target date end of Week 9
• Future Work
• Add features to software
• Expand on office interface
• Conduct further statistical analysis of water
  quality
• Reproduce and deploy more systems!