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Project Title:	Continuous Water Monitoring of the Hackensack River
URL:	http://cimic.rutgers.edu/examples/scientific/continuouswater.html
Abstract:	A small white box attached to an old bridge in Berry's Creek contains enough solar powered equipment to monitor the water quality of the Hackensack River 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Three such calibrated water monitoring stations were deployed early in September 2004 by the New Jersey Meadowlands Commission. The other two are located in the Laurel Hill Park area and at Mill Creek Point in Secaucus. Every thirty minutes, the stations measure various aspects of water quality then transmit the information via cellular modem to the NJMC labs where results are updated on the Internet in "near real time". The new Master Plan adopted by the NJMC in January 2004 include goals for cleaner water and air. Data collected by these stations will help create a report card on the water quality of the Hackensack River, as well as helping to test theories on low oxygen levels. The stations monitor dissolved oxygen, water elevation, acidity, electrical conductivity, turbidity (the amount of particles suspended in the water), salinity and temperature.
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Acknowledgement:	Meadowlands Environmental Research Institute (MERI)
Location:	Hackensack River
Start Date:	Sep 01 2004
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Project Keywords: monitoring science water quality/pollution
Project Results: Web-based Information
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