Solution Title
Enhanced Portable Sensor for Water Quality Monitoring, moving to genuinely integrated Water Resource
Solution Title (in English)
Sectors
Water management
Markets
Waste water treatment
Description
EcoSens Aquamonitrix will bring a new water quality monitoring solution to market, one that can cost-effectively meet the WFD's requirements for frequent monitoring of water quality. The device can carry out near continuous analysis of water sources, monitoring the indicators of water quality including nutrients, pH, chemical oxygen demand and suspended solids.
Prototypes of the portable system will be manufactured and tested in 11 operational environments. The goal is to provide remote access to the device and to monitoring results. Efficient power consumption will allow longer deployment periods and reduced need for maintenance. The project will assess device performance from an environmental and economic point of view using lifecycle analysis and lifecycle cost calculations. Results will be used to draft a business plan to ensure market penetration.
When brought to market, this affordable technology will result in more monitoring being undertaken, simplify water management decision-making and make it easier to comply with regulations. This will support the implementation of the WFD and a raft of related EU policy, including directives on nitrates, drinking water, bathing water, groundwater, urban wastewater treatment, floods, marine strategy, habitats and industrial emissions.
