"Smart Water Quality Monitoring System" - SmartCoast
Research Measure: Discovery Research Measure
Project Type: Strategic Project
Funding Year: 2004
Project Duration: 2004-2008
Total Grant-Aid: €941,680
Funding Sources:
- Marine Institute - NDP 2000-2006 Marine RTDI
- EPA - ERTDI & STRIVE
Lead Partner: National Centre for Sensor Research, DCU
Project Partners:
- Microelectronic Application Centre, Co. Limerick
- Tyndall National Institute, Co. Cork
- South West Regional Authority, Co. Cork
- Marine Informatiics Ltd., Co. Clare
Project Summary
Research and Development of the Smart Water Quality Monitoring System is a 36 month project in which the National Microelectronics Application Centre Ltd. (MAC), National Centre for Sensor Research (NCSR),Tyndall National Institute, Marine Institute, Marine Informatics Ltd. and the South West Regional Authority (SWRA) (representing the Local Authorities in Cork & Kerry) will develop a novel water quality monitoring system by combining low-cost, low-power sensors with wireless communications. This will enable Local Authorities meet their obligations under the Water Framework Directive (WFD) and provide new commercial opportunities for Irish small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs) and service providers.
This project will use the innovative dissolved oxygen & other freshwater/marine sensors of the NCSR along with MAC's special competence in operationalising the emerging Zigbee (IEEE 802.15.4) standard for distributed mesh networked sensors targeted at sensing, monitoring applications, together with GSM/GPRS for wide-area, to ensure an open European and worldwide solution
Addtional information is available on the SmartCoast website.
