Applications water quality monitoring

In the recent years, water treatment has drawn considerable attention. It is among one of the priority areas for the development plan for all the nations worldwide. Various policies are formed and practiced at many levels to combat this war for availability of potable water as well as for various applications in industries. Continuous research and development is being carried out in various parts of the world to deal with their local problem related to water quality monitoring, treattnent and uniform supply. One of the common goals is toward providing an economically viable solution for water treatment. 

Buhch, A.A. Green, M.M. The use of luminescent bacteria for biological monitoring of water quality. In Proceedings of the International Symposium on the Analysis and Application of Bioluminescence and Chemiluminescence Schram, E., Phihp, Eds. Schram, State Printing and Publ. Inc., 1979 193 211. 

The XAD procedure was selected on the basis of the comparison of results of complementary methods as mentioned earlier because it is effective in concentrating toxic as well as mutagenic compounds from Rhine water. The investigation demonstrates the application of short-cut biological methods needed for water quality control and complementary to chemical monitoring techniques. 

In the lab, future expansion plans include the use of optical scanners for reading sample labels, operation of robots to relieve some of the manual operations and an artificial intelligence system to track quality control. In other areas, there will be an increase in the number of real time monitors, not necessarily because real time data is needed, but the cost can be small compared to sending out a field team. There will be some applications of direct monitoring by satellites such as LANDSAT D. Both of these will be incorporated into water quality models which will allow more intelligent choices of where to send a field team to collect samples for detailed analysis. 

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