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EPA FUNDS RESEARCH ON NOVEL GLASS FIBER DRINKING WATER MONITOR NETWORK
The research is a collaboration between Dr. Tingting Wu (left) from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Dr. Lingze Duan (right) from the Department of Physics and Astronomy.
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novel sensor network using glass fibers to safeguard drinking water supplies is being developed under a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) grant in
a cross-campus collaboration. The grant is through the EPA’s P3 Awards: A National
Student Design Competition Focusing on People, Prosperity and the Planet.
and Astronomy, the research team will include students and will utilize glass fibers to develop a novel sensor network with distributed fiber probes and a centralized interrogation, detection and data processing system for real-time water quality monitoring. “Turbidity is caused by the existence of suspended particles, organic matter and chemicals, and is widely measured in natural resources, irrigation water, the food and beverage
Led by Dr. Tingting Wu, an associate professor in the
industry, and drinking water,” says Dr. Wu. “As an important
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and
water quality parameter, turbidity not only indicates the
Dr. Lingze Duan, a professor in the Department of Physics
efficiency of some treatment processes but also reflects UAH.EDU/RESE ARCH
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