{"id":132529,"date":"2024-07-22T07:54:26","date_gmt":"2024-07-22T04:54:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/real-time-water-quality-monitors-installed-at-wild-swimming-spots-in-southern-england\/"},"modified":"2024-07-22T07:54:26","modified_gmt":"2024-07-22T04:54:26","slug":"real-time-water-quality-monitors-installed-at-wild-swimming-spots-in-southern-england","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/real-time-water-quality-monitors-installed-at-wild-swimming-spots-in-southern-england\/","title":{"rendered":"Real-time water quality monitors installed at wild swimming spots in southern England"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-message\">\n    <p>You are unauthorized to view this page.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-login-form-wrap\">\n            \n<div class=\"mp_wrapper mp_login_form\">\n                  <!-- mp-login-form-start -->     <form name=\"mepr_loginform\" id=\"mepr_loginform\" class=\"mepr-form\" action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/login-2\/\" method=\"post\">\n            <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_username\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n                              <label for=\"user_login\">Username<\/label>\n        <\/div>\n        <input type=\"text\" name=\"log\" id=\"user_login\" value=\"\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_password\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n          <label for=\"user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n          <div class=\"mp-hide-pw\">\n            <input type=\"password\" name=\"pwd\" id=\"user_pass\" value=\"\" \/>\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"button mp-hide-pw hide-if-no-js\" data-toggle=\"0\" aria-label=\"Show password\">\n              <span class=\"dashicons dashicons-visibility\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            <div>\n        <label><input name=\"rememberme\" type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rememberme\" value=\"forever\" \/> Remember Me<\/label>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n      <div class=\"submit\">\n        <input type=\"submit\" name=\"wp-submit\" id=\"wp-submit\" class=\"button-primary mepr-share-button \" value=\"Log In\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"redirect_to\" value=\"\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132529\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_process_login_form\" value=\"true\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_is_login_page\" value=\"false\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/form>\n    <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n    <div class=\"mepr-login-actions\">\n        <a\n          href=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/login-2\/?action=forgot_password\"\n          title=\"Click here to reset your password\"\n        >\n          Forgot Password        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n      \n    <!-- mp-login-form-end --> \n  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"smart_content_wrapper\">\nAI-based system designed to help people assess immediate risk of getting ill from water polluted with bacteria. Real-time water quality monitors are being installed at wild swimming spots and beaches across southern England to help people assess their immediate risk of getting ill from polluted water. Wessex Water is installing sensors at three freshwater sites in Dorset, Somerset and Hampshire, plus two coastal sites in Bournemouth, after a successful pilot study at Warleigh Weir near Bath. Here, the artificial intelligence-based system correctly predicted when bacteria in the water were high 87% of the time.<\/p>\n<p>Southern Water is trialling a different monitoring system at Tankerton in Kent and Langstone Harbour in Hampshire, with a further sensor expected to be launched at neighbouring Hayling Island in the near future. Although water companies and environment regulators now test river water for markers of pollution that harm wildlife, there is no requirement to test for faecal bacteria such as E coli and intestinal enterococci, which can cause stomach upsets, unless the site is a designated bathing water.<\/p>\n<p>Even here, water samples must be sent to a laboratory for analysis, and the results are not published for a week or so after the sample was taken, with the final classification not published until November. This makes it difficult to assess the immediate risk posed by sewage or agricultural runoff. \u201cOne of the biggest criticisms of the current bathing water classification system is that people may be swimming at a location all year, and it is only when the final classification is published that they realise what the quality has been,\u201d said Ruth Barden, the director of environmental solutions at Wessex Water.<\/p>\n<p>The company decided to use Warleigh Weir as a test bed for various water quality sensors and systems after pressure from the local landowner \u2013 a keen swimmer \u2013 to disclose how its storm overflows and treatment works were affecting water quality within the River Avon, and what they were doing to improve the situation. Barden said: \u201cWe want people to be able to enjoy and use their watercourses without putting themselves in danger. But collecting this data is also helpful for us to understand what level of impact our assets are having on water quality \u2013 if any \u2013 and what the solutions could be to rectify that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One of the systems it tested was an AI-based approach developed by the UK-based startup UnifAI Technology. Rather than measuring bacteria directly, it infers when levels of E coli or enterococci are high, by analysing data from real-time sensors placed upstream, that measure pH, temperature, turbidity (cloudiness), dissolved oxygen and ammonia. Water companies are obliged to start installing such sensors at sites up and downstream of where their storm overflows and wastewater treatment works discharge into rivers, as part of the Environment Act 2021, which aims to improve water quality and protect wildlife.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/article\/2024\/jul\/21\/real-time-water-quality-monitors-installed-at-wild-swimming-spots-in-southern-england\">Read more&gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/article\/2024\/jul\/21\/real-time-water-quality-monitors-installed-at-wild-swimming-spots-in-southern-england\">The Guardian<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/environmental-news-en\/real-time-water-quality-monitors-installed-at-wild-swimming-spots-in-southern-england\/\">Real-time water quality monitors installed at wild swimming spots in southern England<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\">Vastuullisuusuutiset.fi<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[575,1309,10387,7471],"class_list":["post-132529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-environmental-news-en","tag-monitor","tag-real-time","tag-water-quality"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132529"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132529\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}