Abstract
There is an increasing demand for autonomous sensor devices which can provide reliable data on key water quality parameters at a higher temporal and geographical resolution than is achievable using current approaches to sampling and monitoring. Microfluidic technology, in combination with rapid and on-going developments in the area of wireless communications, has significant potential to address this demand due to a number of advantageous features which allow the development of compact, low-cost and low-powered analytical devices. Here we report on the development of a microfluidic platform for water quality monitoring. This system has been successfully applied to in-situ monitoring of phosphate in environmental and wastewater monitoring applications. We describe a number of the technical and practical issues encountered and addressed during these deployments and summarise the current status of the technology.
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Cleary, J., Maher, D., Diamond, D. (2013). Development and Deployment of a Microfluidic Platform for Water Quality Monitoring. In: Mukhopadhyay, S., Mason, A. (eds) Smart Sensors for Real-Time Water Quality Monitoring. Smart Sensors, Measurement and Instrumentation, vol 4. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-37006-9_6
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