High tech buoy_ Puducherry visitors can now get beach water quality with a click on their smartphones - Times of India

03/08/2021 High tech buoy: Puducherry visitors can now get beach water quality with a click on their smartphones - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/high-tech-buoy-puducherry-visitors-can-now-get-beach-water-quality-with-a-click-on-their-smartphones/articleshowprint/84813347.cms 1/2 Hig h t ech b uo y: P ud uch er ry v is it o rs c a n n o w g et b each w ater q ualit y w it h a c lic k o n t h eir s m artp ho nes TN N | J u l 2 8, 2 0 21, 0 8.3 2 A M IS T Printed from CH EN NAI: Ch enna i r e sid ent s o ? t o P ud uche rry o n weeke nd s c a n so on, a t th e c lic k o f a b ut to n, ch e ck if t h e c o asta l w ate rs a re c le an eno ugh b efo re s o aking t h e ir f e et o r g oing s c ub a d iv ing. Ci ty -b ase d N atio na l Ce ntre f o r Co asta l R ese arc h (N CCR) o n Tue sd ay d ep lo ye d a b uo y ? tte d w it h s e ns ors t o a ut om atic a lly m easur e a nd t r a n sm it v a rio us p ara m ete rs t h at w ill b e us ed t o g ene ra te a ? ve -d ay f o re ca st o n w ate r q ua lit y t h ro ug h a c o m put er m od el. It w ill b e a va ila b le f o r t h e p ub lic t h ro ug h a s m artp ho ne a p p. T he b uo y, a nc ho re d 1 .5 km f r o m t h e c o ast, w ill b e d ed ic a te d t o t h e na tio n on W ed ne sd ay. A s im ila r b uo y d ep lo ye d e arlie r t h is y e ar o ? Ch enna i’s M arina b each h as b een perio d ic a lly t r a ns mit ting d ata t o N CCR se rv e rs . T he s o la r-p ow ere d b uo y m easu re s d is so lv e d o xy g en, w ate r t e m pera tu re , co nd uctiv it y (s a lini ty ), d ep th , b lue -g re en alg ae , t ur bid it y , p H a nd c h lo ro p hyll. It w ill a ls o s tu d y a tm osp he ric t e m pera tu re , hum id it y , w ind s p eed a nd d ir e ctio n, b esid es w ave s p eed a nd d ir e ctio n o f c u rre nts . T he b uo y in P ud uch e rry w ill m easu re t h e sa m e p ara m ete rs . B oth b uo ys c a n wit h sta nd r o ug h w eath e r inc lud in g s ix -m etr e h ig h w ave s. Co ngra tul atio ns ! Yo u have s uc ce ssful ly c a st y o ur v o te L ogin to v ie w r e su lt 03/08/2021 High tech buoy: Puducherry visitors can now get beach water quality with a click on their smartphones - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/high-tech-buoy-puducherry-visitors-can-now-get-beach-water-quality-with-a-click-on-their-smartphones/articleshowprint/84813347.cms 2/2 NCCR sc ie nt is t P ra va ka r M is h ra s a id d ata m easur ed b y t h e b uo y is v a lid u p t o a 1 0 km r a d iu s o n a d ay w he n t h e a n th ro pog enic lo ad is le ss f r o m c o ast, a s t h e d ata is in? ue nced b y lo ad lik e s e w ag e d is c h arg e. B ase d o n t h e d ata , t h e N CCR t e am w ill a ls o c a lc ul ate t h e w ate r q ua lit y ind ex w it h w hic h r e m ed ia l m easur es t o im pro ve it , if n e ed ed , w ill b e r e co m mend ed t o t h e lo ca l a u th o rit ie s. “T he b uo y in Pud uche rry h as a lr e ad y s ta rte d s e nd ing data ,” M is h ra s a id . “ C om pare d t o C he nnai, t h e w ate r q ualit y in P ud uche rry is g ood . In Ch enna i, t w o r iv e rs ? o w ing int o t h e s e a c a rry a lo t o f a n th ro pog enic lo ad w hic h in ?u e nce s t h e c o asta l w ate r q ua lit y . H ow eve r, la st y e ar, a m ass ? sh k ill w as r e p orte d in Pud uch e rry . S o, c o asta l w ate r q ualit y is a la n d d riv e n t h in g .” A ft e r t h e s o ut hw est m ons oon end s in Sep te m ber, N CCR pla ns t o d ep lo y s im ila r b uo ys o ? V is a kh ap atn am a n d L a ksh ad w eep . A t pre se nt , it c o lle cts w ate r s a m ple s m anua lly in more t h an 22 lo ca tio ns a lo ng t h e 7 ,5 0 0km In d ia n c o ast e ve ry m onth t o m easu re q ua lit y . A t P ud uche rry t o o, w ill c o lle ct s a m ple s m anua lly t o c a lib ra te t h e b uo y e ve ry o th e r m onth .