IWRA Proceedings

AbstractWater treatment sites commonly operate a “sample and test” process to monitor the health of their system via off-site laboratory analysis. This provides a snapshot of the system at the time of sampling, which, for decentralised treatment sites, can mean a significant delay between system failure and detection. This is a problem which is further magnified in island communities, where transport of samples to centralised laboratory facilities may be particularly challenging. As a result, there is a need for a cheap, fast, simple technology that can be located in island treatment sites to provide real-time water monitoring, and to alert of system failures before water supplies are compromised...