A new generation of high-tech buoys and new NOAA modelsoffsite link are working together to keep the water safe to drink for the more than 400,000 residents of Cleveland, Ohio.
The network of buoys in Lake Erie – some from NOAA, some from LimnoTechoffsite link and other private companies – are measuring vital criteria such as dissolved oxygen levels, water temperature, pressure, wind speed and direction that when input into experimental NOAA models, alert NOAA scientists when water with low-oxygen levels and/or harmful algae moves close enough to the Cleveland water intake systems to contaminate the drinking water.
Watch this video (below) produced by our partner, The Ocean Conservancy, to see how Cleveland is using the latest science to prevent the next drinking water crisis.
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