Probes

<p>The multiparameter sonde has been deployed on a buoy by NIEA’s Freshwater Monitoring and Assessment Team as part of long term, high frequency water quality monitoring project.&nbsp; It records water temperature (°C), Dissolved Oxygen (% saturation), Phycocyanin (RFU), Turbidity (NTU)&nbsp; and Specific Conductivity (µS/cm) near the bathing water site at Rea’s Wood, Antrim.&nbsp;</p><p>Data is recorded every 30 minutes and uploaded to the Lough Neagh water quality platform with a short delay.&nbsp;</p><p><strong>Please note:&nbsp;</strong>Data is non-validated and should therefore be treated as provisional and may be subject to revisions.&nbsp; Many factors can affect the reliability of real time data, including environmental changes and sensor malfunction.</p><p><strong>Disclaimer</strong> - All materials and information are provided “AS IS”. Please seek and follow professional advice relating to Lough Neagh and its tributaries. Further details of the DAERA disclaimer can be found <a target='_blank' href='https://www.daera-ni.gov.uk/articles/terms-and-conditions-daera#toc-5' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'>here.</a></p><p>The logger collects measurements as follows.</p><ul><li>Temperature range is -5 to +50 degrees C with an accuracy of +/- 0.1 degrees C.</li><li>Dissolved Oxygen range is 0 to 60mg/L saturation with an accuracy of +/- 0.1mg/L, or 2% of reading.</li><li>Conductivity range 0 to 350,000 μS/cm, with an accuracy ±0.5% of reading plus 1 μS/cm from 0 to 100,000 μS/cm; ±1.0% of reading from 100,000 to 200,000 μS/cm;±2.0% of reading from 200,000 to 350,000 μS/cm.</li><li>Turbidity range is 0-4,000NTU with an accuracy of +/- 2% of reading or +/- 0.5 NTU, whichever is greater.</li><li>Phycocyanin detection range is 0-100 RFU,&nbsp; no error range is provided by In-Situ Aquatroll.</li></ul><p style='font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size:16px; margin-bottom:1.5rem; margin-top:0px;'>&nbsp;</p><p style='font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size:16px; margin-bottom:1.5rem; margin-top:0px;'><strong>Maintenance:&nbsp;</strong><span style='margin-left:0cm;'>Probe maintenance occurs every 4-6 weeks</span>.</p><p style='font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size:16px; margin-bottom:1.5rem; margin-top:0px;'><strong>Point of Contact:</strong>&nbsp;<a style='color:rgb(0, 97, 155); font-family:inherit; text-decoration-line:none;' href='mailto:waterinfo@daera-ni.gov.uk' target='_blank' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'>waterinfo@daera-ni.gov.uk</a></p><p style='font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size:16px; margin-bottom:1.5rem; margin-top:0px;'><strong>Please Note:</strong>&nbsp;Date format in the download is month, day and year.</p>

Tags: __, antrim, buoy, c_, dissolved-oxygen, do, freshwater-monitoring-and-assessment, high-frequency-monitoring, lake, mgl, niea, ntu, phycocyanin, quality, reas-wood, rfu, saturation, scm, sonde, specific-conductivity, temperature, turbidity, water
Organization: Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs