Meet Dr Elizabeth C. Atwood, who monitors the health of the ocean – and transitional water systems like rivers – using satellite data. From coastal water quality monitoring, to detecting oil spill

Supervisors approved a slate of FY2027 decision-package items including public-health and fleet replacements, added $200,000 for the Iowa Water Quality Monitoring Network and budgeted a sheriff mental-health liaison with net county cost of about $11,000; the board also debated whether to include an $8 million early-appropriation line for a proposed jail project. (4–5 minutes read)

The Oakland County Board of Commissioners approved $150,000 to expand water quality monitoring at public beaches and made a $50,000 annual marine safety patrol allocation permanent to support the sheriff’s marine unit.

Welsh Government has published a Green Paper setting out once-in-a-generation proposals for fundamental reform of the water system in Wales.

🌊 Exciting update! Check out stunning drone footage capturing the installation of water quality buoys at Boscombe and Bournemouth beaches (film courtesy of…

The Orleans health department emphasized that recent detections prompted 'health warnings' (not full closures) and will use a new data feed from a donor‑funded Subtitle buoy in Pilgrim Lake to improve public communications; the buoy lease costs were cited at about $1,000 a month.

Staff reported planting over 10,000 native plants (about 95% survival at year‑2 monitoring), new gating and a treatment wetland, continuous water‑quality monitoring (about 2.6 million data points), and early detections of the endangered Tidewater Goby in restored lagoon habitat; staff proposed small inlet and gate hardware fixes to reduce sediment and prevent unintended gate movement.

Council members debate monitoring frequency for copper and zinc contaminants affecting salmon habitats.

CSignum today announced through-ice wireless monitoring with the patented EM-2Q electromagnetic field signalling system.

The global pH sensor market size is expected to touch USD 2.31 Billion at a CAGR of 3.28% by 2035, pH Sensor Industry Analysis by Component, Type, Application

The East Hampton trustees voted to reauthorize the Friends of Georgia Pond to use an aquatic weed harvester for management through a five‑year authorization beginning in 2026; the program will continue biological and water‑quality monitoring in partnership with Gobler/Peterson labs.

Trees contain valuable information about Earth’s past, so much so that studying their rings may help fill in hidden gaps in Ohio’s environmental history.