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title = "A Low-Cost Multi-Parameter Water Quality Monitoring System",
author = "Alam, Arif Ul and
Clyne, Dennis and
Deen, M. Jamal",
journal = "Sensors, Volume 21, Issue 11",
volume = "21",
number = "11",
year = "2021",
publisher = "MDPI AG",
url = "https://gwf-uwaterloo.github.io/gwf-publications/G21-116001",
doi = "10.3390/s21113775",
pages = "3775",
abstract = "Multi-parameter water quality monitoring is crucial in resource-limited areas to provide persistent water safety. Conventional water monitoring techniques are time-consuming, require skilled personnel, are not user-friendly and are incompatible with operating on-site. Here, we develop a multi-parameter water quality monitoring system (MWQMS) that includes an array of low-cost, easy-to-use, high-sensitivity electrochemical sensors, as well as custom-designed sensor readout circuitry and smartphone application with wireless connectivity. The system overcomes the need of costly laboratory-based testing methods and the requirement of skilled workers. The proposed MWQMS system can simultaneously monitor pH, free chlorine, and temperature with sensitivities of 57.5 mV/pH, 186 nA/ppm and 16.9 mV/{\mbox{$^\circ$}}C, respectively, as well as sensing of BPA with {\textless}10 nM limit of detection. The system also provides seamless interconnection between transduction of the sensors{'} signal, signal processing, wireless data transfer and smartphone app-based operation. This interconnection was accomplished by fabricating nanomaterial and carbon nanotube-based sensors on a common substrate, integrating these sensors to a readout circuit and transmitting the sensor data to an Android application. The MWQMS system provides a general platform technology where an array of other water monitoring sensors can also be easily integrated and programmed. Such a system can offer tremendous opportunity for a broad range of environmental monitoring applications.",
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%A Deen, M. Jamal
%J Sensors, Volume 21, Issue 11
%D 2021
%V 21
%N 11
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%U https://doi.org/10.3390/s21113775
%P 3775
Markdown (Informal)
[A Low-Cost Multi-Parameter Water Quality Monitoring System](https://gwf-uwaterloo.github.io/gwf-publications/G21-116001) (Alam et al., GWF 2021)
ACL
- Arif Ul Alam, Dennis Clyne, and M. Jamal Deen. 2021. A Low-Cost Multi-Parameter Water Quality Monitoring System. Sensors, Volume 21, Issue 11, 21(11):3775.