NEA's $4 million ocean-monitoring network in place
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The National Environment Agency (NEA), SDWA and Deltares have a two year project called Project Neptune to monitor ocean water quality for oil and chemical spills using a network of buoys with special sensors. As part of the Neptune system, eight buoy-based stations will be deployed in the Straits of Johor and the Straits of Singapore to continuously monitor water quality. -- ST PHOTO: CAROLINE CHIA
Singapore deployed the last of eight specially outfitted buoys dotted around the coastline on Friday in a new $4 million ocean-monitoring network called Project Neptune.
Each buoy acts as its own chemistry lab, testing coastal waters for pollutants and sending continuous real-time updates wirelessly to give the National Environment Agency. This gives the NEA early warning of oil and chemical spills.
The data will help NEA to predict the impact of future developments on water quality.
The NEA may also use some of the data in public applications like the MyENV mobile app in the form of water pollution alerts, it said.
