This is a very interesting way how to make our life greener. These sustainable buoys are capable of keeping lake water clean. These intelligent buoys were designed by Waikato University scientists which appear to be solar powered products. With this buoys working, it will be possible to monitor the quality of water thus protecting it from being polluted. These ecologically conscious buoys were designed to be used in New Zealand’s Lake Tarawera.
This lake is reputed to be the second cleanest lake in the territory which will be constantly monitored by the scientists. Principle of buoys’ operation seems to be simple with mounted solar panels on the buoys designed to power both its data logger and cell phone modem.
Thanks to these data loggers, the collected data will be transmitted to a Waikato University computer every 15 minutes and let the environmentalists to better care after the lake by detecting the water quality and improving lake biodiversity.
These green buoys are expected to be valued up to 50 000 USD, depending on the area of usage. This clever floating device is also capable of measuring such data as rainfall, wind, temperature, oxygen, algae levels as well as water clarity.
These ingenious lake monitoring buoys are said to be able to be customized in order to collect data for particular purposes like lake response to intrusive weeds removal. They are also supposed to obtain some fishing information like the causes of high or low catch seasons.
So if you are a New Zealand fisherman, you will be able to learn of what water and wind conditions are to be able to improve your fishing activity.
