Monitoring and Management of Source Water Pollution Based on a New Bio-Optoelectronic System in Jinan, China

Abstract

A new bio-optoelectronic system, which included the behavior (aquatic organism) monitoring system and the water physiochemical factor monitoring system, was developed for the purpose of the management of accidental pollution events in water resource in Jinan, China. The system included a monitoring center and three monitoring stations. Communication between the monitoring stations and the monitoring center was mainly by the General Packet Radio Service network transmission complemented by a dial-up connection for use when this service was unavailable. The results suggested that once an accidental pollution occurred, the system would make a comprehensive evaluation based on the Self-Organising Map analysis on the monitoring data and some decision would be made based on the Emergency Management of Accidental Pollution. As a result, the new bio-optoelectronic system provided an effective approach on the management of accidental pollution events in drinking water supply.