Libelium launches wireless sensor platform to monitor water quality

Libelium has released water quality monitor Waspmote Smart Water at Mobile World Congress in Spain.

The platform is equipped with multiple sensors that measure a dozen of the most relevant water quality parameters. It is the first autonomous sensor platform for water control.

Waspmote Smart Water is suitable for potable water monitoring, chemical leakage detection in rivers, and the remote measurement of swimming pools and spas and levels of seawater pollution.

The water quality parameters measured include pH, dissolved oxygen, oxidation-reduction potential, conductivity (salinity), temperature, and dissolved ions such as calcium and potassium.

The new platform is designed for use in rugged environments and deployment in smart cities in hard-to-access locations to detect changes and potential risk to public health in real time.

It can use cellular (3G, GPRS, WCDMA) and long-range 802.15.4 / ZigBee (868MHz / 900MHz) connectivity to send information to The Cloud, and is an ultra-low-power sensor that can accommodate solar panels that charge the battery to maintain autonomy.

Libelium CTO David Gascón said that Smart Water is an improvement on existing water quality control in terms of accuracy, efficiency, and operational costs.

“For municipalities, water quality detection and monitoring systems have to be reliable, autonomous, and flexible,” he said.”

“With Waspmote, a full smart water solution is now available at a price point ten times less than current market solutions.”

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Image: Waspmote Smart Water is a water quality sensor node equipped with sensor probes that are easy to change and calibrate in situ. Photo: courtesy of Business Wire.