Going digital is the theme for Keystone College's most recent
efforts to make the Atlas a leader in advanced technologies.
Thanks to funding from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental
Protection's Growing Greener Program and the Lackawanna Heritage
Valley Authority, real-time water quality data is seamlessly
transferred to the the internet every 15 minutes. A
partnership with the University of Minnesota, through their Water on
the Web project has led to the further enhancement of how users can
access this data.
The tools provided by the Water on the Web allow users to view
and plot all the water quality parameters collected within the South
Branch Tunkhannock Creek, Ackerly Creek, a groundwater monitoring
well adjacent to Ackerly Creek, and precipitation collected from the
weather station. The water quality parameters include
temperature, depth or stage height, specific conductivity, dissolved
oxygen concentration and percent saturation, pH, and turbidity.
South Branch Tunkhannock Creek
South Branch Tunkhannock Creek, Lackawanna County,
Pennsylvania – The water quality monitoring sonde (YSI 6920)
is located in the cement box near the center of the
photograph. The view is looking upstream adjacent to
Keystone College's Willary Water Resource Center.
Real-time Monitoring - This data can be viewed and analyzed using the Water
on the Web interface by following
this link. Select Data Visualization Tools and
then the DVToolkit. Or select this link if you
would like to jump directly to the
DVToolkit.
(Need Help? - A tutorial is available to learn
how to use the Data Visualization Tool.
Click here to start the DVToolkit tutorial.
Note that this tutorial requires Flash plug-in.)
Live Stream Cam - Through this webcam you don't have
to imagine what the stream looks like when analyzing its
physical and chemical parameters through the real-time
monitoring tools. You can look to see if it is in flood
stage, clear or turbid, or if the rocks are covered with green
algae. Users can control all aspects of the camera: zoom,
pan, and tilt. You can also capture your own still shots.
Click here to to use the South Branch
of the Tunkhannock Creek Webcam.
Ackerly Creek
Ackerly Creek, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania – The
water quality monitoring sonde (YSI 6920 or YSI 6600) is
located in the stream at the bottom right of the photograph.
The view is looking upstream. Students are installing
stream-bed piezometers for measuring stream-bed hydraulic
conductivity and hydraulic head. Well no. 5 is located on
the flood plain, 108 feet from the stream bank on the right
side of the photograph.
Real-time Monitoring - This data can be
viewed and analyzed using the Water on the Web interface
by following
this link. Select Data Visualization Tools and
then the DVToolkit.
or select this link if
you would like to jump directly to the
DVToolkit. (Need Help? - A tutorial
is available to learn how to use the Data Visualization Tool.
Click here to start the DVToolkit tutorial. Note that this
tutorial requires Flash plug-in.)
Live Stream Cam - Through this webcam you don't have
to imagine what the stream looks like when analyzing its
physical and chemical parameters through the real-time
monitoring tools. You can look to see if it is in flood
stage, clear or turbid, or if the rocks are covered with green
algae. Users can control all aspects of the camera: zoom,
pan, and tilt. You can also capture your own still shots.
Click here to to use the
Ackerly Creek Webcam.
WOW. 2004. Water on the Web - Monitoring Minnesota Lakes on the
Internet and Training Water Science Technicians for the Future - A
National On-line Curriculum using Advanced Technologies and
Real-Time Data. (http://WaterOntheWeb.org). University of
Minnesota-Duluth, Duluth, MN 55812.
