The project of pre-detection of marine pollution from A. U.

Thanks to the system installed in the project, sea water temperature, pH, turbidity, conductivity values can be measured and monitored instantly and can be mapped spatially.
Akdeniz University has signed another innovation with the project titled "Remote Access Real-Time Wireless Sensor Network System for Spatial Monitoring of Seawater Parameters". Director of the project is Akdeniz University Informatics Department Head Dr. Instructor In the project carried out by its member Fırat Yücel; Prof. from the Environmental Engineering Department of the Faculty of Engineering as a researcher. Dr. Gökhan Civelekoğlu from Elmalı Vocational School Computer Technologies Department. See. Hussein Duran. The project is supported by Akdeniz University Scientific Research Projects Coordination Unit.

Water quality will be measured instantly
Speaking about the project, Dr. Instructor Member Fırat Yücel said that within the framework of the project, water quality parameters can be monitored and analyzed in real time with the remote access wireless sensor network they have set up in the coastal areas of the sea. Explaining that they started this project due to mucilage caused by pollution in the period when mucilage was just beginning, Dr. Instructor Member Fırat Yücel, 'Can we design a system that will detect the effects of these pollutants on the sea beforehand and warn the relevant institutions?' He said that they started with the idea. Dr. Yücel stated that mucilage emerges due to marine pollution, therefore, within the framework of the project, they determined four parameters for seawater, namely pH, temperature, conductivity and turbidity. Dr. Yücel stated that in addition to these, the information from which location the collected seawater parameters come from is also important, and for this, a location sensor was added to the system.

Successfully passed the test measurements
Talking about the system they set up on the seashore to measure the quality of water in the project, Dr. Yücel said that during the trial measurements, with the wireless network created in the form of a star topology in Antalya's Küçük Çaltıcak region, they established a system consisting of three sensor nodes floating at a certain distance from each other on the sea water surface, and they carried out the test measurements successfully. Dr. Yücel said, "Thanks to this system, the parameter measurement values sent are instantly transferred to a central node on the land, and sent from the central node to the server computer. Here, the data can be viewed instantly through a website created by processing information, and it can also be positioned on a map on the website. showing,” he said.
Explaining that in the project, sensor parameters such as pH, sea water temperature, conductivity, turbidity are collected from each node, as well as the location information of the relevant node, Dr. Yücel stated that, thanks to the system created in the project, changes that may occur in seawater parameters can be monitored instantly and necessary interventions can be made by authorized institutions and organizations in a timely manner.

An easily portable and low-power system
Stating that the use of new technologies has gained importance in the monitoring and evaluation of sea water and coastal areas in terms of environmental impacts, Dr. Yücel said that in the traditional system, measurements are made by taking samples from certain points at certain periods, and that in this system, water quality changes can be monitored instantly. Dr. Yücel stated that with the project, besides the setbacks experienced in the routine control processes, they aim to find solutions to problems such as transportation problems, labor surplus, financial resources and time losses at points that are difficult to analyze but want to be analyzed. Yücel mentioned that the system is designed with low power consumption and stated that the energy need in the sensor nodes is met with the help of batteries during the project phase. Dr. Yücel underlined that the most important difference from other measurement systems is that it is an easily portable, low power consumption system and that it is a wireless sensor network system that can be easily installed in sea, lake and river environments.

Provides early prevention
Stating that the system can be used for water analysis to be made in sea coasts, swimming waters, ports, sea areas of tourism facilities, fish farms on the sea and river deltas, Dr. Yücel said that it would be possible to detect changes in seawater parameters beforehand in order to avoid problems such as the mucilage problem in the Marmara Region. Dr. Yücel also stated that thanks to the proposed system, factors that may cause marine pollution such as oil spills and industrial harmful wastes that may occur in the sea will be detected early, and timely measures will be taken and the problem will be eliminated before it grows. Underlining that it will be possible to take the necessary measures in terms of public health in the sea swimming areas, thanks to the pre-detection of marine pollution, Yücel said, "Necessary measures can be taken to prevent problems such as the extinction of sea creatures affected by pollution and the deterioration of the ecosystem. It will also contribute by preventing additional manpower and additional costs.”

Supported by the University
Stating that the project started as a master's thesis in the Remote Sensing and Geographical Information Systems Department of Akdeniz University, and that they designed a more comprehensive system with the experience gained after the completion of the thesis, Dr. Fırat Yücel added that the project was supported by Akdeniz University Scientific Research Projects Coordination Unit.

Source: IHA