The buoy is deployed today in Devils Lake. This is the 7th year of continual deployment of the buoy. It was a short season last year as a storm broke the buoy free from its anchor and crushed it on […]
Buoy
The buoy was damaged due to a recent storm. The last data recorded were at 9:10 pm on June 22 2017.
After winter hibernation, the buoy was put back to Devils Lake for monitoring the water quality
The ESSP department has operated a buoy for monitoring the water quality in Devils Lake since the summer of 2011. During the winter times, the buoy was taken back to our lab for annual maintenance and calibration. We launched the […]
The buoy was retrieved from Devils Lake for winter storage
To monitor water quality in Devils Lake, a buoy has been deployed since 2011 measuring several water parameters (temperature, dissolved oxygen, chlorophyll concentration, turbidity) and meteorological parameters (temerature, pressure, winds). The buoy is launched after the lake is unfrozen and […]