Dienye L. Tolofari

Introduction The evaluation of potential improvements/modifications to full-scale water treatment plants (WTPs) often relies on testing small-scale physical models.

Introduction Click to copy section linkSection link copied! Cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms (cyanoHABs) are associated with toxin release and can also cause water discoloration, and taste and odor problems in the drinking water supply. (1−6) Toxicity and hypoxia caused by these blooms can result in mortality to wildlife, loss of habitat for aquatic life, and economic losses for tourism and fisheries industries.

Abstract Real-time monitoring of phytoplankton in freshwater systems is critical for early detection of harmful algal blooms so as to enable efficient response by water management agencies. This paper presents an image processing pipeline developed to adapt ARTiMiS, a low-cost automated flow-imaging device, for real-time algal monitoring specifically in freshwater and environmental systems.