Continuing to Deep Dive Into Water Quality in AI and Water Tech

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Continuing to Deep Dive Into Water Quality in AI and Water Tech

Good morning! So last night I got tired and had to stop after revising the effects of seasonal changes in water quality. I want to do a lot of things today - need to do one or two main household tasks and have a dance class this afternoon (yayyyyyyy - I can't wait! And I can't wait to go to my favourite cafe nearby afterwards too - I never thought I'd say this on here but #self-care ❤️), so THIS IS MY LAST POST FOR THE DAY ON WATER TECH ANYWAY - but here are my thoughts. And continuing on water quality. This is all very exciting and fresh.

Because anything could happen in this field and it is so exciting to be here while it is so fresh and still all new. And I am so excited to be here. And I can't wait to see where we will go next. So here we are. Let me continue.

Challenging Factors Involved In Water Quality

Changes in raw water source can contribute to maintaining water quality and to the challenges around maintaining its consistency. This was really interesting. A quick google search told me that raw water includes:
  • Rainwater
  • Ground water
  • Water from infiltration wells 
    • What are infilitration wells 
      • SHALLOW WELLS CONSTRUCTED IN SERIES ALONG THE BANKS OF A RIVER IN ORDER TO COLLECT RIVER WATER SEEPING THROUGH THEIR BOTTOMS
Okay so these can change (I'm sure there's more here to say, but let's leave it here for now.) But the other thing we need to be aware of in water quality is emerging contaminants.

These are new pollutants that are not yet regulated or regarded as harmful. These often enter water due to human activity, industrial activity, or agricultural or pharmaceutical practices.

A picture of water droplets and computer lights

This can include pesticides, microplastics, and pharmaceuticals, and the challenges can be around the detection and the risk assessment of these things, as well as the regulation. I of course do not love that all of this is in our water. I think as a society we owe ourselves a lot of explanation as to why we allowed these things to get into our water. I don't know if treatment is enough. But the situation is where we are now. And we have to do everything we possibly can in order to make our water safe for drinking. Or at least as safe as possible anyways.

So anyway, emerging pollutants can be a big factor in water quality. Now, again, AI can be used to measure the effectiveness of treatments.

It can make calculations around
  • The state of the quality of the water
  • The state of the water after it has been treated
  • What treatment was applied and what was the effectiveness of these treatments
Now I've said this before about energy and I'll say this again. I think there should always be a human making the final decisions or at least monitoring the signoffs or whatever. I just have panicked thoughts about AI saying to release a bunch of chemicals into a water system or too much chlorine, causing great harm to people. Of course I would like to believe that there are checks in place.

Other factors about water quality

  • Turbidity is how clear or water the murky is. High murkiness provides a great hiding spot for pathogens and bacteria. Murky water can also block sunlight, which is not good for the aquatic plants :( 
  • pH needs to be balanced for both human health and plants to thrive - we are looking at 6.5-8.5 for humans and 6.5-9 for plants.
Again, AI can help us to be more effective in adjusting our treatment processes. There are a lot more articles for me to cover though so let's look out for more.

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