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ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING FROM AFAR: A CASE STUDY

Paper number: T42-12
Program: Technical Sessions
Time: 4:05 PM – 4:20 PM

Authors

Abstract

Remote environmental monitoring offers an opportunity to explore real-time data collection and extend the Internet of Things (IoT) to include scientific instrumentation. We present a workflow, system details, and outcome of a case in which gasoline vapors were reported in a commercial property in southwest Missouri. Onsite assessment revealed the vapors were sourced from a nearby gas station, where a fuel leak resulted in hydrocarbons entering a sewer line. Remediation was conducted by constructing a vapor extraction system connected to the sewer line. Due to the remote location of the site, ongoing operation, maintenance, & monitoring of the system could have been resource intensive. Therefore, the extraction system was equipped with telemetric controls to transmit data real-time via local cellular towers so that the system could be monitored and controlled remotely.

Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 54, No. 6

doi: 10.1130/abs/2022AM-377292

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