Water-quality sensors kept clean for harmful algal bloom monitoring

Sensors are cleaned with an automatic wiper brush on the continuous water-quality monitors. 

Two decades of harmful algal bloom, nutrient and sediment research by the USGS is helping to support Wichita’s long-term vision of a sustainable water supply into the future. Early warning indicators of harmful algal blooms have been developed for Cheney Reservoir, Kansas, according to a new USGS publication done in cooperation with the City of Wichita, Kansas.