AIR & WATER

MONITORING NEWSLETTER  

March 2013
No. 401

Xylem Has $617,000-Contract for Climate Change Monitoring and Ecological Forecasting in the Caribbean

Xylem Inc. has been awarded a $617,000-contract from the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) for five marine monitoring buoys that will collect high-quality data for researchers studying climate change in the Caribbean Sea, including the waters of Barbados, Belize, the Dominican Republic, St. Lucia and Trinidad & Tobago.

The customized solar powered YSI EMM2000 buoys will measure, record and transmit in real-time meteorological and water quality data as the key components of a Coral Reef Early Warning System (CREWS).

Coral reefs play an extremely important role in the Caribbean economy for tourism, as well as food production and food security. The regions’ reefs have been impacted by rising sea temperatures and pollution. Long-term monitoring of environmental conditions in the Caribbean will help researchers track the health of the reefs, among the oldest and most diverse ecosystems on the planet.

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