Posts for tag "ORSANCO"
Thomas More Biology Field Station: More Than 50 Years of Great River Research
Thomas More Biology Field Station tracks Ohio River health, raises freshwater mussels and Eastern hellbenders, monitors for HAB and more.
- Posted January 11, 2019
Successful ORSANCO Organic Detection System Expands Into Elk River, Charleston
The ORSANCO ODS has expanded into the Elk River in West Virginia with its 17th monitoring site, updating technology as the program’s success continues.
- Posted February 22, 2018
ORSANCO Works To Track The Complexities Of 981-Mile Ohio River
An update on the Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission’s (ORSANCO) work to monitor the health of the Ohio River using a variety of technologies and techniques.
- Posted June 29, 2015
ORSANCO Organic Detection System watches over the Ohio River
On October of 2006, a train derailment sent 23 tank cars full of ethanol off the tracks. Three of them spilled their contents into the Beaver River, a tributary of the Ohio River that enters at mile...
- Posted August 3, 2012
Early Warning Detection System: PA Drinking Water
Project Overview Drinking water supplies in the U.S. are an extremely valuable national asset and are vital to the country’s survival. During the past few years, these resources have been thrust into the national spotlight as government...
- Posted August 17, 2010
Early Warning Buoy System – ORSANCO
Project Overview The Ohio River starts at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers in Pittsburgh, and flows mostly southwest for 981 miles and drains an area of about 204,000 square miles. It empties into the...
- Posted August 17, 2010
