{"id":29040,"date":"2018-04-12T11:17:21","date_gmt":"2018-04-12T15:17:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fondriest.com\/news\/?p=29040"},"modified":"2018-04-12T10:17:44","modified_gmt":"2018-04-12T14:17:44","slug":"nutrient-sensor-action-challenge-bringing-better-technologies-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fondriest.com\/news\/nutrient-sensor-action-challenge-bringing-better-technologies-people.htm","title":{"rendered":"Nutrient Sensor Action Challenge Bringing Better Technologies to More People"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Imagine a new kind of farming, one supported by accessible, affordable technologies. Even the smallest farmers can monitor their soil and water for nutrients and other levels with systems that are tied to smartphones and tablets. Growers are more productive for less money, and they are safeguarding water quality, preventing harmful runoff from polluting streams and groundwater.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Does it sound out of reach? Not to some of the people participating in the Nutrient Sensor Action Challenge\u2014and phase II of the challenge is underway right now.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #808080;\">A federal partnership promoting new technologies<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Nutrient Sensor Action Challenge is a collaboration between the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usda.gov\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usgs.gov\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">United States Geological Survey (USGS)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration&#8217;s (NOAA&#8217;s) <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ioos.noaa.gov\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (U.S. IOOS)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nist.gov\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The five partners have challenged communities, organizations, and the private sector to accelerate water quality technologies and demonstrate new nutrient pollution sensor applications.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Denice Shaw of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/aboutepa\/about-office-research-and-development-ord\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">EPA&#8217;s Office of Research and Development<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> corresponded with EM about the challenge.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cStates and other stakeholders have indicated that improved monitoring data and information regarding nutrient levels in water is a high priority,\u201d Shaw explains. \u201cImproving sensor technology and affordability are necessary to ensure that quality data of sufficient spatial and temporal coverage can be collected and shared. Previous Challenges have focused specifically on innovations in sensor technology; this Challenge incentivizes communities, organizations and the private sector to develop pilots that demonstrate use of new sensor technology and resulting data to inform local decisions pertaining to nutrient management.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For American farmers, regulators, policymakers, and environmentalists alike, nutrient water pollution caused by excess phosphorus and nitrogen is a challenge. The challenge model for dealing with the problem allows members of the community and decision-makers to see that there are a host of options for including nutrient sensors as part of existing nutrient management and water monitoring efforts that succeed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The current Challenge extends the progress made after the initial <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.act-us.info\/nutrients-challenge\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Challenge from 2014<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and the EPA expects to see both new varieties of nutrient pollution sensors and innovative ways to incorporate sensors already in use come from this competition.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_29042\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29042\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29042\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fondriest.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Nutrient_sensor_challenge-1.png\" alt=\"sensor\" width=\"540\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.fondriest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Nutrient_sensor_challenge-1.png 540w, https:\/\/news.fondriest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Nutrient_sensor_challenge-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/news.fondriest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Nutrient_sensor_challenge-1-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-29042\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nutrient Sensor Action Challenge, Stage II timeline. (Credit: EPA)<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cEPA, with our partner agencies, has run two previous Challenges that focused on accelerating development of new and more affordable nutrient sensors,\u201d details Shaw. \u201cThis Action Challenge is looking for demonstrations of strategic use of affordable sensors (from previous challenges or other sources) to collect data and information that will inform local decisions and choices about nutrient management.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #808080;\">Addressing nutrient pollution with technology<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 2014 Challenge was, in some sense, about bringing costs down in the sensor market, while this latest Challenge is more about taking the data from the sensors past challenges made available and running with it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWhile the<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.act-us.info\/nutrients-challenge\/Participants.php\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2014 Sensor Challenge<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> focused on sensor development and market stimulation, the purpose of the current Action Challenge is to design and implement approaches that utilize data and information from affordable nutrient sensors to improve decisions and actions for more effective nutrient management,\u201d adds Shaw.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stage I of the current challenge produced five winners, but the current Stage II isn&#8217;t limited to those participants.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/innovation\/nutrient-sensor-action-challenge-stage-i-winners\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">five winning teams<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from Stage I of the Action Challenge were chosen based on the plans they submitted describing strategies for deployment of affordable sensors and use of resulting data to effectively address a community or regional need to measure and manage excess nitrogen and\/or phosphorus in water,\u201d remarks Shaw. \u201cParticipation in Stage I is not a requirement for participating in Stage II. We hope that the 5 winners as well as the others that participated in Stage I participate in Stage II. We are also expecting many new teams to register to compete in Stage II.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this next stage, competing teams will deploy and collect data from at least two nutrient sensors for at least three months. According to Shaw, teams are encouraged to select and deploy sensors based on their specific site and need, are required to measure nitrogen and\/or phosphorous, and at least one of the sensors must have a sales price of less than $15,000.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #808080;\">Looking toward the future<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the most interesting aspects of the challenge will be the ways teams will demonstrate how local communities can use the collected data to improve nutrient management decisions; it&#8217;s not just about collecting data, but what you can do with it once you&#8217;ve got it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThis is an important area and a key component of the challenge,\u201d Shaw asserts. \u201cThe winning teams will be those that effectively demonstrate the ability to use sensors to collect data and information to inform and improve a decision or action regarding nutrient management. Some examples identified from Stage I submissions included: working with government partners, local water treatment facilities, universities, and algal bloom forecasters to use data to assess the effectiveness of nutrient reduction programs; and using sensor data to support state regulators who issue waste discharge licenses and make water quality standard attainment decisions pertaining to marine life quality.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_29043\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29043\" class=\"size-large wp-image-29043\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fondriest.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Nutrient_sensor_lake-1-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"sensor\" width=\"620\" height=\"412\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-29043\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Too much nitrogen and phosphorus in the water causes algae to grow faster than ecosystems can handle. Significant increases in algae harm water quality, food resources and habitats, and decrease the oxygen that fish and other aquatic life need to survive. (Credit: By USEPA)<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thus far, Shaw says, this Challenge has prompted a lot of interest and excitement from many groups including the water monitoring community. The EPA expects that teams from Stage I will be back for Stage II, and many new groups have also expressed interest in participating. The participants represent a mix of collaborators.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cStage I teams included collaborations between communities, private sector groups, local and state organizations, and universities,\u201d Shaw describes. \u201cWe encourage teams to include a mix of expertise and disciplines and to include participation and involvement by relevant stakeholders and decision-makers.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shaw and her counterparts at the other partnering federal agencies are thrilled by the community&#8217;s response to the Challenge, which has performed beyond the initial expectations of many.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cOne of the exciting things about this Challenge is that is incentivizing more than just use of sensors to improve nutrient management,\u201d Shaw explains. \u201cThis challenge is also promoting data interoperability and the ability to share data with others. A reality of water quality monitoring is that there are many organizations that are involved with collecting important information about water. The Action Challenge requirements for data management promote information sharing without adding burden on either the data sharer or the person receiving the data.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The collaborators are also anticipating great things in the future, and an ongoing learning, research, and development process.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThis Challenge leverages some great work that\u2019s been done by others in this space, including the Open Geospatial Consortium, USGS, and NOAA,\u201d remarks Shaw. \u201cWhat we\u2019d like to see is a future where sensors are configured to provide easy means of sharing data and data interoperability is expected and built into the purchase; much in the same way that we\u2019ve come to expect our cell phones to be interoperable with Bluetooth. This Challenge offers an opportunity for industry to work with users to pilot technology solutions that will improve everyone&#8217;s access to data and information about the Nation&#8217;s water quality.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For descriptions and evaluation reports for the sensors that participated in the Nutrient Sensor Challenge:<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.act-us.info\/nutrients-challenge\/Participants.php\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">http:\/\/www.act-us.info\/nutrients-challenge\/Participants.php<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For information on a second challenge on developing sensors to monitor nitrogen discharged from advanced septic systems:<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/innovation\/advanced-septic-system-nitrogen-sensor-challenge-phase-ii-prototype-testing\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/innovation\/advanced-septic-system-nitrogen-sensor-challenge-phase-ii-prototype-testing<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Federal agencies are partnered to sponsor a competition that will result in innovative applications of nutrient sensors on agricultural lands.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":29044,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,52,1],"tags":[75,60,109,608,349,144,73,609],"class_list":["post-29040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured-articles","category-technology","category-uncategorized","tag-epa","tag-featured","tag-news-ticker","tag-nist","tag-technology","tag-usda","tag-usgs","tag-usioos"],"remote_post_permalink":false,"remote_post_featured_image":false,"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 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