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U.S. Will Use Robots to Patrol Water Supply

Posted by michael on from the drink-me dept.

bl8n8r writes "By the summer of 2005, the United States will have an underwater network of robots monitoring the nations fresh water supply. Realtime environmental details will be used to help safeguard the nations drinking water. The robots would take on the painstaking, time consuming, and sometimes dangerous, task of collecting water samples which is currently being done by carbon based lifeforms."

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  1. Wouldn't it make more sense... by FFFish · · Score: 4, Insightful

    ...to actually implement and enforce some decent environmental standards? AFAIK, the past four years has been a tremendous step backwards regarding water quality regulations.

    In other words, patrolling the rivers isn't going to do a goddamn bit of good when whatever minimal laws don't even have any teeth.

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  2. Water sampling is getting easier every day by Hoi+Polloi · · Score: 4, Insightful
    Judging from the combination of drought in the west and the rate that water is being drawn from sources around the country, water sampling will soon consist of wading out and scooping up some muddy water. Hell, the problem may go away entirely:

    Lake Powell Article

    Lake Powell Photo

    Lake Powell Satellite Image

    Ipswich River in Mass

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