Review of In-line Water Quality Measurement Systems

Water is most essential in the existence of life and hence need for monitoring its purity is ever rising. With rapid urbanization, our water networks have grown steadily, which is pushing forward the need to monitor water quality from the piping network itself to ensure safety and hygiene. Systems developed for the purpose of monitoring inline water quality, check varying parameters usually with a node pipe section, having multiple sensors integrated to it. These systems are difficult to integrate into already developed piping networks and also maintenance of such systems becomes challenging which in return affects system performance over time. The purpose of this study is to have a review highlighting the advantages and limitations of existing inline monitoring systems and provide better insights to actual deployment alongside further development in the domain where existing piping infrastructure is disturbed to a minimum.