FLARE

Objective 1: We will create an embedded network of high-frequency water quality sensors in a drinking water reservoir in Roanoke, Virginia that will become a prototype for hundreds of other water supply reservoirs. Our team will be deploying novel sensor technology that has the potential to transform both water quality monitoring and our understanding of freshwater biogeochemical cycling... Objective 4: We will evaluate the factors driving social trust and acceptance of S&C technology in the community. This project is one of the first studies that quantifies how the public perceives the adoption and use of S&C technologies to improve drinking water quality by their utilities, and the relationship between public perception, trust in the utility, and acceptance of the S&C technology. Our results will serve as a guide to other communities to better evaluate how institutional decisions made in the interest of the public are understood by the public... To increase the resilience of water..

Primary location: Blacksburg United States