ISU researchers dive into hard-to-reach waterway testing with drones

By: Brooklyn Draisey

Outlets: Iowa Capital Dispatch

Published: May 6, 2026

Words: 828

Last Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago

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As Iowans across the state turn their gaze toward the quality of Iowa’s waterways, student and faculty researchers at Iowa State University have developed prototype equipment to measure the nitrate levels of hard-to-reach watersheds with drones as the vehicle.

What started as a senior design project has grown into a multi-year, federally funded effort to turn the team’s proof of concept into multiple working drone lab systems that could potentially provide water quality monitoring support …

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