IIT-I develops real-time wetland health monitor

Benefits of tool

- Our Staff Reporter

Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Indore, have developed a digital tool that can monitor the health of wetlands in near real-time.

It will also help in detecting pollution and other threats before they cause serious damage. The innovation has been made by Prof Manish Kumar Goyal and research scholar Vijay Jain from the Department of Civil Engineering.

The system uses satellite images and cloud-based computing to monitor key water quality indicators such as excess nutrients, turbidity (cloudiness), and vegetation health.

Wetlands play a crucial role in cleaning water, controlling floods, storing carbon, and supporting biodiversity.

Wetlands under pollution threats