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Using Printed Electronics Sensor Systems to Protect Groundwater

New hybrid systems allow for the deployment of sensor arrays in both surface water sources and deep wells.

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Contributing Editor, Coatings World and Ink World

Water, soil and air have been identified as three natural resources that we cannot live without.[1] Of those three, water is considered the most critical because it sustains life and the global food chain. Water is also important to the global economy as it is necessary for industrial production.[2] Although 70 percent of the earth’s surface is covered in water, only one percent is available for human consumption. Additionally, only one percent of that fresh water is available as surface water c...

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