Conference Proceedings · 2023

RealtimeWAS: A Low-Cost, Portable Device for Real-time Detection of Fecal Contamination in Drinking Water

Prashant Waiba, Raj Bakhunchhe, Asim Maharjan, Rajin Pradhan, Sharad Timilsina, Rijan Maharjan , Thomas F Krauss and Ashim Dhakal

Frontiers in Optics + Laser Science Conference 2023

We present realtimeWAS: a low-cost, portable, and reagent-free device to detect fecal contamination in water using real-time fluorescence measurement. The device returns quantitative (via display) and semi-quantitative (via LED indicators) measures of water quality.

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