System and method for monitoring underwater organic solid buildup and related emissions background

A method of monitoring and calculating a plurality of lagoon-related data for maintaining a lagoon with known dimensions and geometry constructed in a lagoon facility wherein the plurality of lagoon-related data includes a volume of a sediment and solid mass material buildup deposited or formed at a bottom portion of the lagoon and a volume of a body of water on top of the sediment and solid mass material buildup, the method comprising the steps of:

• transmitting an operational sequence to a monitoring system controller, wherein the monitoring system controller includes at least a microprocessor and a database;
• initializing a drone watercraft for capturing a plurality of data samples over a time period, wherein the drone watercraft is equipped with one or more sonar transducers configured as a down scan sonar or a side scan sonar, a GPS device, and a network interface device, wherein the plurality of data samples include a plurality of sonar data and GPS data, and wherein the monitoring system controller is communicatively coupled via one or more wireless communication networks with the drone watercraft;
• updating a plurality of sonar watercraft parameters stored on the drone watercraft;
• storing the plurality of sonar data and GPS data in the database;
• determining an average sonar depth reading over an entire portion of the lagoon from the plurality of sonar data and GPS data in the database, wherein the volume of the sediment and solid mass material buildup and the volume of the body of water on top of the sediment and solid mass material buildup is determined using the average sonar depth reading and the known dimensions and geometry of the lagoon.