Error monitoring and correction systems and methods in aquatic environment monitoring

A machine-readable hardware storage medium including machine-executable instructions for performing a method of monitoring errors in an aquatic environment monitoring system, the instructions comprising:

• a set of instructions for measuring a plurality of error values in the aquatic environment monitoring system using the environment monitoring system, each of the plurality of error values being an error value related to a condition selected from the group consisting of a degradation in a chemical indicator due to photo-aging, a degradation in a chemical indicator due to water-aging, a physical contamination of a chemical indicator, an illumination imbalance related to an optical reader, a degradation of a light source of an optical reader, a physical contamination in water between an optical reader and a chemical indicator, a displacement due to friction between a chemical indicator apparatus and a monitoring unit, an error intrinsic in a chemical indicator, an error in distance between a chemical indicator apparatus and an optical reader, and any combinations thereof;
• a set of instructions for determining a confidence level based on the plurality of error values;
• a set of instructions for comparing the confidence level to a threshold value associated with the aquatic environment monitoring system;
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• a set of instructions for generating a correction instruction based on said comparing using a dosing calculator associated with the aquatic environment monitoring system, the correction instruction for correcting a condition associated with the plurality of error values.

A method of monitoring errors in an aquatic environment monitoring system, the method comprising:

• measuring one or more error values in the aquatic environment monitoring system using the environment monitoring system, each of the one or more error values being an error value related to a condition selected from the group consisting of a physical contamination of a chemical indicator, an illumination imbalance related to an optical reader, a degradation of a light source of an optical reader, a physical contamination in water between an optical reader and a chemical indicator, a displacement due to friction between a chemical indicator apparatus and a monitoring unit, an error intrinsic in a chemical indicator, an error in distance between a chemical indicator apparatus and an optical reader, and any combinations thereof;
• determining a confidence level based on a combination of the one or more error values with information related to the age of a chemical indicator;
• comparing the confidence level to a threshold value associated with the aquatic environment monitoring system;
• and
• generating a correction instruction based on said comparing using a dosing calculator associated with the aquatic environment monitoring system, the correction instruction for correcting a condition associated with the one or more error values.