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canonical: "https://www.softatlas.io/blue-water-intelligence/products/balloons-for-water-quality-monitoring"
name: "Balloons for Water Quality Monitoring"
provider: "Blue Water Intelligence"
category: "Data & Analytics / Data Visualization / Geospatial Visualization"
review_count: 0
ai_powered: false
website: "https://bwi.earth/balloons-water-quality-monitor"
updated: "2026-09-10"
---

# Balloons for Water Quality Monitoring

By [Blue Water Intelligence](/blue-water-intelligence.md)

Balloon missions designed to remotely sense and monitor the quality of inland waters at the scale of a river basin.

## Features
- Monitor water quality remotely using UAVs
- Integrate water quality data via API
- Transmit optical and thermal images for processing
- Deploy tethered atmospheric balloons easily
- Move balloons across sub-basins using a trailer
- Preorder geostationary stratospheric balloons for large-scale monitoring
- Access real-time optical and thermal rasters via API
- Tailor balloon mission coverage on-demand

## Built for
OPERATIONS, EXECUTIVES

Source: https://www.softatlas.io/blue-water-intelligence/products/balloons-for-water-quality-monitoring