9 Water quality and water monitoring apparatus for gathering water data and for measuring water attributes and water quality parameters, including water depth, water quality, water temperature and dissolved oxygen; autonomous and remote controlled water surface apparatus consisting primarily of sensors for acquiring water parameters and water attributes, including temperature, conductivity, depth, dissolved oxygen, pH/ORP (oxidation reduction potential), turbidity, total algae, Blue Green Algae (BGA), fluorescent dissolved organic matter (FDOM), velocity, bathymetric and geolocation data about a body of water; data storage devices for storing data about water quality, water attributes and water parameters; communications systems in the nature of water quality monitoring apparatus for transmitting instructions to the vehicle from a remote location and for sending sensor data to a remote location