Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a system and method for handling data in an underwater acoustic sensors network, the system comprises a low power computing system configured to function underwater, the computing system including a processor and a memory in communication with the processor, wherein the memory stores a set of instructions executable by the processor, the set of instructions when executed by the processor, cause the processor to receive a primary data from a plurality of master nodes; process the primary data using one or more data reduction algorithms to obtain a resultant data, wherein the resultant data is of a reduced size than the primary data; perform some generic computations on the resultant data, and transmit the resultant data to a gateway.