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The burns historically can cause severe flooding and their monitoring was deemed essential as part of the cities overall flood prevention scheme. The system comprised of 7 no. level systems and 3 no. trash screen monitors transmitting both level information and alarms back to the City Council’s own FEP6 management system. HL also supplied 2 no. Camsys observation cameras which send out an email, when a pre-set level is exceeded, of pictures of potential screen blockages so that maintenance teams can prioritise site visits. How it works An Isodaq Hawk outstation is linked to a depth pressure transmitter to detect rapidly rising water level. This triggers a picture to be taken by CamSys and transmits by email to a standby duty officer. The picture confirms whether debris is accumulating to an extent where the flow capacity of the culvert grille is reduced to the point where urgent maintenance is required to prevent flooding. As the status of the site is being viewed remotely, this can dramatically reduce staff callouts. |
