Out sourcing your hydrologic data collection system design, install, monitoring, notifications, and maintenance David C. Leader, P. E. Hydro. Lynx Systems Markus L. Ritsch, P. E. Water & Earth Technologies, Inc.
The need Ø Hydrologic monitoring and warning system Ø Design of sites and telemetry Ø Man power for installation Ø Location for base station Ø Automated monitoring and warning Ø Maintenance of remote sites and base station data.
The place Panama
The challenges Ø Jungle location far from existing telemetry networks Ø Intense rainfall and out of bank flooding is common Ø Local maintenance personnel not available Ø Local base station monitoring personnel not available
Install stations in the jungle
The solution Ø Design and install a near real-time hydrologic warning network in 5 watersheds
Design for high water overbank
Heavy rain, quick river rise
Install radar sensor over river
Discharge computed by database rating tables
Water quality sensor in river is protected by conduit
Water quality data on Google map display
Mount on bridges when available
Data delivery to database hosted by WET Ø Hydro. Lynx data logger and satellite telemetry Ø 15 minute samples Ø 1 hour transmission
Data reports on internet database
Data on Google maps
Trigger sampler at high water Ø Event transmission when sampler triggered
Sampler triggered at high water
Email notification by alarm triggers Ø Customer notified for sampler triggers Ø WET personnel notified for maintenance alarms
Large battery array extends life between maintenance visits
Monitor battery level at base station
Remote site maintenance Ø WET technicians do remote station maintenance every 6 months to insure the best data quality and continued performance of the system
Base station maintenance Ø The Nova. Star 5 server database was setup by HYDROLYNX and WET engineers Ø WET engineers provide server maintenance to insure the continuous collection, validation, access, and notification of the remote data
Problem solved Ø The customer’s hydrologic data and notification needs are met without any man power other than contract maintenance Ø Thank you