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General
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A large part of the world’s population relies on groundwater for its water supply. With the growing demand for fresh water, the challenges associated with it increase as well. These include the need for more effective monitoring for issues such as groundwater recharge, water supply, drought, pollution and climate change…
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OTT partners with water resource professionals, organizations, and locations in need of generating reliable data throughout the entire water cycle.
In 2017, the OTT team partnered with the municipal civil engineering office of Bonn to equip two streams with high damage potential and some large catchment areas with measuring stations at twelve critical points. The subsequent data is collected to locally limit severe weather warnings and to detect an overloading of the streams at an early stage. OTT sensors measure the water level around the clock, fully automatically, and send this data via UMTS/LTE to a traffic computer. In addition, video cameras are used to transmit pictures of the situation on site to the control centre. This makes it possible to warn residents and emergency services more specifically and earlier so that they can take final protective measures.
Flow Measurement under difficult conditions: Successful Installation of OTT SVR 100
Background
At the Bad Aibling Triftbach water gauge in Rosenheim, Bavaria, the backwater caused by the Mangfall, a tributary of the Inn, during flooding is a major challenge. In such a case, the existing Stage Discharge relationship provides poor data. Sensors that work with the ultrasonic Doppler principle are unsuitable because the river is fed by discharge from a power plant so high aeration levels are regularly an issue.
The non-contact measurement of water level and flow velocity by means of radar has advantages especially in waters with high biological activity or large sediment loads and in case of flooding. As the sensors are not in the water, they are not clogged and require very little maintenance. In the event of flooding, the sensors are safe from damage from floating debris outside the body of water. In contrast to sensors based on the acoustic Doppler method, this solution also works with very turbid water, high sediment loads or high oxygen content and air bubbles, as is often the case with heavy rainfall and flood events.
