a real problem.” Stated the local resident.
More residents soon arrived to assist in further clearing of the brook, amid fears of the banks being breached. At 6:30, with persisting rain, the decision was made to deploy property based flood protection.
Thanks to the novel SMS (text messaging) communication utilised by the LeveLine-EWS, residents were able to constantly check the level whilst they carried out their usual morning activities.
Local residents simply have to send the device an SMS message saying the word ‘Level’ or ‘Le’ for short, as pictured above, to get an instant reading of the current level and also the rate of change in level since the last reading.
The feature can be an advantage allowing the user to easily check the level when they have other commitments to take care of, or when it’s the middle of the night and heavy rain can be heard outside. In addition to the SMS messaging, all data is recorded by the device and stored for daily distribution via email to an administrator for the device; should you wish to plot the historical trend in water and temperature level.
“Without the system in place I am almost certain that the
road along the brook would have flooded this morning.” States the resident first to attend the deployment site.
The team at Aquaread will continue to fully support the community in order for them to achieve the best results from their deployments. When asked, Ruth described the installation team as “Simply amazing, the culvert device was a particularly tricky installation and you went above and beyond to install it!”
The LeveLine-EWS system is designed to buy you extra time to react. That is exactly what Ruth from the parish Council at Stansted Mountfitchet has helped to provide to the local residents, who had one final thing to say,“Many thanks for this piece of kit which will, I am sure, prove invaluable and already has.”
Author Details Chris Peacock • Aquaread Limited, Bridge House, Northdown Industrial Park, Broadstairs, Kent, CT10 3JP Tel: 01843 600 030 • Email:
info@aquaread.com • Web:
www.aquaread.com
www.envirotech-online.com IET January / February 2016
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