Flood Water Protection in Buenos Aires

When the retention basin of the Arroyo Mendrano overflowed, the government decided to have an alarm system installed to monitor the water level in the basin.

Background

The Arroyo Mendrano is the second largest channeled stream of water running through Buenos Aires. In times of heavy rainfall, it overflows its banks, floods roads and causes considerable material damage.

When the retention basin (which had been especially built to collect large quantities of water during strong precipitation events) also overflowed, the government decided to have an alarm-system installed to monitor the water level in the basin. This system triggers an alarm as soon as a defined threshold is reached.

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Monitoring Solution

Water level measurement with the contact free radar sensor OTT RLS
Remote data transmission with ADCON RTU A755 via GSM/GPRS
Power supply by integrated battery and solar
Data visualization and alarm set-off by software addVAN-TAGE Pro
Data output protocol is used for web publication to inform residents in real time about the water level

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Flood Water Protection in Buenos Aires

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