Remote Flow Monitoring
BACKGROUND: The customer is required to monitor flow from a pond as part of their National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permit.
IDENTIFIED PROBLEM: The pond has two discharge pipes which flowed into a riprap channel. It was difficult to maintain an accurate record of discharge from the pond under the existing conditions.
- Flow was estimated based off of visual inspections. There was no way to know if the discharge stopped or started between inspections.
- During rain events an employee would have to travel to the pond discharge location to monitor the flow.
SOLUTION: Sauls Seismic worked with the customer to install a Parshall flume to collect the flow from both discharge pipes. Having a channel with known dimensions Sauls was able to install a remote flow monitoring system. The continuous flow measurements are transmitted via telemetry to a secure data-storage facility and made available to the customer in near-real time.
BENEFIT:
Alert Notifications- alerts notify personnel immediately via text/email of parameters of concern.
Increased Productivity- employees can focus on other tasks and view flow data without visiting the site.
Custom Reporting- data can be exported to Microsoft Excel for use in regulatory reporting such as NetDMR.
