Dredging
Dredging in water occurs often with road, bridge, and tunnel construction projects. Turbidity and sediment transport are key concerns during real-time water quality monitoring.
Goal: Turbidity Monitoring
Organization: Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Authority
Location: Newcastle, England
Challenge: Need to continuously monitor impact of dredging during traffic tunnel construction and comply with dissolved oxygen and turbidity standards.
Solution: Rent a complete monitoring solution and service package. Includes monitoring platform, water quality and velocity sensors, and telemetry. Data delivered directly to client in real-time.
Dollars and $ense:
The set fee per month for equipment rental aided the agency's budget. Maintenance and service were included and did not create higher or fluctuating costs.
Rental of turbidity monitoring equipment saves money compared to an equipment purchase over two years.
Goal: Turbidity Monitoring
Organization: State highway administration
Location: Washington, D.C.
Challenge: Need to continuously monitor sediment movement and turbidity levels at multiple stream crossings during road construction in order to avoid stop-work orders.
Solution: Deployed 13 water quality monitoring platforms with telemetry. Data delivered directly to client in real-time, allowing quick access to remote data from multiple sites.
Dollars and $ense:
Real-time data reports generated automatically, thus providing up-to-date review of turbidity and minimizes chance of non-compliance and fees.
Real-time data telemetry is 1/2 the cost of manual sample collections over 4 years.
