The river Strine flows to the north of Telford, and its catchment is under increasing pressure from urban expansion and climate change.
The Strine Internal Drainage Board and Cranfield University supported by Harper Adams University and supplier Kisters deployed an array of wireless water level, flow and rainfall sensors throughout the river Strine catchment. The data generated by these devices was blended with the Environment Agency gauge station data measured at Crudgington and historic Severn Trent datasets to build a bespoke hydrological model that provided.
- A near-term forecasting tool to help local landowners to regulate water in the system and prepare for predicted high and low-flow events to optimise the agricultural value of their land, and
- A strategic scenario planning tool that can predict the impact of strategic flood mitigation interventions on the sub-catchment and monitor the effectiveness of real-world interventions including the deployment of industrial scale smart water butts or creation of new reservoirs.
Read the project Case Study to find out more.