Intelligent monitoring system provides flood warnings

A system designed and installed by Swarco Traffic and using water level sensing technology from OTT Hydrometry, is being used in an intelligent flood warning system that has been installed at a ford in Kenilworth, Warwickshire, UK. The system monitors water level in the Finham Brook where it passes under the A452, and warns drivers when potentially dangerous conditions arise.
February 12, 2016 Read time: 1 min

A system designed and installed by 129 Swarco Traffic and using water level sensing technology from OTT Hydrometry, is being used in an intelligent flood warning system that has been installed at a ford in Kenilworth, Warwickshire, UK.
 
The system monitors water level in the Finham Brook where it passes under the A452, and warns drivers when potentially dangerous conditions arise.
 
Working closely with Warwickshire County Council, Swarco provided a set of four signs on the approach and in close proximity to the ford to warn approaching drivers of the depth of the water and the potential risk of aquaplaning.
 
The water level sensor is an OTT pressure level sensor with an integrated controller and a ceramic pressure-measuring cell. The Swarco system uses a UTMC interface to communicate with the council’s existing UTMC Common Database which in turn sends commands to the low energy/high visibility LED signs.

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