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Evidence & Flooding
Roy McIntosh
Flood Unit
Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA)
SEPA is Scotland’s national flood forecasting, flood warning
and strategic flood risk management authority
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FRM Strategies
Key Outcome
Reduce Impact of Flooding
Scotland’s flooding future 2016-2021
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Evidence & FloodingHarnessing new technologies, driving daring and innovation in the
public sector.
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SEPA Challenge How can we reach more, and smaller, Scottish communities with
flood forecasting and flood warning information to help them be
aware of the potential for flooding?
26 High Quality Applications
No Statement of Requirement
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• User configurable flood warnings
• No need for current infrastructure or telecommunications
• Water level sensors/alarms paired with display devices
• Affordable, community focused, Open Data
With the aim of achieving a MVP: Proof of Concept
Gary C Martin
Successful Submission
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The Concept
Display Device
• Easy to read data
• User configurable
• Audible alarm
Sensor
• Ultrasonic
LoRa Communication
(Low Power Secure Radio)
Small packets of data…
User centred
design, co-design,
user research
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LoRa
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• Small & lightweight (3D printed case)
• Weatherproof (Ingress Protection IP65)
• Easily attached to existing structures
• Battery power >1 year (solar?)
• Sensor to display / sensor to multiple displays
Sensor
Ultrasonic pulses measure
water surface height to +/-
2 millimetres every 15
minutes.
LoRa
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• Mains power
• Battery backup
• Simple graph showing river height
• Customisable audible alarm threshold
• Located in homes, community centres,
pubs, schools, businesses, where ever
they are needed…
Display Device
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• Hyper local, time sensitive river level information
• Reassurance
o Personalised alarm threshold
o Actionable, timely, warnings
o Additional time to prepare and respond
• Raise awareness
• Local community resilience building
The Benefits
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MVP of proof of concept achieved - January 2017
Future Product Development Opportunities
• More pilot schemes working with community organisations
• Integration of data to existing SEPA systems
• Web/LoRaWAN connectivity
• Explore potential for alternative sensor compatibility
• Mobile visualisation
Where are we now?
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Key Contacts
RiverTrackhttps://twitter.com/RiverTrackOrg
CivTech® (Civic Technology)https://civtech.atlassian.net/wiki
SEPA
www.sepa.org.uk