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SCALGO Live as a supportive tool in environmental cases

Tracking sources of pollutionDuring a minor pollution incident in Hastrup lake, Vejle Municipality used SCALGO Live to identify the topographical watershed. It resulted in a quick identification of potential pollution sources, and the source was quickly found and cut off.

At Hastrup lake, Vejle municipality used SCALGO live to identify possible source of pollution. The topographical watershed, which led the water from a contaminat-ed area, was discovered by a single click, and thereafter, it was possible to focus on potential sources of pollution. By further investigating, it was evident that leakage from a silo together with a direct discharge from a personnel carrier with toilets were the cause of pollution.

Generally, Vejle Municipality uses SCALGO Live in both daily environmental cases and during citizen dialogues in relation to uncov-ering the characteristics of different problem

types and the concrete solution options. SCALGO Live supports the assessments which are conducted in the field or based on other assessment tools. In this pollution case, SCALGO Live was a simple and effective supportive tool for locating potential source of pollution.

SCALGO Live helped with

– Locating the topographical watershed in a pollution case

– Being a supportive tool in environmental cases- Supporting the assessments based on other tools and processes

“SCALGO Live is a simple and effective tool. It gives value to both our project handling and our projects in general”

Paul Landsfelt,Engineer Technical & Environment, Vejle Municipality

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The terrain profile toolA terrain analysis with the terrain profile tool gave a quick overview of the slope towards Hastrup lake and gave an estimate of how likely the suggested source of pollution, the silo in the area, was in fact the source of pollution.

Watershed toolSCALGO Live provides an immediate evaluation of the topographical watersheds and potential sources of pollution. Often, drainage and rainwater pipes follow the natural terrain and potential sources of pollution, which leads trough these systems, are likely to be based on these topographical watersheds.

At Hastrup Lake, Vejle Municipality used SCALGO Live to locate potential sources of pollution by using the watershed tool. In combination with the national building layer and an orthophoto, the obvious sources could quickly be appointed within the topographical watershed. Further investigation showed that a nearby farm was the cause of the pollution, and the source of pollution could be stopped. The pollution case was quickly and effectively solved.