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VALIDATING STORMWATER MODEL PREDICTIONS WITH STORMSENSOR

At StormSensor, we designed and priced our data network to allow you to gather the empirical data you need to validate stormwater models. So you can plan, design, and assess stormwater infrastructure more effectively. Deploy a pilot array of the StormSensor system for roughly the cost of just one traditional sensor.

Many stormwater systems and remediation projects are designed and evaluated based on model estimates alone. This can lead to overspending if systems are oversized, costly fixes when (more frequently) systems are undersized, and a lack of real knowledge as to the effectiveness of regional control projects. StormSensor uses a patented combination of networked sensors and cloud-based software to help validate regional stormwater models so you can evaluate your system and make evidenced-based decisions. For this purpose, we suggest a blanket network of sensors across your entire sewershed so you can empirically quantify flows based on actual storm events. All StormSensor data are presented in real-time and easily accessible via our cloud-based software, which means you can monitor your entire system from your computer.  

VALIDATING STORMWATER MODEL PREDICTIONS WITH STORMSENSOR

Deployed Scute™ sensor collecting data as part of an outfall network.

DATA & USABILITY Use Scute™ sensors to monitor water temperature, depth, and velocity within sewer pipes and at outfalls. Scute™ sensors collect readings every 5 minutes, and they send their data wirelessly via the LoRa network to StormSensor’s cloud-based software. Data from the Scute™ sensors are paired with local weather data from weatherbit.io. StormSensor developed proprietary algorithms to transform raw data and keep a running analysis of water flow rates, temperatures, and volumes at each monitoring point.

StormSensor's cloud-based software provides multiple options for you to compare data across monitoring points and across sites or projects. Daily precipitation totals are also included to help assess relative impacts to your system during or following storm events.

StormSensor's networked approach to system monitoring allows you to cost-effectively capture empirical data

throughout your entire stormwater system.

Monitoring at a validation points allows you to confirm outfall conditions and identify discrete impacts due to tidal influences or

other sources of backflow.

You can view all of your data using StormSensor’s cloud-based software.  This can be done in map view, where you can review your entire network of Scutes™ at a glance,  or in site view, where you can dig deeper into the data for a particular Scute™.  You can download all raw and transformed data as a .csv for easy incorporation into other applications, such as models or reports. 

SUGGESTED MONITORING PROGRAM

Example deployment of a blanket network throughout a sewershed focusing on (A) critical junctions, (B) flood-prone regions, (C) current remediation projects, (D) baseflow conditions in regions being assessed for future projects, and (E) outfalls with validation points.

Install a blanket network of Scute™ sensors in stormwater pipes across your entire sewershed including, but not limited to, the following focus areas:

Critical junctions where water draining from specific land-uses, such as road systems or residential neighborhoods, enters the system.

Regions you already know are prone to flooding or other problems in an effort to quantify the impacts and the scale of remediation required.

Current remediation projects. 

Any areas you’d like to assess for future green or grey infrastructure projects.

Each outfall that discharges to surface water. In regions with tidal input or other sources of backflow we suggest placing a second Scute™ upstream of the outfall for validation. These Scutes™ should be upstream of tide gates or control structures, so as not to be influenced by mixed flows.

Set up a Blanket Network

StormSensor suggests installing Scute™ sensors at (1) outfalls, as well as at (2) upstream validation points in order to confirm readings taken at the outfall and to minimize impacts of tidal flux and other sources of backflow on volume calculations.

Let your StormSensor Scute™ sensors run for 1 to 2 months, during which time they'll collect baseline data and allow our algorithms to learn the patterns associated with your sites. StormSensor analytics use these baseline conditions to build notifications that are custom to your system.

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StormSensor's continuous, real-time data capture and analysis applies to many additional applications that can help eliminate duplicated

efforts within your organization, so you can spend less money, better.

StormSensor will deliver real-time data, insights, and notifications. View data using StormSensor’s cloud-based software, or easily download it for incorporation into your current model.  

Data from critical junctions can be used to validate contributions from specific land uses and help assess current system performance in those regions.

Data from known trouble areas can quantify the problem and allow you to make evidence-based decisions regarding system retrofits.

Data from current remediation projects will help determine effectiveness of projects you have already invested in which can aid in planning maintenance and budgeting for future projects.

Data from potential project sites will help you to prioritize where and when to spend precious funds while gathering valuable pre-construction data that can be used to assess the projects once in place.

Data from outfalls will help validate model-generated discharge volumes.

Continuous monitoring means not re-inventing the wheel every time you want to monitor something new. Once your monitoring network is in place, you can use the data and insights generated for much more than validating local models. Quantify storm flows to local waters as you work to comply with TMDLs. Take advantage of StormSensor's powerful analytics to detect potential illicit discharges throughout your system.

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VALIDATE YOUR STORMWATER MODELS

View monitoring points in map view so you can spatially determine how your system is performing. Click on a monitoring point to open a time-series data page.

StormSensor allows you to select the time series you'd like to analyze. Review data on a per-storm, monthly, or annual basis. Track how your system performs over time.

All StormSensor data is easy to download in .csv format so you can incorporate it into other applications, such as stormwater models and regulatory reports.