PA Consulting Firm Installs Real-Time Stream Gaging Network
Stream gauge station
The systems will be used to describe the flow rates of nearby streams flowing through proposed mining site(s). Following the Surface Mining Control Reclamation Act (SMCRA) of 1977, regulations require that stream flow conditions are monitored prior to and during mining operations.
Engineers at the consulting firm evaluated comparable instruments and systems, ultimately deciding on NexSens 3100-iSIC cellular data logging systems with OTT Compact Bubbler Sensors (CBS).
Both the 3100-iSIC Cellular Data Logger and the CBS Bubbler were installed within a locking 24" x 16" x 8" Stainless Steel enclosure to house the expensive electrical components address vandalism concerns in the remote areas.
Additionally, the OTT CBS bubbler system uses inexpensive bubble tubing and a bubble pot chamber for measuring changes in water level as an alternative to mounting expensive sensing electronics in the stream.
At user-defined intervals throughout the day, each of the six cellular data loggers collect water level data from the CBS bubbler, sending it to the project manager's office computer. All data is then automatically sent to the password-protected WQData project datacenter for further data analysis on any standard web browser.
Coal mining can have a number of impacts on the surrounding environment, and it is therefore one of the most extensively regulated industries in the United States.
For more information on the latest in environmental data logging and software technology, contact Paul Nieberding at 937.426.2703.
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