Blue Heart Telemetry Installation

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Following on from initial pilots for East Sussex County Council's (ESCC) Blue Heart project (funded through the Environment Agency's (EA) Flood and Coastal Resilience Innovation Programme (FCRIP)), real-time monitoring of water levels is required across the Blue Heart study area in Eastbourne and southern Wealden for a minimum period of 36 months. After 12 months, the project team will review the success of the location, operation and data of the telemetry devices and determine if there is a need to extend monitoring, relocate or remove the devices. The wider Blue Heart project spans six years (21/22 - 27/28) and aims to deploy new sensing technologies to better understanding water levels and inform a flood warning system. To manage flood risk, we first need to understand how water flows (or doesn't) through the catchment area. To do this, a dynamic approach is needed which taps into new technologies. The installed telemetry will inform a future integrated hydraulic model which can: • Run multiple scenarios as well as the live 'do nothing' case simultaneously. It will run in response to observed data to calculate the best scenario which has minimal impact on infrastructure and communities. • Automate warnings and alerts to provide information about current and upcoming events so that proper precautions can be taken by the relevant authorities. • Provide timely and detailed reports of asset failures using smart telemetry. Any changes captured in the observed field data will cascade automatically into the live modelling environment and asset management teams will be alerted of any issues. • Be hosted on a web-based platform for risk management authorities to allow for better partnership working and act as decision-making tool for policy makers. • Be made available to residents and communities through a public facing platform where they can view telemetry information, learn about the catchment, and receive flood warnings and alerts. Applications to tender and further information can be found on http://www.sesharedservices.org.uk/esourcing

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