With increased urbanisation, stormwater run-off has become an increasingly important problem. Stormwater pollution, protection and mitigation can only be effective if the stormwater flows themselves are monitored and quantified, not only for pollutants but also volumetrically.
Typically, stormwater is conveyed through open channels and partially full pipes. The MACE FloPro is ideally suited to measure these flows. The often turbulent flows with high levels of suspended solids are perfect for MACE Doppler ultrasonic flow measurement. Combined with a downward looking ultrasonic depth sensor, storm flows up to 10 m/s (33ft/s) can be accurately measured.
Moreover, with the Input/Output capabilities of the FloPro stormwater quality parameters can be measured (using 3rd party sensors for DO, pH turbidity etc), and volumetrically sampled by driving a water sampler.