PA Consulting Firm Installs Real-Time Stream Gaging Network
Dayton, OH, September 21, 2007 - A Pennsylvania engineering and environmental consulting firm recently contacted NexSens Technology for assistance in designing and implementing a real-time stream gauging network at six stream site locations in western Pennsylvania.
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 or visit www.nexsens.com.
About NexSens Technology - Recognizing the need for real-time environmental data, NexSens Technology, Inc was started in 1999 and is quickly becoming the preferred supplier for environmental researchers. The company's unique focus on water quality and weather sensors gives researchers valuable system features and capabilities not found in generic data logging equipment.
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