The Environment Agency is using new high tech cameras to monitor flood risks in Staffordshire, Derbyshire and Leicestershire.
The new camera system, which is entirely solar powered, will monitor three watercourses across the counties to help make sure that local residents are alerted if their properties are at risk of flooding.
Residents signed up to the Environment Agency’s flood warning service will receive an automated call, and those who follow the camera via twitter will receive alerts and photos when the water levels rise significantly.
Speaking about the new camera system, Environment Agency Project Manager, Jamie Sarginson said:
“There’s a history of severe flooding in places such as Scropton and Aston Chase, and more recently in Rugeley when several properties and businesses flooded. Since then the Environment Agency has been working closely with partners and communities to investigate ways to make them more flood resilient – and these new cameras go a long way to achieving that goal.”
The cameras have a high water sensor which will enable the Agency to alert residents as river levels rise. If the correct settings are added to the individuals’ twitter account, they will be able to hear an alert when images or alarms are tweeted from the camera’s twitter account.
The community can also view the cameras via Vision Link - the company that created the cameras. The pages are automatically updated when new images/ alarms are received. Under this tab there is also guidance on how to set up a twitter account, follow the cameras and receive alerts.
The camera sends images approximately every 4 hours during daylight hours but more images can be requested by Environment Agency staff via the Vision Link mobile site as and when needed allowing the Agency to closely monitor the sites during an incident.
Click here for more information on the Environment Agency’s major three-day conference and exhibition Flood and Coast 2016 which takes place from 23rd to 25th February 2016 in Telford. Registration is now open.
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