Development and Installation of a System of Urban Flood Monitoring Stations

In Metro Manila, Philippines (+ Sensor Networks for Agricultural Applications)

Alvin E. Retamar, ASTI-DOSTAugust 13, 2014

Outline

About ASTI-DOST State of Sensor Deployments General System Diagram Visualization The arQ The Urban Flood Monitoring System Project

Project Background Station Anatomy System Diagram Information Delivery

Sensor Networks for Agricultural Applications Project Background Station Anatomy System Diagram Information Delivery

About ASTI-DOST

ASTI-DOST = Advanced Science and Technology Institute – Department of Science and Technology

An R&D agency on Electronics and ICT

Projects related to Sensor Networks

Hydromets Tsunami Warning System

AWS DEWS (new)

Floodmons/Fieldmons Agromets

Metbuoy Urban Flood

State of Sensor Deployment

Hydromets (ARG + WLMS)

1180Tsunami Warning System(Detection and Warning)

30

AWS 86 DEWS (new)

FMons 8Agromets (+upgraded AWS)

149

Metbuoy 2 Urban Flood 2

*Started: 2011; Total as of August 5, 2014: 1457 remote monitoring stations

State of Sensor Deployment

General System Diagram

General System Diagram

Visualization

Visualization

The ArQ

ArQ = Advanced Remote Data Acquisition Unit

Wholly designed and developed by ASTI

The “brain” of ASTI's environmental monitoring stations

Trivia: called ArQ because the Ph Government's flagship disaster mitigation project is called NOAH. To create a connection, the datalogger was called ArQ => NOAH + ArQ = Noah 's Ark (biblical story about the great flood)

The ArQ

The ArQ

The Urban Flood Project ● Metro Manila, of special interest because it is a primary business

and residential center, perennially suffers from flooding during rainy seasons

● To date, MMDA identified 183 flood-prone streets in metro manila

● This project aims to provide information for motorists, decision makers, researchers, relevant-government agencies, and the general public about the state of flooding in the streets of metro manila

● By providing timely information, there is timely issuance of warning, better planning, fact-based decision making, and lessen people(complaints) and vehicles stuck in traffic, even lessen damage to property (people will not risk driving vehicle into deep flood)

● Information can be disseminated through LED displays(mmda existing plus project installed displays) located in strategic areas, mobile apps, websites (mmda [existing] or thr project's site), and social media (mmda twitter/ FB account)

● Flood information can be used to evaluate flood control activities/ projects

● The data sets can also be provided for research and academic discourses

Urban Flood Project - Station

Urban Flood Project - Station

Urban Flood Project - System Diagram

Urban Flood Project-Info Delivery

Urban Flood Project-Info Delivery

Urban Flood Project-Info Delivery

Urban Flood Project-Info Delivery

Street LED Displays for warning and information(sample photo from: isodaq.co.uk)

Urban Flood Project-Info Delivery

Existing Web Interfaces of MMDA (found at bottom of traffic navigator)Source: http://mmdatraffic.interaksyon.com/system-view.php

Urban Flood Project-Info Delivery

Existing Social Media Interfaces of MMDA (found at bottom of traffic navigator)Source: http://mmdatraffic.interaksyon.com/system-view.php

Sensor Networks for Agricultural Applications

● Project Objective: develop historical datasets for analysis in relation to climate change and early warning with special focus on the agricultural sector

● How: Establish a network of Agromet stations throughout the Philippines

● How Many: installed 100/100 agromet stations and converted 49/53 existing AWS

● Fund Source: USAID Funded-project in collaboration with DA-Bureau of Soils and Water Management (Main Proponent)

Sensor Networks for Agricultural Applications

Sensor Networks for Agricultural Applications

Sensor Networks for Agricultural Applications

Sensor Networks for Agricultural Applications

Thank You

The ArQ

The ArQ