Strengthening and updating systems supporting the strategic civil protection network

The intervention includes the following actions

1. replacement of the electronic part (sensors, power supply, datalogger, modem) of 75 existing hydrometric stations with maintenance of the mechanical parts, with data transmission via GPRS;
2. expansion of the existing hydrometric network with 26 new stations to complete the network, located on the provincial water network in order to make it more uniformly monitored;
3. doubling of 21 existing hydrometric stations;
4. use of a dual transmission channel (UHF radio connected to the Tetra backbone as well as GPRS) for 67 hydrometric stations identified on the basis of their importance for monitoring flood events in the flood hall;
5. expansion of the meteorological network (from 111 to 119 stations) through the transfer of 8 stations monitoring meteorological-climatic parameters previously belonging to the hydrometric network
6. replacement of dataloggers and modems for data transmission via GPRS for all stations in the meteorological network and rain gauges for the 8 extension stations;
7. installation of 22 new phreatimetric monitoring stations for measuring groundwater levels;
8. configuration of the control centre for data from the stations of the hydro/weather/geological network and transfer of the history recorded on the existing database to a new database.

Updating and expanding the hydro-meteorological monitoring network, both through the technological upgrading of the instrumentation and through the use of open systems, allowing for a capillary diffusion of the stations and thus to obtain a broader and more exhaustive information picture of meteorological and flooding phenomena, in order to foresee them, manage them adequately and implement territorial resilience measures.

The way in which the data measured by the various sensors is recorded and transmitted will be more efficient, just as the new control centre will contribute to increasing the timeliness and efficiency of the entire system.

The upgrade and update of the hydro-meteorological network is also functional to the water body monitoring needs expressed by the Mountain Basin Service, the Geological Service, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Water Resources and Energy Agency and the Department of Local Authorities, Agriculture, Environment and Cooperation.

The data collected by the new control centre can also be made available to the National Civil Protection's detection system automatically through appropriate computer protocols.

The project is co-financed 40% by the European Union - European Regional Development Fund, 42% by the Italian State - National Revolving Fund and the remaining 18% by the Autonomous Province of Trento.