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Improving safety from the skies: how Damsat is protecting Bristol’s dams

Bristol Water is an early adopter of a new satellite-based safety monitoring system to protect its 15 dams. But how exactly does the Damsat system work, and what can it achieve? Chris Goff, technical director of HR Wallingford, the engineering group behind it, answers UW Innovate’s questions.

22/07/2021

Interviews

Bristol adds satellite technology to monitor dams

Bristol has added satellite monitoring to its dam safety system that continually surveys dams to highlight changes to water levels, pollution, leakage and any movement.

07/07/2021

News

Drax invests in critical system support at Cruachan

Cruachan pumped hydro plant is having a system upgrade to a more efficient turbine control system by the same company that installed its current system more than 30 years ago.

17/08/2020

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