map16 Asset Management have started working with The London Borough of Redbridge to supply them with their Smart IoT Gully Sensor system.
map16 have created an IoT gully sensor that combines IoT with innovative and resilient sensor technology that can be used to predict and monitor the impacts of moderate to severe weather events. Using 4G technology to communicate, gully sensors have the ability to work together to provide users with a live feed of key gully levels, lid opening and grid obstructions such as parked cars and leaf cover. The data then feeds into the map16 SaaS IoT platform and creates predictive analytics, risk forecasting and weather event modelling, complied into a fully integrated data-centric dashboard.
The London Borough of Redbridge has identified flooding hotspots within the area and will now use the technology to detect early signs of flooding and start predicting a gully’s behaviour by linking the data to predicted rainfall within the area.
Dhiresh Bhatt, Head of Highways at the London Borough of Redbridge said “Parts of the London Borough of Redbridge alongside many other boroughs were flooded in July 2021, which prompted us to investigate how technology can help us ensure our infrastructure is working as it should. We want to install gully sensors to better understand our infrastructure in our flooding hotspots and the effect of our cyclical cleaning regime has with a view to adjusting that programme if required and becoming more proactive in our asset maintenance.”
