1. Red Butte Creek Storm Drain Sensor Network
Lindsay Minck
Nate Moodie
Adam Olsen
Kristianne Sandoval
December 3, 2013
Hydroinformatics
The University of Utah
Department of
Civil and Environmental Engineering

2. Presentation Outline Purpose of Project Project Site Instrumentation
Sensor Setup and Data Transmission
Data Management
ODM Database
Website
SWMM Model Calibration

3. Purpose of Project
Develop data management plan for storm drain sensors to be installed in Red Butte Creek.
iUtah project being headed by Dasch Houdeshel
Steps:
Sensor setup & automation of data transmission
Data management
SWMM model calibration

4. Project Site Red Butte Creek University of Utah Campus
Four Stormwater Outfalls
One sensor installed in each
Collect data for:
Discharge
Velocity
Level
Initial setup conducted at the University of Utah Hydraulics Lab

5. Instrumentation Sensor Setup
Sensor Hardware and Calibration
Hydraulics Lab flume for setup and calibration
Determine minimum water level for accurate reading
0.05 feet

6. Instrumentation Sensor Setup
Flowlink Software
Sites (4)
Connor Road
Biology Growth Site
Dentistry
Fort Douglas
Data
Database
Graphs for variables
Output csv file

7. Instrumentation Sensor Setup
Data Collection Schedule
Wireless setup and scheduling
Verify wireless data communication
Create sensor “wake-up” schedule
Data download to base computer
Upload to RBC ODM
Archive data files
Run schedule for an extended time period in flume
Verify schedule

8. Data Management ODM Database
Overview
CUAHSI HIS
Hydrologic relational database
Optimized for others
Data retrieval
Analysis
Metadata tracking
Project requirement

9. Bank Location: South side of creek
Data Management
Metadata
Location
GPS Information
Notes
Connor Road
SiteID: ConnorRD
Lat:
Long:
Elevation:
Diameter: 30-inch
Material: Concrete
Bank Location: South side of creek
VariableCode
VariableName
Speciation
VariableUnitsID
SampleMedium
ValueType
IsRegular
TimeSupport
TimeUnitsID
DataType
GeneralCategory
NoDataValue
UOFU01
Gage height
Not Applicable 48
Surface Water
Field Observation
TRUE 1
102
Average
Hydrology
-9999
UOFU02
Velocity
113
UOFU03
Discharge 35

10. Data Management HydroServer Lite Website
Slimmed down version of CUAHSI HydroServer in PHP
Simplifies
Analysis
Data sharing
Same discharge data as ODM
SQL query to create data table

11. Data Management Database Queries Two Uses HydroServer Lite Website
SWMM calibration

12. SWMM Model Calibration
iUtah Project – Use Collected Data to Calibration SWMM model
Created a simplified model to illustrate process

13. SWMM Model Calibration
Specific SWMM element (node, link, or subcatchment)
SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(10), LocalDateTime, 101) AS Day, CONVERT(VARCHAR(8), LocalDateTime, 108) AS Time, DataValue AS Value
From Sites
INNER JOIN DataValues
ON Sites.SiteID = DataValues.SiteID
INNER JOIN Variables
ON DataValues.VariableID = Variables.VariableID
INNER JOIN Units
ON Variables.VariableUnitsID = Units.UnitsID
Where Sites.SiteID = “SiteID” AND Units.UnitsID = 35
ORDER BY Day, Time ASC

14. SWMM Model Calibration
Time Series Graph from Un-calibrated Model
Time Series Graph from Calibrated Model

15. Conclusion
Thank you!
Questions?