Warning System Boosts Flood Intelligence for 15 Communities

Casella (UK) has supplied a warning system to Northamptonshire County Council for 15 communities in the County. STORM Guardian is a robust rain gauge, featuring a Tipping Bucket Rain Gauge (TBRG) mechanism made from entirely non-corrosive materials. The gauge can collect rainfall data remotely and mitigate the risk from the increasing incidence of high intensity rainfall and flash flooding.

“We are very excited about the service that the STORM Guardian will bring to us as a Lead Local Flood Authority and for our Northamptonshire community pathfinder project developing flood resilience amongst residents and businesses at risk,” said Ruth Rolls, Flood and Water Project Manager, Northamptonshire County Council. “We are pleased with its performance and particularly happy with the support we’ve received from Casella in the important initial stages of getting the product established.”

STORM Guardian was chosen because of Casella’s experience in producing rain gauges but also because the data logger and all the main components are housed together, making for easy installation.

The first STORM Guardian is located at Yelvertoft Primary School, a community that is at risk of surface water and river flooding and one of the 15 communities that will be invited to work with Northamptonshire County Council on this project. “We’ll take forward the learning from this project and encourage more communities to set up their own localised flood warning system, inspired by our success with STORM Guardian,” Ruth Rolls added.