Green light to the implementation of the new Hydrological and UHF Communication Network in Serbia

In 2014, Serbia suffered a massive flood (please find a video of the affected territories at this link), which led to the implementation of the Serbia National Disaster Risk Management Program aimed at increasing resilience and preparation to floods; a critical part of this program is the strengthening of the remote hydrometric network. After winning the tender, in July 2019, CAE signed the contract for the implementation of the new hydrological monitoring network with redundant data transmission: mobile and UHF transmission.

Funding and management of the program are the result of the collaboration between the Serbian Government, the European Commission and the World Bank. The contracting authority was the Directorate for Water, of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management, while the beneficiary is the Republic Hydrometeorological Service of Serbia (RHMSS).

The supply is an essential component of the new Early Warning system, based on open technologies and established reference standards, and is designed to be the most effective way to accomplish and modernize the Hydrological System for Republic Hydrometerological Service of Serbia.

The UHF transmission system together with mobile communication guarantees the highest reliability and minimum loss of data, especially during emergency, as well as easy operation, possibility of system query according to needs and extremely low operating costs.

The system to be provided will be a modular, flexible and multipurpose instrument; the technology allows the integration of various future monitoring requirements. This solution ensures an optimum monitoring of the meteorological phenomena of the territory and a rapid and efficient spreading of alerts aimed at reducing environmental risks, for civil defence and human safety purposes.

The project includes all elements necessary to guarantee the achievement of the highest targets, in terms of full operation of the system, “robustness” of equipment, durability and accuracy of data and includes:

• supply and installation of 65 hydrological monitoring stations equipped with different kind of water level sensors (radar, pressure, bubble,…);
• supply and installation of the UHF radio communication network consisting of 1 radio base station and 4 repeaters;
• design and implementation of the Control Centre, including all software for network management and data visualization;
• integration of the data acquired from already existing equipment with those generated by the new technologies in a single database, in order to make them jointly available for consultation and use;
• full and continued staff training;
• guaranteed technical assistance to cover all possible occurrences.

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