WSP06485

• File Number: 5000.125
• Description: Flood Protection Section - Pikes Peak Early Flood Warning System
• State: CO
• Basin: Arkansas
• Water Division: 2
• Date: 2/13/1987
• Author: HANDAR Inc
• Title: Proposal for an Automated Flood Warning System for the Pikes Peak Region - Colorado Springs-Colorado - HANDAR Inc
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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can b( plott(d V(t'UI tim( and will updat( it.(lf a. th( .(n.or Vllu(
changu. A vuy u.eful uampl( i. a plot of watn hv(I, or luum flow
ut( wi th time. Thil guph, .hown in Figur( 14 .how. a typical hydroguph
of a riling riv(r l(v(1 in current tim(. It i. po..ibl(, a. th( plot
r(ach(1 th( (nd of th( grlph, to Icroll th( X azil, or tim(, di.play to
k((p th( plot on .cr((n. Aglin, graph. of thil tyP( can b( Itor(d and in-
Itantly call(d up by nmn( u.ing th( MACAO f(atu[(.

Uling th( 547B Bal( Station all Iraph. can b( plott(d in color. up to
16 diff(rent colorl may b( u.(d for th( Iraph it.(lf plul titl(. and
bordn I.

Ah_ ManaCGIldlt

Th( Enbanc(d Alut SoftwU( aho provid(1 a vuutil( alarm managaDent
.yst(m. Each unlor can b( auiln(d alarm limits in th( .0ftwU( luch that
when th( limits au ucud(d a ton( will 10Und and I muug( will b(
dilplay(d on w( err or printn. Th( alarm al.o function. automatically
wh(n th( r(mot( .tation batt(ry voltag( falll b(low a pr(d(t(rmin(d valu(
to warn of baUny di schar8(.

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Alum limits can b( .u for a muimum or minimum valU( and pOlitiv(
and n(gativ( r.t(. of chang( of a I(n.or, including thre.bhold limitl that
must be (zc(ed(d in addition to the ut( of change limit. Por uamp1c,
rainfall or riv(r lev(1 rat(1 of incr(a.e m.y be .(t, a. w(11 a. muimum
wat(r l(v(II, that will caUI( an alarm at the ba.e .tation when any of
th(le limit. ate (zce(ded. In addition all alannl ar( logl(d into a fil(
'0 that th(y IIIIY b( laur di.play(d and analyud. AD. eumple of the alarm
108 fih is Ibown in Pigur( 15.

Data hchiYinl

All data coll(ct(d will be ator(d in file. de.ianat(d by the u.et.
Pile nmn(1 id(otify th( data for particular lenlorl, aroupl of .eo.orl,
rime interval., (tc. If for any r(alon file data n((dl to be chanaed, a
data editor allow. manual d(l(tinl, chanlinl, or inlertion of data into the
file. Data can then be retri(v(d from theae f11(1 and dilpla,ed in either
tezt or Iraphical data.

Stre_ Pl_ Ratina auyc.

Each IUeam flow .enlor in the nuwork ma, han a uting table defined
for it. Thil uble allow. a .tream flow .,alue to be ddin(d for uch warn
le.,el Vllu( at a .(n'or .ite. A conatant ahift factor can be applied to
th( ratinl table if requir(d for recalibration. Strcmn flow .,alu(a in CfS
can then be di.played in tut form, or graphically, II .hOWD in Piauu
16(a) and 16(b), re.pectively.

S'lt~COnfi8uratiOD

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Remote Itltion. mu.t be aligned unique len.or identification codel and
.ensor tYP(I. Initial value. and conver.ion factor. mu.t al.o be a..igned.
Station. may nc(d to be changed, added, or deleted. Information of thia
type i. handled by the configuration, or databa.e manal~ent function of
the .oftwue. The procesa il .implifi(d by the use of prompu, or menu-

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