Dam Monitoring

Unified data, smarter decisions: Holistic, risk-based insights for total dam safety.

Overcoming Data Silos & Uncertainty 

One of the biggest challenges for dam operators is managing the condition of aging assets in an increasingly extreme and unpredictable climate. Information is often siloed across folders, spreadsheets, and disparate systems. Many dams are also located in densely built-up areas or remote, hard-to-reach locations, adding to the complexity. The risk is only growing, so you need a better system to mitigate what could be around the corner. 

    Smarter Insights, Stronger Risk Management 

    Trusted by dam operators worldwide, Rezatec’s Dam Monitoring enhances your existing monitoring with deeper insights. This scalable solution saves time by streamlining data analysis, providing historical and ongoing movement and seepage data at the cost of just one or two sensors. Free up your engineers for critical tasks while our platform helps you manage and maximize your data. 

    All Your Data, One Actionable View

    For all dams a single dam record is invaluable to ensure your team can easily access past reports, quickly pull information on your dam and make and share notes with those on the ground. Easily compare all your datasets across different parts of the dam, or different periods of time for the same area in one chart and add notes for your team. 

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    Satellite Data for Full Dam Coverage 

    For high-hazard dams, Rezatec’s solution enhances your existing monitoring  with ground movement and seepage insights from satellite-based InSAR and multispectral analysis. This helps detect possible issues early. It also simplifies updating Emergency Action Plans by assessing downstream impacts, ensuring a comprehensive approach to dam safety.  

    Risk-Focused Compliance & Monitoring 

    Rezatec’s Dam Monitoring helps you manage risk effectively based on your dam’s hazard rating. Our platform digitizes failure mode assessments, integrates them with your monitoring program, and streamlines Emergency Action Plan updates by evaluating downstream impacts—ensuring a proactive and comprehensive approach to dam management. 

    Key Advantages of Our Solution

    Comprehensive Dam Monitoring

    Trusted by dam operators worldwide, Rezatec’s Dam Monitoring enhances your existing monitoring with deeper insights. This scalable solution saves time by streamlining data analysis, providing historical and ongoing movement and seepage data at the cost of just one or two sensors. Free up your engineers for critical tasks while our platform helps you manage and maximize your data. 

    Risk-Focused Compliance

    Aligns monitoring practices with regulatory standards, enhancing dam condition monitoring and streamlining Emergency Action Plan updates. 

    Proactive Detection

    Enables early detection of potential issues, allowing for timely interventions and reducing the risk of dam failure.

    Cost Efficiency

    Delivers high-quality insights at a fraction of the cost of traditional monitoring methods, optimizing resource allocation.

    Integrated Satellite and Ground Data

    Our solution combines satellite imagery with ground-based data to provide a holistic view of dam health, ensuring no detail is overlooked.

    Enhanced Data Visibility

    Centralizes all dam-related data into one accessible platform, improving decision-making and collaboration.

    Scalable Solutions

    Our platform grows with your needs, accommodating expanding infrastructure and increasing data volumes seamlessly.

    Trusted Globally for Dam Management

    “Rezatec’s Analytics platform gives us more information about the dam than we would otherwise have access to, that helps us build the investment story for decision makers. Our recommendations are based on fact and objective data, which bolsters the case for them.”

    Jeanne Finger, Chief Dam Safety Engineer, City of Spokane

    “The more information we have the better it helps us prepare and plan for when we actually do need to spend that money for any necessary repairs and improvements. The data provided by Rezatec will allow us to cost-effectively monitor our dams.” 

    Billy Cothran, Chief Executive Officer, SJWD

    “Rezatec are continuously improving the Dam Monitoring solution and I’m impressed with these latest enhancements which are driving us in the way we use data and what to focus on. At Hunter Water we are confident we are doing everything in our power to exceed regulatory requirements and safeguard our dams and the surrounding population.”

    Dan Turnbull, Dam Safety Engineer, Hunter Water

    Rezatec Geospatial Platform

    Quick to sign up, and easy to add your data, our platform gives you 24/7 secure access to your data from anywhere. The platform features advanced visualisations that allow you to map, analyse, and interpret your insights with ease. Powerful interactive tools enable you to explore, filter, and interrogate your data, helping you make informed decisions with greater accuracy and confidence. 

    • Manage files and data 
    • Notify and message your colleagues 
    • Compare data geospatially and in normalised charts
    • Integrate seismic, weather and wild-fire alerts 
    • And more… 

    Satellite-based insights

    Analyse historical events with retrospective data, or use that past data to give you a benchmark for identifying future events ahead of time. Our dam-specific earth observation methods analyse satellite data to provide consistent, regular, remote data accessible from your desk.

    MovementUsing InSAR, Rezatec’s Dam Monitoring provides ground motion analysis across your entire dam retrospectively, with monthly updates to keep you informed of changes. The solution uses data analysis to identify potential issues where patterns are outside the seasonal norm or trend in data. As the radar wave is short, the changes detected are at a millimetric level, helping you identify issues that may not yet be visible to the eye. 

      Seepage Multispectral data from satellite can identify the moisture and vigor or greenness of the ground. Data analysis of historical changes in both these indices means you can identify potential seepage where there are readings outside the seasonal norm, or an increase in trend. It may pick up something new not visible to the eye or it may provide data on an area you already know allowing you to measure it. 

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