Government
River and rainfall networks, flood warning, air quality and environmental compliance. Instrumenta reviews these networks, and delivers new or changed ones through monitoring system delivery.
Sources of monitoring requirements
| Source | Requirement | Service |
|---|---|---|
| Flood warning arrangements | What it asks forThe national total flood warning system arrangements, and the state reviews of gauge networks after floods, set what a council or agency network must do. | ServiceMonitoring system review |
| Ambient air quality standards | What it asks forThe national air quality measure and the Australian standard methods set how air is monitored and reported, and when the public is told. | ServiceMonitoring system review |
| Licence compliance monitoring | What it asks forRegulators rely on licence holders' monitoring, and on their own networks, to decide whether conditions are met. | ServiceMonitoring system review |
| A review after an event | What it asks forAn inquiry or an inspector-general review after a flood or an air quality event asks whether the monitoring met its purpose. | ServiceMonitoring system review |
River and rainfall networks
| Monitors | Water level, flow and rainfall at gauges across a region. |
| Decisions | When to warn, when to close roads, and how to allocate water. |
SAFER stages
| SenseSecure | Each gauge is rated and verified, with its purpose and its owner recorded, and designed to keep working in a flood. |
| AssessAccessible | Levels are shown against the flood classes, to the warning officer and the public. |
| ForecastFunctional | Rainfall and the catchment models say when each gauge will reach each class. |
| ExplainEfficient | Each level is stated as what it means for the town downstream. |
| RespondReliable | A named officer issues the warning within the time the plan allows, and the record shows it. |
Air quality networks
| Monitors | Particulates, ozone, nitrogen dioxide and the pollutants in the standard. |
| Decisions | When to issue a health advisory, and whether a licence holder is compliant. |
SAFER stages
| SenseSecure | Analysers are calibrated to the standard, with every change recorded. |
| AssessAccessible | Concentrations are shown against the standard and the health categories, to the public and the regulator. |
| ForecastFunctional | The weather and the smoke forecast say when a category will be reached. |
| ExplainEfficient | Each result is stated as what it means for people with asthma, not as a concentration. |
| RespondReliable | A named officer issues the advisory, and the record shows when and to whom. |
Compliance monitoring of licensed sites
| Monitors | Discharge, groundwater, dust and noise at licensed operations. |
| Decisions | Whether a licence condition is met, and what to do when it is not. |
SAFER stages
| SenseSecure | The licence states what is measured, where, how and with what accuracy, and the instruments are verified against it. |
| AssessAccessible | Results reach the regulator with their context: units, time, the limit and the method. |
| ForecastFunctional | The trend says which sites will approach a limit this season. |
| ExplainEfficient | Each result is stated as what it means for the receiving environment. |
| RespondReliable | A breach leads to a named action, within a stated time, and the action is recorded. |
InstraData
One InstraData installation supports these monitoring systems. It takes readings from any field device, new or in place, and runs on the organisation's servers or in the cloud. About InstraData