Network implementation of environmental monitoring devices in the Ebro Delta

Location

Delta de l'Ebre (Tarragona)

Client

Aguas de las Cuencas Mediterraneas, SA (ACUAMED)

Investment

15,4 M €

Service

Infrastructure Construction Management

Period

Completed (2012)

Building a network of measuring devices to determine the magnitude, extent and frequency of existing problems in the Ebro Delta and the conservation status of ecosystems. Implantation of permanent monitoring stations, automatic and manual, in addition to a sample analysis laboratory. The network consists of:
  • 15 SAICA stations
  • 41 flow measurement points
  • 7 sediment measurement stations
  • 6 deep piezometers
  • 56 points to measure subsidence in the Delta
  • 8 points to measure coastal hydrodynamics
  • 2 tidal gauges