The estimated investment exceeds 44,000 euros, funded through the European project POCTEP RISC_PLUS

The Miño-Sil Hydrographic Confederation (CHMS) expands its Automatic Hydrological Information System (SAIH) network on the Quiroga River as it passes through the Lugo municipality of Quiroga.

These actions represent an estimated investment of 44,000 euros and are part of the European project POCTEP RISC_PLUS, co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) through the Interreg VI A Spain – Portugal (POCTEP) 2021-2027 program, financed through the European project POCTEP RISC_PLUS.

Currently, the necessary work for its commissioning is being carried out, consisting of civil works, installation of instrumentation to monitor water levels in the riverbed, rainfall, and ambient temperature, as well as the system for acquiring and processing the recorded data from these variables at the new control point. This data will be transmitted every five minutes to the Basin Control Center (CECU), located in Ourense.

The new station expands the number of control points in the CHMS SAIH Network, which currently has 116 stations that collect and transmit real-time data of hydrometeorological variables, such as river flow, volume stored in reservoirs, water levels, precipitation, and temperature, with five-minute updates.

The installation of these advanced control systems will not only optimize real-time monitoring of hydrometeorological conditions, improving knowledge of the hydrographic demarcation, but will also contribute to the protection of the environment and the population and their assets.

Access to accurate and real-time data provided by the SAIH Network allows competent authorities to make better decisions, anticipating through prevention, preparation, and protection, the effects of extreme phenomena such as floods and droughts.