Columbia Weather Systems

CWS president Nader Khoury gave a presentation on weather monitoring to the local chapter of the American Water Works Association hosted at the North Clackamas County Water Commission. With the rise of data-driven decision-making and inter-agency collaboration, weather monitoring is becoming increasingly important across government agencies. The Internet of Things movement is a big drive toward Smart Everything – Smart Phones, Smart Cities, Smart Governments. With the integration/interoperability of city-wide agency systems, “Smart Water” plays a significant role and weather monitoring can be a part of it: • Monitoring for drought/flooding • Stormwater management • Data points and more Weather stations can be a tool to provide information for analysis, to make data available to other agencies, and to the public. Show and tell with the Weather MicroServer.

According to their website, Central Utah Water Conservancy District (CUWCD) is "proud of its role in managing the water in its jurisdiction and using technology, intelligence and hard work to ensure the best possible balance for man and nature.” As part of this management and use of technology, Orion Weather Stations are located at Jordanelle Dam and Utah Lake Pumping Station with three more soon to be delivered. The weather monitoring systems include the Orion all-in-one sensor unit as well as Weather MicroServers with additional tipping bucket rain gauge and solar radiation sensors. Weather data is used for modeling historical data for future planning, operational decisions, and available to the public for recreation planning. CLICK FOR MORE INFORMATION