San Jose Water and Traiden Global Solutions are soliciting the interest of Water Districts and other interested parties in a program to map our storage and distribution systems, to include dams and transmission systems, with the goal to have the ability to detect system failure following an earthquake quickly and accurately.
The unpredictable nature of earthquakes and the potential damage created on our dams and water transmission systems has always been a challenge for water districts. Rapidly assessing the situation and providing real time diagnostics is key to emergency response and rapid recovery. Using proven defense department systems, it is now possible to assess multiple resources in the length of time it would take to travel to just one dam.
Using the radar systems such as lidar or vidar, or a combination of high-level photography along with the radar could reveal deformation in dams or significant problems in water transmission. In military use, these systems can detect the smallest of movement across a terrain revealing anything g from a IED buried to a footprint.
We have put together a Scope of Work that we would like to share with you and invite your company to participate in a test of this system. We are proposing a three-part process to include the following:
Scope of Work
Phase I: Conduct a Needs Assessment
- Determine the public and private agencies to be included in the organization of the project including those who are part of the planning and those who will receive results.
- Determine the primary system components to be used in the test.
- Establish the criteria for analysis during the initial baseline flight and secondary simulation flight.
- Develop method for electronic transmission of data capture.
- Establish systems to be used (Radar with High Resolution Photography recommended)
- Plan and organize a simulation at a selected asset location to resemble the effects of a disaster on the dam. For example: Following the initial assessment, simulate a deformation of the dam along a pre-determined section to represent change following a seismic event.
- Establish the Command Center for Project Operations and coordinate all participant roles and responsibilities. This includes the selection of equipment to be used during the test.
- Develop a Project Calendar for meetings and flight schedules
Phase II: Conduct Proof of Concept Test
- Conduct training on the systems to be used in the Command Center and during flight operations.
- Conduct Aerial Analysis of the assets determined in the Needs Assessment. This initial flight will establish the baseline information of the assets.
- Conduct a second Aerial Analysis based on the simulated event to determine if the equipment used is capable of detecting significant change to the structure and surrounding landscape and provide useful information to the command staff.
Phase III: Finalize Proof of Concept
- Through Group Analysis determine if the equipment, systems and method of obtaining information demonstrates the effectiveness of Aerial Surveillance as a method of detecting the integrity of critical infrastructure components of the water distribution systems in California.
- Prepare a presentation to all public and private groups associated with or responsible for the safety of California Water Systems.
Phase IV: Establish System Operations
During this final phase, we will work with both public and private groups to establish a partnership where we will work together to accomplish the following:
Business
- Development and implementation of appropriate MOU’s and agreements
- Develop and implement the appropriate plans to operationalize this technology into a pre/post
Dam Assessment Program Operations
- Establish key partnership agreements
- Pre-event flight and documentation for all partner assets
- Pre and post-event plans for various seismic scenarios
- Pre-established mission assignments
- Regular exercise schedule for all partners