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Case 01 // Hydrology
East Kazakhstan Situation Centre

Automated flood situation monitoring

A network of automatic hydrological posts and a GIS module of the information system: continuous telemetry, a risk map, a short-term forecast and oversight of flood-prevention measures.

  • Flood monitoring
  • Automatic hydro posts
  • Forecasting
“Flood situation” screen: list of hydrological posts and a map of the East Kazakhstan region
Akimat of the East Kazakhstan Region
Supported by
Protocol instruction No. 1/10 of 29.01.2025
Basis
IS “East Kazakhstan Situation Centre”, GIS module
Platform
August 2026
Date
01 — Background and pain points

Flood data is collected by hand — decisions are made too late

  • 01

    Manual data collection

    Reports are compiled by hand; the information goes stale before it reaches the decision-maker.

  • 02

    No real-time monitoring

    Without automation the situation cannot be seen in real time — only on request.

  • 03

    No forecast

    Forecasting relies only on monthly Kazhydromet forecasts; there is no local short-term forecast.

Map with an automatic station and a camera feed on the Belaya river
Ufa case (Belaya river): an automatic station with a video camera and level dynamics. Studied on site and taken as the reference.
How the solution was chosen
  1. 01

    Akim, emergency department and the West Kazakhstan experience

    We aligned the task with the region’s existing business processes, studied 3 operating hydrological posts in West Kazakhstan and selected a more cost-effective technical solution.

    → solution choice
  2. 02

    Site visit to Bashkortostan

    We saw a working flood monitoring system in the field.

    → regional experience
  3. 03

    Agreement with Kazhydromet

    Sensor set and installation points were agreed so the data is comparable with the state observation network.

02 — Solution

An autonomous post that measures the situation continuously

Automatic hydro post cabinet: controller, batteries and wiringHydro post on a mast with solar panelsWater level sensor above the river

  • Water level and flow velocity

    3
    parameters

    Level, velocity, discharge.

  • Weather station

    14
    parameters

    Air temperature, humidity, pressure, wind speed and direction, precipitation intensity, PM2.5 / PM10.

  • Structural integrity and position

    12
    parameters

    Accelerometer and gyroscope, cabinet position, acceleration counters across 8 thresholds.

  • Power and autonomy

    24
    parameters

    Batteries, charge and discharge, load, solar panels, daily figures and counters.

  • Service telemetry

    8
    parameters

    GPS (satellites, coordinates, altitude, speed), controller and cabinet temperature, surface temperature.

61 telemetry parameters from every post in total — continuously, with no human involved.

  • Starlink + GPRS
  • solar panel + battery
  • video surveillance
  • GLONASS/GPS
  • 26 posts to install
  • sites — Kazhydromet posts
03 — How it works and what it delivers

From sensor to management decision

Automatic hydro post
Environment
Post sensors (many)
Post controller
Our system
IS “East Kazakhstan Situation Centre”

Receives and stores data from all posts and shows the situation on the map and in charts.

Forecast model

Short-term water level forecast; historical series + climate and soil parameters.

↳ when thresholds are exceeded→Alerts→TelegramRAC
Consumer
User
data refresh on the map
Every minute
observation points on the regional map
79
automatic posts to be installed
26
parameters from each post
64

  • Single situation map

    Water level, discharge, ice conditions and criticality for every post; switching between automatic and manual data; settlements in the flood zone.

  • Charts and analytics

    Indicator dynamics, trends, tabular data, water travel time.

  • Forecast and alerts

    Short-term water level forecast, automatic alerts along notification routes.

  • Measures oversight

    Tracking of flood-prevention works, evacuation points, regional readiness for the flood season.

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