Glasgow City Council is launching a $22m ( $22m ) “smart canal” scheme to use sensors and weather predictive software along part of the Forth and Clyde canal to manage the city’s surface water drainage. When wet weather is predicted, the scheme will lower the canal’s level and enable water to be directed into it from commercial and residential areas. According to Glasgow City Council, this will provide warning ahead of imminent wet weather, meaning water can be moved away from residential and business areas accordingly, and into parts of the canal where water levels have been pre-emptively lowered by up to 10cm. The North Glasgow Integrated Water Management System is being jointly organised by the city’s council, Glasgow and Scottish Water. The council said it wanted to use the scheme to develop a 110-hectare area of the city including building 3,000 new homes.
Glasgow City Council is launching a $22m ( $22m ) “smart canal” scheme to use sensors and weather predictive software along part of the Forth and Clyde canal to manage the city’s surface water drainage. When wet weather is predicted, the scheme will lower the canal’s level and enable water to be directed into it from commercial and residential areas. The North Glasgow Integrated Water Management System is being jointly organised by the city’s council, Glasgow and Scottish Water. The council said it wanted to use the scheme to develop a 110-hectare area of the city including building 3,000 new homes.