Municipality of Rio Tercero

A For the A-Class subproject financed by the Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo TECMES undertook the provision, installation and getting into operation of an environmental warning network in the city of Río Tercero in Córdoba.

Among others, the object of this network, the relevance of which is fundamental to the aforesaid city, is the permanent air and water quality monitoring as a way of warning the people against the possibility of environmental accidents, caused by industries located on the outskirts of the city.

The network basically comprises a central station and 6 remote stations.

Each remote station consists of:

3 air monitoring stations with sensors of:

Carbon monoxide
Sulphur dioxide
Chlorine
Nitrogen oxides
Ammonium
Hydrogen chloride
An air monitoring and meteorological station with sensors of:

Carbon monoxide
Sulphur dioxide
Chlorine
Nitrogen oxides
Ammonium
Hydrogen chloride
Wind velocity
Relative humidity
Temperature
Solar radiation
Precipitation
Atmospheric pressure
2 water quality measuring stations with sensors of:

Level by pressure
Conductivity
pH
Temperature
An automatic water sampler commanded from the central station