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Water Conservancy and Dam Monitoring Cases

For dam bodies, embankments, reservoirs and hydropower sites, the monitoring focus moves from a single point to deep profiles, seepage pressure, stress-strain and reservoir-area geohazards.

ULTRA-DEEP INCLINOMETER · PIEZOMETER · GNSS · CLOUD

180 m

Field Deep-Bore Record

Baihetan ZK14 used a customized 180 m SCIS1030S field setup.

0.5 m

Reading Interval

The deep-bore dataset used 0.5 m depth spacing.

270

Depth Readings

Four rounds of data were collected with 270 depth readings per round.

300 m

Class Capability

Water conservancy scenarios require 300 m-class ultra-deep borehole planning.

Case scope

What SoilCreate Monitors On Site

Dam monitoring requires instruments that survive long service life and deep installation. Sliding systems are used for high-precision campaign measurement in ultra-deep boreholes; in-place inclinometers and VW sensors are suitable for embedded long-term monitoring; piezometers track uplift pressure and seepage; GNSS and weather data cover the dam crest, reservoir slopes and broader environmental context.

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Ultra-deep borehole execution
Cable length, probe wear, power and spare parts are planned together for boreholes far beyond routine pit depths.
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Seepage and deformation in one view
Piezometer, VW and inclinometer data explain whether deformation is related to water pressure or structural stress.
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Reservoir-area warning
GNSS, rainfall and slope sensors extend dam safety monitoring from the dam body to surrounding geohazards.

Data chain

Monitoring Chain Used On Site

Delivered projects are organized from monitoring targets to data quality, alarm rules and reporting outputs.

Dam body → Deep borehole → Piezometer → GNSS / weather → Safety assessment

Representative projects

Delivered Monitoring Cases

These cases focus on monitoring targets, sensor combinations and the data logic used after delivery.

Hydropower Benchmark

Baihetan Hydropower Station

The Dawanzi section ZK14 borehole used a customized 180 m single-axis SCIS1030S in October 2022. Four measurement rounds at 0.5 m spacing produced 270 depth readings per round, validating the field boundary of the deep-bore workflow.

Water Diversion

South-to-North Water Diversion

SoilCreate has served water-diversion monitoring work, providing deformation, seepage and structural-health data for long-term operation-period safety assessment.

Implementation checklist

Delivery Checks Behind Reliable Data

The following checks are standard items in field delivery and long-term operation.

Delivery phase	Field check
Borehole planning	Confirm depth, cable length, reel capacity, guide-wheel spares and battery reserve.
Embedded sensors	Protect VW and piezometer cables before concrete or fill operations make replacement impossible.
Long-term archive	Keep installation depth, calibration records and data-quality flags for decades of comparison.