b'16 Partner News Autumn 2021EnterpriseWorking on the Glasgow Smart Canal with Fairfield Control SystemsThe first Smart Canal in Europe uses2020 had its challenges for everyone, butand habitat improvements. The solution had historic canals and 21st Century innovativeit was great to see this achievement cometo regulate water storage capacity to allow technology to solve the problem of floodingonline. Development and delivery of thefor wet and stormy weather, ensuring that and provide land for the regeneration ofGlasgow Smart Canal is a testament tothe canal can still be used and navigated North Glasgow. Officially named the Northpartnership working and collaboration atthrough.Glasgow Integrated Water Managementall levels and demonstrates opportunities System (NGIWMS), the project will seeto build back better and work to netHere is a short video that explains more North Glasgow passively absorb, clean, andzero targets are achievable if we all workabout the project. https://bit.ly/3ytZDTrmanage rainfall intelligently by adopting atowards a common goal.Sponge City approach. The solutionPeter Robinson, Head of Engineering atThe 60 year agreement and scheme, The project was designed and developed byScottish Canals costing 17m, provides advanced warning AECOM in conjunction with Scottish Canals,of heavy rainfall and will automatically Glasgow City Council and Scottish WaterThe brief trigger a lowering of the canal water level under the collaborative arrangements of theA solution had to be found as flooding wasto create capacity for surface water run-off. Metropolitan Strategic Drainage Partnership.a significant issue for north Glasgow dueInfrastructure provided by Fairfield monitors to the sewer systems being at full designthe canals flow, level, and water quality, The project was delivered by Scottishcapacity and 110 hectares of land beingthen makes adjustments of up to 10cm Canals, with Mackenzie Construction as theconstrained due to no drainage route forto allow for an increase of water levels main Contractor coordinating the works andsurface water. equivalent to the volume of 22 Olympic providing civil engineering delivery.swimming pools.An innovative solution was required to Fairfield Control Systems were sub- reduce the future flood risk on greenfieldThe system provided 22 outstations that contracted for the Integrated Controland brownfield sites to enable developmentare situated across the summit pound of System which included the all the EC&I andadjacent to the city centre whilst providingthe Forth and Clyde canal network. The IT infrastructure. cost savings, water quality managementoutstations consist of automated water'