Early warning information system for land degradation hazards in New Suez Canal region, Egypt

Abstract

Advancement in technology and communications has given way to exceptionally refined early warning systems for environmental monitoring. Three hazards are recognized in New Suez Canal region in which water table is the most imperative one. Early warning information systems (EWISs) have proven to be a decent tool for monitoring most environmental hazards. A prototype of actual near real-time EWIS for water table rising management was executed using various sensors. A system of remote sensors would quantify water level hazard in nearby wells which would enroll when the water level increment over a pre-identified level. The sensor would send this information back to the server. The server would recognize when a critical number of wells expanded over the pre-identified level, indicating an imminent challenge to the water table. When water level increase above a critical level, the sensor would share this information with a centralized monitoring server. At this point, the data is handled inside the geographical information systems. Subsequently, the early warning panel would be up hosted to the website, whereby such information would be made accessible to the public and authorities involved. An alarm would be issued to relevant authorities, triggering and enabling a water management response. The results of assessment analysis proved that there are a lot of resources that could utilize better future opportunities. There is additionally some threats in the future that may restrain its improvement process. Many obstacles exist in efforts at establishing EWISs and most need to be addressed to enhance the creation of completely integrated and effectively operational EWISs.