Smart flood towers for real-time flood monitoring and warning in Huế City, Vietnam
Solutions Brief
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Summary
ISET-International (ISET) collaborated with the Water Resources and Climate Change Division of Huế City (DRM agency) to pilot two smart flood-warning towers that provide real-time, location-specific flood depth and on-site visual and audio alerts during flooding conditions. Hue currently has an existing network of concrete flood towers, and plans to replicate the smart flood tower model and lacks of knowledge on how best to do it. To avoid ad-hoc upgrades and building on the pilot’s success, ISET supported the city in assessing flood risks and existing tower system and developed an investment road map that serves as a planning tool to prioritize 188 sites for future towers. Connected to Hue-S platform, the smart towers deliver timely alerts, remain functional during power outages, generate long-term flood data for planning, and enable systematic, phased expansion. The roadmap ensures strategic, demand-driven investment, avoiding ad-hoc installation and supporting a unified, scalable early-warning system for the whole city.
Funded by: The Z Zurich Foundation
The Zurich Climate Resilience Alliance is a multi-sectoral partnership focused on enhancing resilience to climate hazards in both rural and urban communities.