Description: A bank mounted system is where the sensor and electronics are located along the bank of a channel or reservoir. Bank mounted systems typically include a stilling well for a shaft encoder or a boom or platform to span over the water from the bank (radar and ultrasonic sensors). Both techniques require the sensor to be located where it can measure the full range of water levels. The mounted equipment and electronic housing will need to be located above the high flood level. Bank mounted platforms are best suited in channels with very little channel morphology and a river system where the lateral distance between low water and high water is relatively short in distance. There have been bank mounted booms constructed to a length of 20m (Bangladesh), though this infrastructure can be very expensive to fabricate and install.
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Advantages: A bank mounted system is the alternative to bridge and in-stream mounted sensors. The bank mounted sensors accommodate non-contact measurement systems, such as ultrasonic water level sensors and radar water level sensors.
Disadvantages: If the bank is unstable, there becomes a distinct possibility that the entire bank system may be lost if the bank gives way, such as in a landslide.
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