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Monitoring and early warning system for the landslide in Castelnuovo di ()

Summary Locaon: Castelnuovo di Campli (Teramo), Italy Conclusion: 2017 Focus: Geological and hydrogeological risk Challenges: Ÿ Landslides occurred in the area Ÿ Establishing the monitoring In February 2017, a landslide occurred in the Municipality of and early warning system for the landslide Castelnuovo di Campli, in the , with caused the collapse along the stream Siccagno, with a front of CAE soluons: approximately 80 meters. That was a sudden sinking resulng Ÿ full-scale and modern from the rainfall episodes occurred aer the melng of the "turnkey" monitoring and early warning system heavy snowfalls. As a result of this landslide movement, a Ÿ self-configuring wireless stretch of fence of a commercial area collapsed, as well as a networks thanks to the WSN medium-voltage cabinet of the naonal electric service (Enel) technology (Wireless Sensor that was approximately 6 meters high, two garages and a Network) stretch of municipal street of approximately 25 meters. This Ÿ mulpoint extensometers, dramac situaon occurred just a few meters from some clinometers, a thermo- houses. pluviometric Mhaster staon Ÿ duplex communicaon system (GPRS/UMTS and UHF band radio) FEATURES COMPOSITION

Aer performing a feasibility study, CAE While monitoring soil movements, provided the Region of Abruzzo with a the system is also equipped with a full-scale and modern "turnkey" thermo-pluviometric Mhaster staon monitoring and early warning system that allows us to associate the that uses self-configuring wireless evoluon of the instability to the networks thanks to the WSN rainfalls on site; at this purpose, we technology (Wireless Sensor Network). can disnguish among 3 phases: The collapse of Enel cabinet caused a Ÿ Normality: no intense rainfalls or blackout that le all the area's buildings landslide movements have been without electricity; in order to face any detected; other similar situaon and avoid any Ÿ possible malfuncon, every element in Pre-alarm: rainfalls exceed a the supplied system is self-funconing determined threshold of intensity, from an energec point of view: the use therefore the number safety of solar panels and buffer baeries measures are increased and the allows the system to self-funcon up to headquarters can send a warning 30 days and more. noficaon; Ÿ This system guarantee the maximum Alarm: the movement of the level of reliability in terms of: geological sensors (significant inclinaons) involve the necessity Ÿ Availability of data: this will allow the to send alert noficaons via vocal operators to intervene in an synthesis message, SMS and FAX. extremely short me, in case of anomalies; All this is possible thanks to automac diagnosc funconalies Ÿ Real-me warning: when the of the system, as well as to its duplex condions of the system change and communicaon system the pluviometric and geotechnical (GPRS/UMTS modem and UHF band alert thresholds are exceeded, the radio device connected to remote system communicate via vocal measuring radio network of regional messages, SMS or e-mails, with the monitoring service); this system competent Authority. sends collected data both to the More in detail, in order to monitor the Municipal Operave Centre and the micro-movements occurring deeply in Funconal Centre of the Civil the soil, we used mulpoint Protecon System. In such situaons, extensometers located in inclined holes the availability of the collected data is along the ridge of the southern essenal; which is why in addion to mountainside, specifically at 12 and 25 tradional hardware and soware meters in depth. As far as the surface devices, CAE provides the competent movements, we used clinometers that Authories with a valid decision measure the inclinaon variaons of the support, thanks to a data structures to which they are fixed; in visualisaon service that uses a WEB detail, they allow us to monitor the plaorm which is 24h mobile- inclinaon variaons both on a single accessible from an internet browser. axis and on two planes perpendicular to the surface where they are fixed.