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Retarding basin of Caldogno

Interventions for the hydraulic safety of the metropolitan area of Vicenza, retarding basin along the Timonchio river in the Municipality of Caldogno

Retarding basin of Caldogno

Customer: 

Veneto region 

Place: 

Caldogno (VI), Italy

Year: 

2016

Description of works:

Realization of the sluice gates and the planks necessary for the intake structure, the interconnection work, the upstream and valley return work as well as the irrigation artifacts.

Supply and installation of:
-  no. 1 grid, size 50x6 m
-  no. 1 plank assembly in painted steel, size 7,5x3,6 (h) on 5 elements
-  no. 4 motorized sluice gates 7,5x2,55 m, 4 sides sealed, hydrostatic head 4,5 m, in AISI 304
-  no. 8 motorized sluice gates 3,0x3,0 m, 4 sides sealed, hydrostatic head 6,2 m, in AISI 304
-  no. 4 motorized sluice gates 3,0x2,0 m, 4 sides sealed, hydrostatic head 6,2 m, in AISI 304
-  no. 3 motorized sluice gates 1,0x1,0 m, 4 sides sealed, hydrostatic head 5,0 m, in AISI 304
-  no. 1 clapet 0,8x1,0 m

Supply and installation of remote control system, composed as follows:  
-  no. 1 supervision control center of the entire retarding basin, which can be remotely controlled.
-  no. 6 local peripherals with control sensors for the automation of the sluice gates, interconnected through a fiber optic telematic network
-  no. 7 decentralized peripherals, for the acquisition of flow, level and rain data, along the watercourses located in the northern area of Vicenza, interconnected via GPRS/UMTS system

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Numbers

3,8 million mc volume of reservoir
90000 kg stainless steel AISI 304
75000 kg carbon steel
No. 9 water level monitoring sites
No. 6 flow monitoring sites

Particular notes

The equipment supplied and installed fits into a 3.8 million cubic meter basin area, built to protect the city of Vicenza by modulating the flow rate flowing into the Timonchio river.
The work was carried out after the disastrous flood of November 2010.
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