Sediment and Scour Monitoring 

Through the processes of erosion, transport, and deposition, fluvial, estuarine and coastal sediments are in a state of dynamic equilibrium. In addition, activities such as cable laying, offshore wind and tide farm construction, and coastal protection etc can mobilise and redistribute sediments.

We are leaders in the field of sediment monitoring and use a range of cutting edge methods to monitor sediments in any aquatic environment.

These include:

  • Alarmed, real-time turbidity monitoring
  • Spatial sediment flux assessment using Sediview
  • Point sediment flux assessment using integrated ADCP-OBS systems
  • Towed, multi-instrument package systems
  • Submersible water samplers for sensor calibration and sediment quality
  • In situ particle size measurement (using LISST)
  • Sentinel in-line time-integrating suspended sediment traps
  • In situ direct measurement of surface sediment stability (using Voyager benthic flumes and Partrac Cohesive Strength Meter)
  • Point bed-level change measurement (to millimetre resolution)
  • In situ real-time scour depth measurement (long-term, unattended)

For further details, please contact Dr Kevin Black, kblack@partrac.com.