Faulty sensor emptied entire mountain lake – New Technology

     Nordlys.no shows how Gálggojávri looked on Friday after a faulty sensor in a floodgate emptied the entire lake. Photo: nordlys.no
     

The sensor in the dammed lake Gálggojávri in Norway gave the rash of high water and opened the floodgate. But the sensor was wrong and caused rather an entire mountain lake was emptied of water.

Norwegian newspaper Nordlys tells of the herders at Gálggojávri close Treriksröset, who discovered that the water was gone Friday.

– This is environmental crime, says herders includes SEK and Marja Bonfire to Nordlys.

They say that the lake must have been emptied overnight, because the water was still there on Thursday .

The lake was dammed in the 70s and regulated by Troms force. According to the power company because the emptying of a faulty sensor. The newspaper says that the North 24 sensor returned a verdict of elevated water levels in the magazine and therefore opened the door. However, the sensor proved wrong and therefore emptied the water.

Now the door closed and the sensor was replaced on Tuesday. An additional sensor also installed and connected to another system to prevent a similar event to arise again.

Troms force state that the water will rise again, but how long it might take is unclear.

herders near the lake’s water needs for drinking water to themselves and the reindeer. They have contacted a lawyer who is considering signing emptying as environmental crime. Troms Kraft has reported the incident to the Norwegian authorities.

The Swedish company Jämtkraft owns a third of Troms Troms Kraft subsidiary kraftforsyning and Energy. Kristina Andersson, Head of Communications at Jämtkraft, says that the company does not feel directly affected by the vacation of the mountain lake in Norway.

– But indirectly makes we will. As shareholders, we feel concerned and can only regret the incident. But we have the utmost confidence that they will handle this in the best way, she says to new technologies.

Jämtkraft has 17 hydroelectric plants. An emptying of mistakes would not be able to occur at their ponds, assesses Kristina Andersson.

– We have our plants much more in the surrounding area , so it looks much better what happens. The case in Norway was very special because the plant is located high up on the mountain with no roads, she said.