Novion IoT Monitoring of Green Rainwater Infrastructure
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A 26-week 2022 pilot with a local startup tracked 48 rainfall events in Vancouver's rain gardens — the city then turned it into an ongoing annual monitoring contract.
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The strongest source is the operator's or the city's own reporting — an official report, dataset or press release. It grades who did the looking — not how well the project went. All four grades →Part of 1001 Smart Cities — 1,167 documented projects · 🏙️ 10 more in Vancouver · 💧 Water guide · 🌱 Environment projects
Vancouver contracted local startup Novion to remotely monitor bioswales, rain gardens and tree trenches with IoT water-level loggers. A 26-week 2022 pilot tracked 48 rainfall events across several sites; the city then converted it into an ongoing annual monitoring contract feeding data into its rainwater infrastructure program.
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1001 Smart Cities (2026). “Novion IoT Monitoring of Green Rainwater Infrastructure” — Vancouver, Canada. The Smart City Atlas. https://1001smartcities.org/projects/vancouver-green-infrastructure-monitoring/ (last verified 2026-08-06). Data: CC BY 4.0.
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