LAGOON & POND SLUDGE SURVEYS
The first step in developing an effective Sludge Management Plan.
SERVING ALL CANADA
Sludge Mapper's comprehensive high-resolution sludge surveys will provide you with the data needed to execute a successful dredging project.
What Elevates Sludge Mapper?
Our Accuracy.
When calculating sludge volume in a pond, obtaining accurate elevation data of the top-of-sludge is critical, but acquiring precise pond-bottom data is also necessary. Collecting pond bottom data is particularly difficult. All sonars have limitations when scanning sediments or sludges with organic content, as they tend to generate gas bubbles. These tiny carpets of bubbles serve as ideal reflectors, preventing the sonar waves from penetrating the sediment/sludge and determining the pond bottom depth.
Sludge Mapper has devised a technique to determine the pond bottom without relying on sonar, creating Digital Elevation Models (DEM) with this collected information. Subsequently, this DEM data is integrated with the data points gathered by our sonar on the sediment/sludge surface to calculate a precise sludge volume. The image to the right visually depicts the challenges associated with attempting to penetrate organic material using sonar.
